Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded his 3rd straight 3rd place finish in Stage 7, but remains 23rd overall. Gordon is still down over 5 hours in the overall, but will get yet another good starting spot in an attempt to win his first stage of the rally. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 8 at 12:05pm/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 12:11pm/etam/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. UPDATE: Stage 8 will now begin at KM288.
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STAGE 8 TRACKING
STAGE 8: SALTA > SAN MIGUEL DE TUCAMAN
Connection 379km | Special Stage 470km | Total 849km
COURSE OVERVIEW
The Tucuman route will be divided into two timed sections with a variety of scenery. With hoodoos, canyons and cacti, the competitors will discover the red and green backdrop of Argentina’s most beautiful natural landscape, which will unfold for more than 150 km creating a Western atmosphere. During the second half of the timed section, which will take place in a region completely unknown to the Dakar, the contrast will be apparent on the sandy and sometimes tricky tracks. It may also be manifested through the weather conditions, if the wind is combined with the high temperatures which ravage the region. The rest day will rarely have been more deserved, in particular for the motorcyclists who will finish their marathon stage..
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don't think so,Nasser doesn't have an Olympic qualifier he needs to be at this year. Just say'n
@carltonkirby
Red flag for cars only. Nasser stuck on rock in swollen river. DeVilliers not attempting to cross. Minis have snorkels... How clever!
Ouch, hope he can get out without blowing up the engine...
Apparently they stopped the trucks completely.
Trucks never started today, cancelled completely. I wonder if there is any damage to the Buggy of Nasser after potentially being submerged in the raging flash flood.
Still not too clear as to the final outcome today.
TrackingDakar seems to show us 2nd, 13 seconds behind Nasser at the WP they decided the final timing would revert back to.
Geeze, 13 secs is hard to loose by, when there otherwise was more to come.
Nasser Al-Attiyah: "There were three metres of water!"
Everything was going smoothly for us, we were putting the pedal on the metal, and everything was fine. When we got to the río, there were three metres of water, there was no way we could cross that. So we called the organisers, who told us the stage had been neutralised at CP2.
If this aint a line of bullshit.
Everything was going smoothly.
Funny he was being showed 7 min down.
Giniel de Villiers: "We couldn't cross"
It was quite a challenging stage! We didn't get stuck in the water. We simply couldn't cross, it was over 1.50 m deep and we saw the water flowing down towards us.
What's the truth? 3m or 1.5m?
For the fucks that come here and try to talk shit about Robby being a spoilt brat or a whiner.
You should look at Nasser when you think of these types of comments because all that fuck does is lie-n-cry.
Oh yeah lets not forget.
He is also a quitter.
Amen!!
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