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Jan 7th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion
Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a respectable 15th place finish in stage 3. The rally moves into Chile, and the Gordini should be very strong in the Atacama Desert. The special section of Stage 4 is 315km long. Robby Gordon start time: 1:11pm/et. Gordon sits 40th in the overall standings, 4h24m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.
2015 Stage 3 Photos
STAGE 4 TRACKING
STAGE 4: CHILECITO > COPIAPO
Connection 594km | Special Stage 315km | Total 909km
COURSE OVERVIEW
The competitors will have to prove they are worthy of entering Chile! A very early start and a climb to a height of 4,800 metres will precede the border crossing at Paso San Francisco. The really challenging section will begin with a gradual warm-up on the mining tracks, before drivers are faced with the reality of the Atacama Desert. The route here is open and sandy. Over the course of the last 40 kilometres, the giant dunes and basins of Copiapo will have to be tackled and for many this will be at night. Overcoming them will require finesse and instinct.
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 Scooter Wright on
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I'm out for the night ..... hope tomorrow is better for Team Speed. We gotta move up the ladder again so maybe we can get a stage win in couple of days.
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Permalink Reply by bajaready on
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stage one..... great
stage two..... bad
stage three.. good
stage four.... fairly bad
stage five... see the pattern.... fing stage winner coming up
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Permalink Reply by Ariel Fernando Ramirez on
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Stage two was terrible killing assassin murderer stage
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Permalink Reply by StefanYuhas on
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What is a shame is Robby trusts the suppliers of these components to provide top quality. Then when the racing gets going the parts fail. That would make me livid. If it were me I would call the supplier to UPS air ship a new clutch and flywheel assemblies. There is still alot of racing to go. So hopefully a top 10 is still possible.
We need a (3) Gordini effort. (2) Race and (1) Rookie / Development / Parts Car. But regardless all these failures would have still cost time to fix.
Good Luck tommorow
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Valid point...
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Permalink Reply by GMZ on
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What good is three cars when you can't keep one running. Just can't finish up the cars when they get to South America. They need to be totally finished in March or Arpil and tested. Not tested then completely rebuilt and finished in South America and pre run in the streets for system checks. I hope team Speed can finish out with a clean run.
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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on
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What number is your entry? Oh. Sorry. It's easy to quarterback from the sidelines. He's there doing it. Just saying.
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Permalink Reply by mark roye on
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These are components that have hundreds of hours and thousands of miles on them in this and other applications, and which have been well proven. The same brakes, same flex plates, engines, etc., etc, have been used over several Dakars on the Hummer as well as the Gordini---with the exception of the transaxle half-shafts and CV joints from the Hummer. These components have had countless miles on similar Baja vehicles, even on similar Dakar buggies. This is not an engineering, testing, disassembly or re-assembly failure, a time or a management failure. This is a component failure. This vehicle was not designed, built or tested in a half-assed fashion, but was well conceived, tested, modified and improved over time. Like WJM says, how many Indy 500's has Andretti seen slip away over a $2 part. The Hummer was fast and well proven over several years, yet had wheel bearings fail, CV joints fail, flipped over etc. The Gordini is likewise fast, incorporates components previously well proven (these are not one-off pieces that failed, like suspension wishbones) and has had a brake caliper stick, and a clutch component fail----I only wish in all my time racing there had been no wores failure than this!!!
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