Jan 7th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 3 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 3 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had more vapor lock issues during stage 2, and now finds himself over 3h45m behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 9:00am/et, Robby Gordon will be the 30th car off the line, beginning his stage at 9:52am/et.

2014 Stage 2 Photos


STAGE 3 TRACKING


STAGE 3: SAN RAFAEL > SAN JUAN

Connection 295km | Special Stage 301km | Total 596km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The competitors of the 2014 Dakar will experience their first taste of the mountains by passing through the Pre-Andes. The Aconcagua Volcano stands 6,962m high and will observe the progress of the vehicles, of which a part will rehearse their high mountain driving techniques. The motorcyclists will climb up 4,300 metres during their special stage, on a ridgeline where they will have the impression of towering over the whole of America! The descent will bring them back to the tough reality of the drivers of the Dakar, as they will only have finished the first part of this marathon stage. They will have to ensure the mechanics for their own vehicles at the isolated bivouac which has been set up for them.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

 

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Permalink Reply by David on January 7, 2014 at 9:10am

today will be a good day

Permalink Reply by Blain on January 7, 2014 at 9:10am

Robby out 30th for Today, I will be waiting

Permalink Reply by Brad on January 7, 2014 at 9:10am

Going to throw this out and see. So RG has the AC, could he take a cooling line off that system and run it next to the fuel line to cool things?

Also is the chat now only for Apple platform users?

Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 7, 2014 at 9:13am

I have an Imac and still no chat :-( TOG??

Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 9:34am

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 7, 2014 at 9:51am

Whad u say Scooter?

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 7, 2014 at 9:40am

So today's stage has been shortened to 222km..cool.

Let hope we get some sort of tracking...

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 7, 2014 at 9:45am

Fingers Crossed.
But as yesterday none of the cp's are highlighted in red so I am not counting on it.

Permalink Reply by will on January 7, 2014 at 9:51am

WP5/CP1 is in the red for the bikes.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 7, 2014 at 10:03am

For the bikes!

Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 9:58am

I think the Dakar is having allot of funding issues and therefore they may not provide as many perks ( such as tracking ) as in past years.

Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 7, 2014 at 10:02am

Where did you here that? ASO charges the paticipants an arm and leg and the host nations I am sure grease the ASO wheels to make sure that their country is considered.

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