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 Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 2:28pm

Now we can race,,,, it must have been the fuel rails.

Permalink Reply by Baja DQ on January 7, 2014 at 2:30pm

RG said the fuel must have more ethanol in it this year - lower boiling point.

Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 2:37pm

where did you hear that, it was my impression from an interview last night that they were going back to the fuel rail system that they run on the old Hummer. He sounded pretty sure that would fix the problem and the results seem to confirm that.

Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 7, 2014 at 2:47pm

WILL posted a video from after todays stage......its on the main page......somewhere this site has so many doors you just need to look....I mean look at this site........It's got everything but a corner for the hooke.....

Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 2:38pm

But whatever the problem was it appears fixed, and we now can RACE.

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 7, 2014 at 2:45pm

He said it in 1 of the video's posted today

Permalink Reply by jeff.2066 on January 7, 2014 at 2:29pm

132, 57, 41, ? Go Robby!

Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on January 7, 2014 at 2:31pm

Really pumped about the solid run today! Only building from here :) Great job Speed Team.

Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2014 at 2:32pm

Super good run especially with all the cars he had to pass

Permalink Reply by Riverside Racer on January 7, 2014 at 6:04pm

from MarathonRally.com:
Despite beginning the stage as the 28 of 121 cars, thus having to drive through fellow competitor’s dust and significant traffic, Gordon passed more than 20 cars during his more than three-hour and five-minute race. In doing so he shaved more than 21 minutes off of Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel’s overall leading time.

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 7, 2014 at 2:38pm

Reliability has played a huge role in the outcomes so far, as well it should. Having said that, it will be interesting to see how things shake out if they manage to have a stage where no one has major problems.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 7, 2014 at 2:48pm

How did BJ gain like 2 hrs in overall time?

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