2013 Dakar Stage 2 Team SPEED Notes & Quotes

DAKAR RALLY STAGE 2 - PISCO TO PISCO

Pisco, Peru (January 6, 2013) – The site of Stage 2 begins in the spot that Stage 1 ended, the town of Pisco. The first competitor in the Car category left the bivouac at 7:51AM. With Robby Gordon starting in 35th, he would leave on an 85KM liaison at 8:40AM and drive to the start of the 242KM Special.

With nothing shorter than a stage victory on his mind, Gordon found himself trying to navigate around slower competitors, including fellow racers in the Truck class. Gordon was held up a few times trying to work his way around the dust. By the time he got the 100KM checkpoint, he was only 3 minutes and 33 seconds behind the leader. Misfortune would strike again not only for the SPEED Energy /Toyo Tires / MAPEI HUMMER but others as well. Like fellow racers, Robby Gordon and navigator Kellon Walch had a difficult time finding a certain way point. Missing such point would result in hefty time penalties, so the duo lost nearly 17 minutes trying to find the waypoint.

"It was really tricky to find the waypoint today. There was a bunch of cars even some bikes still circling around the dunes trying to find it too. It was a bit frustrating just because you know you're losing time and there's nothing you can do at that point. There were cars going in every direction which became confusing. Once we did find it we were on our way and pushed pretty hard. It is frustrating to not find our way and difficult to pass in all the dust. The guys out front had a good advantage. Fortunately, we will get to start near the top ten which will help as we face some of the toughest dunes tomorrow. Robby did a great job trying to make up the lost ground today," commented navigator Kellon Walch after finishing 13th in Stage 2.

Being down 49 minutes will make tomorrow's Stage 3 from Pisco to Nazca an even tougher task as it will require a large amount of skill and patience from the SPEED Energy / Toyo Tires / MAPEI team as they navigate some of the toughest dunes of the rally. If Gordon and Walch can make it over the dunes without getting stuck, the team will be able to proudly breathe a large sigh of relief.

To follow Gordon and the SPEED Energy / Toyo Tires team throughout the legendary Dakar Rally, log onto www.speedenergy.com and www.toyotires.com for race team updates. Fans can also participate in the Dakar Rally experience by connecting on http://www.planetrobby.com and follow along with the team on Facebook and Twitter at: www.facebook.com/thespeedenergydrink, and www.facebook.com/toyotires, http://twitter.com/SPEED_ENERGY, http://twitter.com/ToyoTires.

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 6, 2013 at 10:37pm

Thanks TOG

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Permalink Reply by Bonzai on January 6, 2013 at 10:41pm

Good luck for SPEED Energy / Toyo Tires / MAPEI team!

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2013 at 10:45pm

Damn loop stages.

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 6, 2013 at 11:11pm

What's with the leader board? It's all been shuffled, Nasser back to last place? SPH second and RG had some time added but still under an hour behind? WTH?

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Permalink Reply by RICK ALDRIDGE on January 6, 2013 at 11:21pm

probably just reloading their data for the next day. Ignore it and check back in the morning.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Shaw on January 6, 2013 at 11:29pm

N° Name Mark Time variation Penalty this is the over all did Sainz cry about way points and get his wish
1 303 SAINZ (ESP)
GOTTSCHALK (DEU)
BUGGY
02:55:15 - -
2 302 PETERHANSEL (FRA)
COTTRET (FRA)
MINI
03:00:20 00:05:05 -
3 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF)
VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)
TOYOTA
03:02:58 00:07:43 -
4 316 CHABOT (FRA)
PILLOT (FRA)
SMG
03:04:06 00:08:51 00:01:00
5 313 TERRANOVA (ARG)
FIUZA (PRT)
BMW
03:06:46 00:11:31 -
6 307 NOVISTKIY (RUS)
ZHILTSOV (RUS)
MINI
03:09:53 00:14:38 -
7 306 ÁLVAREZ (ARG)
GRAUE (ARG)
TOYOTA
03:12:47 00:17:32 -
8 310 HOLOWCZYC (POL)
PALMEIRO (PRT)
MINI
03:14:20 00:19:05 -
9 308 SOUSA (PRT)
RAMALHO (PRT)
GREAT WALL
03:16:08 00:20:53 -
10 321 ERRANDONEA (AND)
DEBRON (FRA)
SMG
03:17:35 00:22:20 00:01:00
11 331 VASILJEV (RUS)
YEVTYEKHOV (UKR)
G-FORCE PROTO
03:20:47 00:25:32 -
12 312 VOS (ZAF)
HOWIE (ZAF)
TOYOTA
03:23:00 00:27:45 -
13 348 GADASIN (RUS)
KUZMICH (UKR)
G-FORCE PROTO
03:24:36 00:29:21 -
14 305 ROMA (ESP)
PÉRIN (FRA)
MINI
03:24:48 00:29:33 -
15 325 WEVERS (NLD)
LURQUIN (BEL)
FORD
03:25:22 00:30:07 -
16 314 GARAFULIC (CHL)
PICARD (FRA)
MINI
03:25:59 00:30:44 -
17 326 VAN MERKSTEIJN (NLD)
CHEVAILLIER (BEL)
TOYOTA
03:29:20 00:34:05 -
18 309 CHICHERIT (FRA)
GARCIN (FRA)
SMG
03:31:10 00:35:55 -
19 328 THOMASSE (FRA)
LARROQUE (FRA)
BUGGY MD RALLYE
03:35:13 00:39:58 -
20 311 SPINELLI (BRA)
HADDAD (BRA)
MITSUBISHI
03:37:18 00:42:03 -
21 322 ZHOU (CHN)
MAIMON (FRA)
GREAT WALL
03:42:48 00:47:33 -
22 336 MALYSZ (POL)
MARTON (POL)
TOYOTA
03:43:11 00:47:56 -
23 337 OLHOLM (AUS)
ASTON (GBR)
TOYOTA
03:44:05 00:48:50 -
24 431 WEBER (PER)
CARRILLO (PER)
TOYOTA
03:45:38 00:50:23 -
25 320 DELAHAYE (FRA)
WINOCQ (FRA)
BUGGY MD RALLYE
03:46:45 00:51:30 -
26 323 VAN LOON (NLD)
WAMS (NLD)
MITSUBISHI
03:47:45 00:52:30 -
27 319 VIGOUROUX (FRA)
BRUCY (FRA)
CHEVROLET
03:48:59 00:53:44 -
28 315 GORDON (USA)
WALCH (USA)
Hummer
03:49:41 00:54:26 -

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 6, 2013 at 11:38pm

Explanation elsewhere said it is not uncommon for it not to register or unlock. They have the ability to go back and review data to see if you were within the distance for WP and it simply did not unlock it. You need to go to officials when stage is over, like he did. I guess you can manually advance the gps to the next wp, but that can be a tough call to make while racing, you better be right. Sainz knows what he's doing you can bet on that.