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 Michael Martinez on January 6, 2014 at 3:05pm

Will there be coffee at the meeting tonight, don't want to be "one of those folks"......you know the type. Not with the program unable to sing the company song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlti6Ydh1-k

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Permalink Reply by BAD on January 6, 2014 at 3:00pm

I sympathize for all that has happened to the team and RG and of course to all the fans. Its certainly not what we expected. However, it is what it is and we need to move on. Tomorrow is another day.

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 3:04pm

Tomorrow jump on that SPEED pit scooter.......Rinngg Dinng Dinnggg

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Permalink Reply by Head Held High on January 6, 2014 at 3:04pm

tracking sucks this year..... my theory. - Roger Norman got SPOT to into the ASO from IRC and now we have what we have in SCORE which is.... NOTHING.

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Permalink Reply by Jamie LaVelle on January 6, 2014 at 3:07pm

a billion spectators worldwide and absolutely no reliable way to monitor it . .

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 3:07pm

lol,that was my post from this morning,same wave length

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 3:05pm

There is still hope for a top 20 finish, only 18 have finished!

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Permalink Reply by javier on January 6, 2014 at 3:08pm

RG towed till the finish like seen on TV. He's at Bivouac now

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

They will replay the images in 2 hours 2300 Spain local time

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on January 6, 2014 at 3:12pm

Thanks Javier...Did you see this on TV?

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Permalink Reply by javier on January 6, 2014 at 3:15pm

Yes I saw it. Towed just arriving at the finish by a Toyota Land Cruiser, and after RG at the Bivouac talking with the team. I tried to take some pics but no luck. I look for the video to send the post