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Jan 13th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Race Info & Discussion
Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 12 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 25th in stage 11 & is now down over 2 hours in the overall standings. Cars begin stage 12 at 11:35am/et Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.
STAGE 12: Arequipa > Nasca
Connection 412km | Special Stage 245km | Total 657km
COURSE OVERVIEW
Only a flight over the region can allow the Nazca Lines, mysterious motifs created in the ground more than 2,000 years ago, to be admired. The route of the special stage creates another line on the map of Peru which looks like a sand dragon. Although the areas of dunes are evenly spread out, the competitors will definitely remember one of them, which made a deep impression on the reconnaissance team. The dunes follow one after another continuously for almost twenty kilometres, transporting the drivers to a new dimension. As the sand will remain firm in this string of dunes, it will help the drivers to cross them without too much difficulty. But the most skilled dune-crossers will nevertheless be able to create a surprise, in particular three days before the final finish. Those who remember how to perform the "Mauritanian swerve" can save some precious minutes.
STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS
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Permalink Reply by jeff couch on
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Robby and the hummer were smoking fast talking fast the cars at daytona are over 206 mph
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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on
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Now that is an old fassion AMERICAN ASS WHOPPIN!
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on
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That would be RGM's 4th stage win in this years' Dakar.. RG's 6th career win
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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on
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Great, now I can pay attention to the trucks! One of those guys gets stuck they can be out for hours...
20:38 Trucks: Disarray in the truck race
At present in the final zone of dunes around Nazca, several trucks are in difficulty: general standings leader Gerard De Rooy is losing time just like the leader of the special at CP1, Russian Andrey Karginov. Van Ginkel in his Ginaf truck is also encountering problems as well as Miki Biasion further on. The only man who seems to be taming the sand is the driver of the third Iveco truck, Dutchman Hans Stacey.
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Permalink Reply by alan4s on
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14:42 - car
Gordon blows everyone away
American Robby Gordon has just crossed the finishing line with an amazing time of 2:14'32”, meaning he finishes 15'18” ahead of the previous best performer of the day, Russian driver Novitskiy. To the Hummer driver's credit, he attacked constantly and made no mistakes in the dunes. With the leaders aiming at protecting their leads in the general standings, this performance has to be put into perspective, even if it is spectacular.
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Permalink Reply by Howard on
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I hate the French "put into perspective" the perspective is take your a-- whoppin like a man.
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He has a point, the top 5 only Novitskiy has a reason to push and that is in hope of catching up to RG to take 4th. Everyone else needs a big mistake from the person in front of them to move up. Some good races further down the leaderboard though.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Lister on
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Perspective?? They are trying to wipe away a racing feat NEVER BEFORE ACCOMPLISHED at the Dakar by saying the rest of the sniveling leaders weren't trying? This is such bullshit! Name one driver who has won a stage starting in 22nd place by :15 minutes! Oh, and by the way, including Benedict Al-Attiyah!!!!!!
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