Jan 7th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 3 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 3 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had more vapor lock issues during stage 2, and now finds himself over 3h45m behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 9:00am/et, Robby Gordon will be the 30th car off the line, beginning his stage at 9:52am/et.

2014 Stage 2 Photos

STAGE 3 TRACKING

STAGE 3: SAN RAFAEL > SAN JUAN

Connection 295km | Special Stage 301km | Total 596km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The competitors of the 2014 Dakar will experience their first taste of the mountains by passing through the Pre-Andes. The Aconcagua Volcano stands 6,962m high and will observe the progress of the vehicles, of which a part will rehearse their high mountain driving techniques. The motorcyclists will climb up 4,300 metres during their special stage, on a ridgeline where they will have the impression of towering over the whole of America! The descent will bring them back to the tough reality of the drivers of the Dakar, as they will only have finished the first part of this marathon stage. They will have to ensure the mechanics for their own vehicles at the isolated bivouac which has been set up for them.

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 Dan Frantz on January 7, 2014 at 10:29am

Yeah and the Sandpeople get some of the others

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Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 10:29am

Let's hope, LOL

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 7, 2014 at 10:25am

ASO must be rolling in the money, now that the race is in South America, where millions more fans can experience the rally, compared to the race being in Africa.

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Permalink Reply by roy on January 7, 2014 at 10:27am

Hey TOG - Is there maybe a 3rd party chat solution / location we can use until this one gets sorted out?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 7, 2014 at 10:42am

no. We'll have this one up soon.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 7, 2014 at 10:27am

Sousa was one of the guys at missed his start,best I can tell

Good morning

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 7, 2014 at 10:31am

Good morning Mike

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Permalink Reply by Brad on January 7, 2014 at 10:34am

Morning Mike, thoughts on running an extra cold line off the AC to help with fuel temp problems...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 7, 2014 at 10:39am

it could work,

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Permalink Reply by timothy price on January 7, 2014 at 10:34am

grumble grumble grumble WHERES MY COFFEE!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Dan Frantz on January 7, 2014 at 10:34am

anyone have any luck ordering apparel from the DAKAR site ? when went to place an order I could not find USA on the list of countries to ship to...I did however, see Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan (Borat is a fan?) but no US..?