Jan 5th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 3 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 3 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 22nd in Stage 2, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 33rd. The special section of Stage 3 is 314km. Robby Gordon start time: 9:42am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 9:51am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2016 Dakar Rally.

2016 Stage 2 Photos

STAGE 3 TRACKING

STAGE 3: TERMAS DE RIO HONDO > SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY

Connection 349km | Special Stage 314km | Total 663km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The format is tighter for the day’s race against the clock... as are the mountain tracks featuring in the special section. Experts in sliding and on the road will be able to showcase their skills here, as long as they stay constantly focused. Those hunting down the leaders will be on high alert during this route, which has been designed for opportunists. But the programme could also be transformed by any rain: even the strongest competitors do not necessarily perform well on heavy ground.

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 Urie on January 5, 2016 at 7:41pm

I like the look of that crazy thing. Maybe he should try a Ariel Nomad next year.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 5, 2016 at 9:26pm

Hope to have some incar video this evening

More soup

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Permalink Reply by Craig Veld on January 5, 2016 at 9:31pm

Are they using same wiper blades that they were few years back weren't they a sponsors?

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 5, 2016 at 10:58pm

Don't know, but the brand was Scrubblade. I've used them before, and they worked good. They worked really well on my prerunner. Only negative was they are a little bit louder then a standard blade due to the duel blade design. The noise was when the double blade reversed direction. They also worked well on wiping bugs off the windshield. I would assume they would be good for snow too.

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 5, 2016 at 9:36pm

No kidding. Hope the track opens up soon.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 5, 2016 at 9:47pm

Soup is quite descriptive TOG.

I seen the Tatanka shortcut on premium and ordered a cpl jars.
On the donation link that was started by 7gason7 I seen Kevin Urie was asking for it so I pasted the link for him.
I would have ordered it sooner myself if there was a quick link on the main page so if you can maybe one could be posted.

Just a quick 2 cents worth.