Jan 9th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 7 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 1st. Cars begin stage 7 at 8:40am/et (10:40am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: Copiapo > Antofagasto

Connection 245km | Special Stage 477km | Total 722km

COURSE OVERVIEW

At this stage of the competition, the number of contenders for the title will be reduced to a small handful in each category. But despite the significant number of kilometres to be covered, this first stage after the rest day should not be relied on to create decisive gaps. The rally's longest special stage will be used to allow the competitors to get back into the pace of the competition. On the stone-covered tracks which will lead to Antofagasta, the pace will be rather intense, but this will not prevent the drivers from catching sight of some magnificent views.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 8, 2012 at 9:25pm

Remember that NASCAR does not control their website, it's all done by Turner Sports Interactive (same people that do the NBA, NCAA & PGA websites).

In other rallying news Robby best have gotten that Qatar money upfront. Supposedly they promised North One Sport's (WRC promoters up until earlier today) millions of dollars but then backed out at the last second which has now caused N.O.S. to shutdown and force the FIA to look for new promoters for the WRC.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 8, 2012 at 7:20pm

This was on the page today! Piss me off! The title was

'Robby Gordon Trading NASCAR for Energy Drink? Fan’s Take"

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news;_ylt=ApH.MwbdGwkDoLC2Fnl7XG_ov7...

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Permalink Reply by Trooper Blue on January 8, 2012 at 8:01pm

NASCAR did make mention of it and had a photo gallery from this year:

NASCAR Link

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Permalink Reply by Fernando Gutierrez on January 9, 2012 at 9:00am

Can't be a public figure and not to be as charming as RG is , that's way he's so popular here in South America and he could not pick a better teammate to run this Dakar . if you ask here for some of the names of the south american drivers people will struggle to name them , but will tell you right away everything about RG or Nasser :) Personaly i will like to see them bury the Minis and climb to the podium this dakar.