Jan 13th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had a broken studs in stage 7, and had to limp home to a disappointing 56th place finish. Gordon is now 24th overall. The rally now enters Chile, and Robby Gordon will begin stage 8 at 10:45am/et.

 

2014 Stage 7 Photos


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: SALTA > CALAMA

Connection 510km | Special Stage 302km | Total 812km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

Today the competitors will cross the Andes Cordillera, to begin the Chilean part of the rally. A special transition stage has been marked out there for the last day that cars will progress without overtaking motorcycles and quad bikes. The timed section of the day will be accessible to skilled drivers who are at ease on fast tracks in a closed environment. Drivers are advised to pay attention to their position from the outset to limit the number of overtaking manoeuvres, even though the strict standards regarding the use of the Sentinel system will be carefully monitored at the end of the day.

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 blake keithley on January 13, 2014 at 1:14pm
Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 13, 2014 at 1:07pm

rg into wp2

1:06:48 thats fast split

wait there is a cp1 there too

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 1:10pm

4:23 back -still top ten

Permalink Reply by Rob on January 13, 2014 at 1:08pm

318 is doing pretty damn good today.

Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 13, 2014 at 1:10pm

Feeling much better..

RG made it throught WP3 +1:06:48 and only lost 1:28 between WP2 and WP3.

Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 13, 2014 at 1:11pm

if accurate that is a 9th fastest split for the day

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2014 at 1:11pm

Robby Gordon during Stage 8

Permalink Reply by Scooter on January 13, 2014 at 1:13pm

Good to see the back hatch on the HST. Maybe the cooling changes are working.

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 13, 2014 at 1:13pm

thats the same pic u used yesterday lol

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2014 at 1:16pm

Robert - Prove it!

It's a brand new stage 8 picture.

Permalink Reply by blake keithley on January 13, 2014 at 1:18pm

Looks like Utah but higher.

Permalink Reply by Rob on January 13, 2014 at 1:27pm

Looks like the White Mtns in California too.

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