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 John Carrington on January 13, 2014 at 3:17pm

Lol I guess I missed something. Just not sure what, yet

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 13, 2014 at 3:21pm

Thats enough for me today see you all later

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 13, 2014 at 3:22pm

A mystery hour that was added to our time, right at the start. Otherwise fairly fast, apparently.

Permalink Reply by blake keithley on January 13, 2014 at 3:21pm

We live to compete another day...

Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 13, 2014 at 3:22pm

BJ and El Martillo beat RG today, Martillo with 2 days back from 1st, lol, dam....

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 3:25pm

if we only had that missing hour back.I hope it wasn't something as silly as think'n time zone change

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 13, 2014 at 3:39pm

He rolled off about where he should have according to the Dakar site but then it did take them a while to show him as leaving and when I trying to calculate when his times appeared it seems to precise for them to have stopped an hour.

Permalink Reply by Dan Snyder on January 13, 2014 at 3:29pm

Found this on El Martillo today. Looks like they helped RG yesterday. http://www.elmartilloracing.com/blogs/from-80-to-31/

Permalink Reply by Tim Nation on January 13, 2014 at 4:23pm

Cool Thanks for the info

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 13, 2014 at 5:12pm

Yep, looks like they stopped and helped. And a pretty cool looking vehicle they have as well !

Permalink Reply by blake keithley on January 13, 2014 at 9:34pm

That's a good looking Durango body.

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 13, 2014 at 5:43pm

And on an unrelated note, Jim Beam has been bought by Suntory (Japanese)

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