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 Blain on January 6, 2014 at 3:12pm

Thx for the update! There is a reason to watch again tomorrow

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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 6, 2014 at 3:16pm

but, with plenty of time to fix that thing, yesterday it was 9:30pm and he had yet to show up at the Bivouac.

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Permalink Reply by Head Held High on January 6, 2014 at 3:11pm

well. 2 stages and yet to finish under own power. man... i feel bad for those guys. so much work.

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Permalink Reply by RGordonNo#1 on January 6, 2014 at 3:09pm

Tracking has been stuck with no update for an hour now since the last vehicle crossed the finish (ASS) line.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 6, 2014 at 3:10pm

Anyone know how close to ASS Robby was when the HST stopped?

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 6, 2014 at 3:11pm

Dakar nor ASO website have a contact us link wanted to write a nice email about there awesome LIVE STAGE & LIVE TIMING

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 6, 2014 at 3:19pm

I've told them more than once on twitter.

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Permalink Reply by RGordonNo#1 on January 6, 2014 at 3:12pm

Robby has finished Stage 2 - 305
GORDON ROBBY (USA)
16:41:16 05:05:16 01:13:11

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 3:17pm

If that is correct then even with a tow he still finished within 20 minutes of the 18th car in. Could be a lot worse, gained time on some other competitors.