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 Head Held High on January 14, 2014 at 10:26am

Petter Sweater is on it. It will be a huge comeback when he wins the whole thing.

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 14, 2014 at 10:27am

Yep, haven't seen him run this hard in a number of years, never needed to

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 10:27am

Giniel and overcame RG WP5 and will record their 5th, 6th KRZYSZTOF HOLOWCZYC (POL) ................ where is RG

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2014 at 10:28am

scoring is slow

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 14, 2014 at 10:27am

sainz in trouble with suspension problems . see if robby stops and helps him again

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 10:32am

what are a maximum RG as in Peru would say (you're a tipaso)

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Permalink Reply by Cluworks on January 14, 2014 at 10:27am

This beauty was tucked away a bit and made me chuckle "The comeback kid is in fifth: Robby Gordon trails Sainz by 1'38""

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Permalink Reply by BAD on January 14, 2014 at 10:29am

you guys being the experts... why was last years' car more competitive - rules are different being an FIA car? Thanks for your input.

This car seems to be smaller and more nimble...

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Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 14, 2014 at 10:39am

This new car is having growing pains,,, the old car was rock solid and a beast in the dunes,,, not many dunes so far ,,, this race is much more suited for the Mini's as it is very tight and no sand for the most part.