Jan 14th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. After starting 56th, Robby Gordon had a great stage 8 and finished 10th. Gordon is now 24th overall. Robby Gordon will begin stage 9 at TBA

2014 Stage 8 Photos

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: CALAMA > IQUIQUE

Connection 29km | Special Stage 422km | Total 451km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The 2014 Dakar will reach its most northern point in Iquique, where the competitors will see the ocean for the first time this year. Above all, the drivers and teams will discover the Atacama Dunes again after a first part of a special stage which will be rather tedious. Dune specialists will be in command over a distance of almost 150km. Thrills will be guaranteed at the very end of the day, on the last three kilometres of the descent to Iquique: there is more than a 30% difference in height from start to finish and it is almost not recommended to break. The law of gravitation takes on its full meaning: the bivouac is not far away!

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 Kevin Meyer on January 13, 2014 at 9:39pm

8:55 EST RG leaves the line?

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 13, 2014 at 9:43pm

That's not so bad for us west coast people!

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Permalink Reply by Chris Koropeski on January 13, 2014 at 9:47pm

The final descent into iquique is my favourite part of the rally.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2014 at 9:52pm

I get 8:20am/et

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 13, 2014 at 10:23pm

You're right. My bad.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 10:53pm

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/stage-9/live-timing/sector-2-df-...

I'm happy we thought Robby's WP gaps where top 10,because they where.
Did anyone hear where the mystery hour came from?

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Permalink Reply by f1ip on January 13, 2014 at 10:01pm

This is what it'll look like at the end of this special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4aLofmr_R8

can we request for an In-car video from RG for this downhill run.
It would be faptastic!

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Permalink Reply by scott henderson on January 13, 2014 at 10:13pm

i second the request for in-car video!

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Permalink Reply by Kurt Poehlmann on January 13, 2014 at 10:26pm

Ok does anybody have the video of Robby flying down the dunes chasing the big truck with the black eyed peas song in the background?please post. Can't find it anywhere