Jan 14th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded his 4th straight 3rd place finish in Stage 8, 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 9 at 8:03am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 8:09am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally.

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STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: SAN MIGUEL DE TUCAMAN > CORDOBA

Connection 259km | Special Stage 593km | Total 852km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Trucks will have pride of place when the rally resumes, only competing in one of the two parts of the special stage, but they will have the rare privilege of setting off first. The stage’s profile with quick tracks will be favourable to specialists of torturous routes. In the other categories, as the distance has been doubled it will also allow for an additional, much more technical section, where, in particular, the drivers will negotiate the bends in the forest. They will have to watch out for trees, given that the rapid assistance trucks won’t have access to the route. The competitors will have to be extremely vigilant over the entire distance, which is, for all except for the bikers, the rally’s longest special stage.

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Permalink Reply by Cosmic Arkie on January 14, 2013 at 9:53am

Alibaba continues to lose time.....

Maybe he's having mechanical issues and about to break.

One can only hope.

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 14, 2013 at 9:54am

10-4 that... looks like a 4x4 road

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 14, 2013 at 10:01am

pp Chic & RG @ wp3

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Permalink Reply by texican on January 14, 2013 at 10:18am

Those 2 qts. STP they put in last night to keep the oil press. up is slowing the revs down!!!! LOL, I reckon he is hearing "things".

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 14, 2013 at 10:20am

@wp3 waiting for Cruella DeVille...

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 001:31:22 00:00:00
2 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 001:31:40 00:00:18 00:00:00
3 309 CHICHERIT (FRA), GARCIN (FRA) SMG 001:33:00 00:01:38 00:00:00
4 306 ALVAREZ (ARG), GRAUE (ARG) TOYOTA 001:33:02 00:01:40 00:00:00
5 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 001:33:41 00:02:19 00:00:00
6 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 001:36:49 00:05:27 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 14, 2013 at 10:32am

@wp4

3 thru

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 001:59:42 00:00:00
2 309 CHICHERIT (FRA), GARCIN (FRA) SMG 002:01:55 00:02:13 00:00:00
3 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 002:03:31 00:03:49 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 14, 2013 at 10:34am

Cruella DeVille where are you???

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 14, 2013 at 10:50am

@wp4

1 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 001:59:13 00:00:00
2 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 001:59:42 00:00:29 00:00:00
3 309 CHICHERIT (FRA), GARCIN (FRA) SMG 002:01:55 00:02:42 00:00:00
4 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 002:03:31 00:04:18 00:00:00
5 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 002:05:45 00:06:32 00:00:00
6 306 ALVAREZ (ARG), GRAUE (ARG) TOYOTA 002:06:24 00:07:11 00:00:00