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 Bob on January 14, 2014 at 3:54pm

If the wheels are still under him, maybe he was able to coast down the final decent . It didn't impress me as the sort of thing you could be towed down.

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 14, 2014 at 4:02pm

if you had a counter on the bitching about this HST or HST VS HUMMER. what do you think the number would be

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2014 at 4:03pm

the national debt

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 14, 2014 at 4:08pm

infinity times infinity

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 14, 2014 at 4:11pm

Very large

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Permalink Reply by BUTLER BUILT on January 14, 2014 at 3:34pm

Just looking over the numbers. If Al-Attiyah did not have the penalty, he would be sitting in first place now.....sometimes the ASO is good.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on January 14, 2014 at 3:44pm

Well, guys another stage done. Hopefully he finished the stage under his own power and that the HST can continue tomorrow. This is a race that finishing seems to the name of the game and I hope he is able to continue and finish!