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 Dinamo Ska on January 6, 2014 at 2:38pm

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 2:40pm

NOOOOO...Parker will rip that thing to pieces...Its a rough rough course... It could run in the Unlimited Class 1 (BITD 1400?) or maby 6

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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 6, 2014 at 2:55pm

what a better place to test the HST, a rough course is what you want, its what it would need.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 3:13pm

Ahhh,I'm not sure the HST needs suspension testing.How about the same fuel as Carlos and same fuel rails.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 6, 2014 at 2:40pm

You would probably want someone else to drive it so that Gordon can concentrate on racing for the win with a vehicle built for the SCORE rule set.

The buggy he ran last year was basically the Hummer with a different skin on it.

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 2:43pm

No.. not even close! It was a TT or as BITD calls em Trick Truck SCORE and BITD rules are almost exactly the same...

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on January 6, 2014 at 2:55pm

If it can handle dakar, it can handle Parker. May need a little bit more finese, but its got half the weight of a TT with all of the power.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 6, 2014 at 2:59pm

The Truggy/Buggy run as a Class 1 in 2012 for BITD was basically the Hummer with an open wheel body. I would need to dig up the interview when he talked about it.

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 6, 2014 at 3:41pm

No offense Drone, but you dont know what your talking about. Dig up all you want, you wont find anything to show the Hummer was like the Truggy. The Geiser "Truggy" that Robby drove in 2012 BITD series was a front engine, solid rear axle TT minus the truck body. Due to the lack of body it was raced in Class 1. Class 1 is an open class where everything is unlimited, but you cant run a body.

The Hummer was based off a traditional class 1 buggy. A buggy that has a rear engine with independent rear trailing arms and CV joints. Nothing about the Hummer is like the de-bodied Geiser TT that Robby raced in BITD. Nothing!

If anything the new HST is more similar to the Truggy that RG raced as it too is front engine & solid rear axle. But really the only thing those two vehicles have in common is the concept. That is like saying my Chevy Silverado in the parking lot is like the HST or RG's TT because its front engine with a rear axle.