Jan 6th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had vapor lock issues during stage 1, and finds himself over 2 hours behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 8:55am/et, Robby Gordon will probably begin the stage at 9:36am/et (Subject to change) Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2014 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2014 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: SAN LUIS > SAN RAFAEL

Connection 365km | Special Stage 433km | Total 798km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The fastest special stage of the rally, at least for its first part, will also be the one where drivers will have to face the first dunes. And it won’t just be a brief encounter with sand: in the last 100 kilometres, the exploration of the grey dunes of Nihuil will be even more intensive than during previous visits. The sand is more firm there, but the experience will provide a great deal of insight about each of the competitors’ technical skills. In short it will be a veritable test.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 6, 2014 at 10:59am

so chat is here now huh ?!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 11:02am

not that I've got

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 6, 2014 at 10:54am

tracking suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck really .... 3rd world .

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on January 6, 2014 at 10:57am

Two hours in since the first car left - should we expect some updates soon or have they passed the point where times shold already be posted and the shit is failing again?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 10:59am

yes,to updating soon,one would believe

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2014 at 10:59am

If they are going to do the first updates at WP4 ( like they did with the bikes) - then the cars won't update until about KM250ish. WP4 for the bikes is at KM177, whereas for the cars, it's around KM250ish.