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 Dave Horwath on January 14, 2014 at 3:07pm

Thanks for the bad news.....ah, this sucks

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on January 14, 2014 at 2:59pm

Didn't RG and company dream, design and build the Hummer as a last minute project after he lost his ride with the guy he sold his Hummers too? The Hummer seems to be better than the HST thus far but Walch said yesterday was like the first stage where they pinned it most of the way. Just needed more time to test the HST and that being said a lot of guys that had more time under their belts had the same vapor locking issues as RG. Not sure if it was the gas or the elements of nature that caused some of the problems.

I just hope RG comes back again next year regardless of what he's driving. The AWD cars seem to be the ticket all around.

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 14, 2014 at 3:03pm

2wd can do it ... but it is tough .
call shlesser to the rescue !!!! he made it .... 13 years ago !
he won againt the mitsu armada and their 50 million budget .

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 14, 2014 at 3:22pm

no bajemos la cabeza, vamos si nosotros nos desinflamos, RG estara perdido vamos Robby, mañana sera otro día, y el 2015 sera otro año

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Permalink Reply by David on January 14, 2014 at 3:00pm

its just raining in mass

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Permalink Reply by javier on January 14, 2014 at 3:01pm

That is hard for us, but it hardest for Robby. Tought day...
Come on guys we are going to SUPPORT Robby from all over the places of the world.
I'll start this from Spain

COME ON ROBBY ALL THE SUPPORT FROM MADRID (SPAIN). GAS ON

Come on guys....