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 Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2013 at 6:03pm

Thanks Will.. so ends this years' edition of Team Buggly.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 14, 2013 at 6:04pm

"Daae engine it make aaehh thump boom boom thunp boom and daaeh I stop to see if it daeeh cassette deck but it aahh the engine.....we turn ddaaeehh cassette up vedy vedy loud but still ddaaehh thump boom till daaaeh ...daaeh thing make lots a smoke and then then the eaah daeh cassette deck it quit as well"

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Permalink Reply by Mike Boynton on January 14, 2013 at 10:15pm

Now that's funny.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 15, 2013 at 10:35am

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Permalink Reply by The Captain on January 14, 2013 at 6:09pm

Give those Jefferie's cars some credit. Didn't think they would even make that far and a couple of stage wins is impressive. We all knew the first year program wouldn't finish.

Now Rob needs to get into that top 10!!!

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Permalink Reply by shorty on January 14, 2013 at 8:38pm

thank the dakar gods it was human driver error and not Jefferie's motor

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Permalink Reply by Ken on January 14, 2013 at 6:10pm

that was an ass kicker of a stage right there..........106 started and only 37 in so far

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 14, 2013 at 6:11pm

You need to take care of your equipment.

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Permalink Reply by DoubleH on January 14, 2013 at 6:12pm

Sounds like Nasser may have hit a tree.

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 14, 2013 at 6:46pm

He touched wood.

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Permalink Reply by shorty on January 14, 2013 at 7:18pm

he will cry out that the tree was not on the book and RG or Pepe Le'Pew planted it on pourpose.

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 14, 2013 at 6:15pm

According to the Dakar site, Nasser had to "stop several times" after clipping a tree. So it may be a suspension issue, rather than an engine problem.