Jan 11th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 8 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the second half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 8 is 781km long. Robby Gordon start time: 5:25am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 7, Gordon sits 23rd in the overall standings, 5h48m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 7 Photos

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: UYUNI > IQUIQUE

Connection 24km | Special Stage 781km | Total 805km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Dakar bows to the laws of nature. Hence, the weather will decide which route will be taken to leave Bolivia. If it’s dry, the start could take place in the Salar de Uyuni, for a 100km route across a smooth road of white salt: full throttle and foot to the floor! The route then slows down abruptly, with the longest part of the special stage taking place on more technical mountain terrain. The day will end with more than 40km of dunes, concluding with the vertiginous descent to Iquique.

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 12, 2015 at 12:58pm

Wow, 127,000+ views of that video since yesterday !!!

We have a great gang here on the Planet, but there are clearly some other big Robby factions out there too.

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 12, 2015 at 2:20am

Found this awesome pic on Twitter

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 12, 2015 at 1:01pm

This guy's got the vibe down alright !

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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 12, 2015 at 1:35pm

Nice!
Where's Bruno these days?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Keith on January 12, 2015 at 3:50pm

I want a t-shirt with that on it.

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Permalink Reply by Hyteq Redneq on January 12, 2015 at 4:05pm

Make one. I've done it with a couple I've liked.

If you have (or have access to) a decent computer printer you can get printable iron on paper. Print it (reversed) & iron it on. Works great. I have one I made the first year he went with the Jim Beam Hummer and it's still good.

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Permalink Reply by Goya born on January 12, 2015 at 7:44am

Thank you Speed Freak 7 !!!

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Permalink Reply by Goya born on January 12, 2015 at 7:51am

Our car :)) Stop talking about the Hummers fixing some things to Gordini in 2016 we can be in top 3...

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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 12, 2015 at 11:59am

Dakar has some sweet horizon shots from yesterday up....

It appears there's another orange vehicle out there but there's too much decal on the door to be Robby... need someone elses discerning eyes to see if they think these 2 are Robby or not.