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 mark roye on January 6, 2014 at 4:05pm

If they did they'd need a fuel tanker right along side!

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Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 6, 2014 at 4:06pm

850?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 4:08pm

T-4 trucks?

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Permalink Reply by Hendricus on January 6, 2014 at 4:15pm

Redline I see your point. I dig our tradition. But my point still stands. It's tough for us to enter their tradition - tougher than we think.

Couple more points:
(1) I'm not convinced a 900hp TT could win Dakar.
(2) Robby made a point a couple of years ago. I believe it was a BITD race. Robby said he though he might have been faster in his Hummer that day than in his TT (or perhaps it was the truggy). I think his point was that the course that day was tighter and a better handling car might have been faster.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 6, 2014 at 3:52pm

Still only 37 cars in and only 126 bikes. The second half of the special must be interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 6, 2014 at 3:58pm

Heck, might get into the top 40 tonight. :P

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Permalink Reply by Head Held High on January 6, 2014 at 3:53pm

Well at least he beat BJ today. I take that as a positive.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 3:57pm

and yesterdays winner

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 4:04pm

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2014 at 3:58pm

That tow photo was from stage 1.

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Permalink Reply by Jamie LaVelle on January 6, 2014 at 4:02pm

very sneaky

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Permalink Reply by javier on January 6, 2014 at 4:07pm

No, is today's pic! The tow truck is a Toyota maybe 344 or 345, the design of these toyotas is the same for all, because they are from the dakar series!