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 Kevin Meyer on January 6, 2014 at 4:08pm

I thought the tow truck was a Toyota...

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 4:05pm

I still sent him a thanks on Facebook

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 6, 2014 at 4:09pm

Yep, I think we can all add the #390 team to our hero list. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 4:09pm

good plan

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Permalink Reply by matts11 on January 6, 2014 at 4:19pm

+1 just the same

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 6, 2014 at 4:10pm

Per driver page on the Gordini, Robby thought he'd be driving the 2nd Hummer he sold to the Saudi. When he got hurt in an earlier rally and withdrew from Dakar RG was left on his own. Didn't get the Gordini til Nov. 1500k of shakedown. The Gremlins (or Llahmas) are gonna show up for a while. I'll be pulling for Devill & anybody other than the skirts.