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 Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2013 at 6:47pm

the axles in place,that's the air jack

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Permalink Reply by Dustin Leger on January 14, 2013 at 7:14pm

I know the piece coming down is the air jack. Zoom in on the rear hud and look at the shaft. It looks to be bent/broken.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2013 at 7:19pm

looks good to me

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Permalink Reply by BajaTuner on January 14, 2013 at 6:52pm

I knew he would be done from a mechanical issue. This is Dakar, you cant be just a great driver. You need to know your machine and be a mechanic and problem solver.

Looks like it could be similar to Robby wheel bearing/hub problem a few years back.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 14, 2013 at 6:45pm

Sni,snif, my, snif,snif, bugly's a broke, snif,snif...tell'em I hit tree...snif, snif

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Permalink Reply by Ray Therat on January 14, 2013 at 6:47pm

That's the best photo I've seen so far.

Didn't Nasser claim that he'd never drive a Chevy-powered car again (as well as Hummer and anything RG ran)? I guess it was too much for him, just like yesterday...only today nobody wanted to tow him to the ASS. Maybe they just wanted to tie his ass to the tree.

It looks like he tried to take a bite out of a tree and the tree bit back! From what I can tell, the air intake is full of tree branches (I don't think it's a tree in the background of the photo) which makes me wonder if the engine ingested some of said tree or the blockage caused a lack of power that eventually damaged something.

At least now he has a reason to fold his f*cking Qatari tents and disappear into the night, claiming it was someone else''s fault.