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 randy swink on January 9, 2012 at 3:06am

who cares what nascar thinks or does. this is real racing.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2012 at 6:29am

Nasser off at 8:26am/et & Robby at 8:29am/et

Permalink Reply by Christopher Lutz on January 9, 2012 at 7:42am

+1 Randy - this racing is so much more interesting.

The engineering, different classes, logistics, stamina - just incredible.

a HUGE Thank You to whomever is doing the filming, posting, editing for the Planet - super high quality stuff, definitely worthy of broadcast/cable television.....I can only hope these vids get stitched together into a DVD for sale?

PS: What do Baja Bob and Dolly Parton have in common? Neither has aged a day in the last 30 years!

Permalink Reply by joseph on January 9, 2012 at 8:35am

good morning, gas on team hummer and good luck

Permalink Reply by joseph on January 9, 2012 at 8:37am

looks like around 40m to wp1

,coma 1h12m wp2, 2h1mwp3,2h32mwp4

Permalink Reply by Steph caissie on January 9, 2012 at 8:58am

14:51 Cars: Al-Attiyah in trouble again
The driver from Qatar and his Hummer stopped for a few minutes 17 km into today's special. His teammate is now leading the way.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2012 at 9:01am

probably nothing major

Permalink Reply by CK on January 9, 2012 at 9:09am

Tog - I have refreshed but don't see chat, old or new.

Permalink Reply by joseph on January 9, 2012 at 10:34am

if your getting the square but no chat try hitting the icon in the top right hand corner [on line, off line]

Permalink Reply by Michael Brettin on January 9, 2012 at 9:15am

I agreed poss a tire issue

Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 9, 2012 at 9:28am

Without any other problems. Nasser could probably make up 15 of the 18 minutes he lost.

Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2012 at 9:18am

CP1
(89) 303 - GORDON Robby (USA) HUMMER 0h37m35s (1) --:--:-- (-) --:--:--
(91) 304 - HOLOWCZYC Krzysztof (POL) MINI +00:00:25 (2) --:--:-- (-) --:--:--
90) 302 - PETERHANSEL Stephane (FRA) MINI +00:00:39

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