Jan 10th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 6 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon rebounded in stage 5 with a very nice 3rd place finish. Gordon is still down over 5 hours in the overall and will try to win as many of the remaining stages as he can. The rally now makes its first start in Chile. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 6 at 8:33am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 8:39am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

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STAGE 6 TRACKING

STAGE 6: ARICA > CALAMA

Connection 331km | Special Stage 454km | Total 785km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The first special stage held in Chile will take competitors back to the Atacama Desert: they will be faced with sand and dunes for two thirds of the distance. But two specific sections of the stage will be timed: the latter will allow them to rediscover fesh fesh, which is unlikely to enthuse them. Overall, the day will be very long, at a stage where the competitors’ bodies will start to suffer from the lack of sleep, particularly for those who have experienced some incidents. At the head of the race, a ranking which is already probable is taking shape: the real candidates for the Top 10 are apparent.

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Permalink Reply by Tooltime on January 10, 2013 at 3:18pm

thanks jaci. just arrived home also

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Permalink Reply by John Marsh on January 10, 2013 at 3:21pm

Does anyone know what overall place Robby is in currently? Yesterday I think it was 27th.

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Permalink Reply by Chet Raschka on January 10, 2013 at 3:24pm

23d. 3hrs behind the 339

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 10, 2013 at 3:25pm

I think it's too early to tell other cars are still coming in.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2013 at 3:42pm

He started today 36th overall and I would guess will end the day 28th or 29th.

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 10, 2013 at 3:22pm

Major Altitude sickness tomorrow. I hope the hummer has what it takes at 3500m.

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Permalink Reply by shorty on January 10, 2013 at 3:30pm

IMO, maybe if RG tells Nasser he is doing great with the buggly he will start to win some stages, just to finally get rid of the juju

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Permalink Reply by ramm on January 10, 2013 at 5:18pm

ditto
this is not like the NASCAR Chase

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 10, 2013 at 4:06pm

Alibaba not having carlos will affect his mood... Alibaba will now have to think about nobody close around to save him.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 10, 2013 at 4:16pm

One item to keep in mind on the buggies is that they are a FIA class buggy, where Gordon is an Open SCORE class. So there are likely a few differences in the builds based on that reason.

Plus the buggies were built using Nassar's experience with the Hummers which were built for Africa. So he likely made them a bit smaller in response to the needs of running in South America.

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Permalink Reply by Turtle7 on January 10, 2013 at 4:35pm

RG keep it up! You might not win this but 3 podiums in 6 starts says that you are someone to be reckoned. You just need to get that black cloud off you six!