Jan 3rd Dakar Rally Stage 1 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally's first day on Jan 3, 2009 , right here and chat about the action during the first stage

Stage 1 - Saturday, January 3
Buenos Aires > Santa Rosa
Connection: 196 km | Special: 371 km | Connection: 166 km | Total: 733 km
Many have heard of La Pampa, where men are reputed to be “rough, but always courteous”. This first stage will provide the opportunity to discover the length of these vast plains. Dakar competitors have never faced such a long special. With over 400 km of rolling routes, perhaps the fastest on the program, this will constitute a real warm-up.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Downs on January 3, 2009 at 10:37am

peterhansel made up alot of time in last part of stage,maybe robby will

Permalink Reply by TorqueWrench on January 3, 2009 at 10:51am

Whats the deal with the live tracking?

Permalink Reply by dkam7 on January 3, 2009 at 11:03am

No Idea

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 3, 2009 at 10:54am

Robby in 19th place after passing through checkpoint #3. over 10 minutes back.

Permalink Reply by Ron Downs on January 3, 2009 at 10:56am

BMW seems fast this year

Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on January 3, 2009 at 9:29pm

Exactly. A great driver that usually shows pretty well in the ASO Dakar races. No one should be surprised to see him doing well. BMW has been strong also.

Permalink Reply by jack on January 3, 2009 at 11:11am

Shows Robby 14 minutes 25 seconds behind for stage one.

Permalink Reply by Kevin on January 3, 2009 at 11:12am

finished 14 minutes out? wonder what happened, seemed to be with the field at the begining.

Permalink Reply by jack on January 3, 2009 at 11:13am

who knows..... i'm sure we will get some sort of update from the team by tomorrow. or late tonight if were lucky

Permalink Reply by Nicky Schacht on January 3, 2009 at 11:13am

yeah shows Robby in 8th 14minutes behind the lead. i think he can make that up no problem.

Permalink Reply by jack on January 3, 2009 at 11:16am

yup! a couple of stage wins before the end of this.. and Robby will be right up there in contention again. :)

Permalink Reply by Rodney on January 3, 2009 at 11:30am

Remember Robby's engine combination hurt's for top end speed with the restictor in the air intake, all the diesel turbo's are going to kick his ass. We need rough terrian to do well.