Jan 8th Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally on Jan 8, 2009 , right here and chat about the action during the 6th stage.Robby sits in 7th overall,only 41 minutes back.

Stage 6 - Thursday, January 8
San Rafael > Mendoza
Connection: 76 km | Special: 395 km | Connection: 154 km | Total: 625 km
The day’s program is once again full of crossings, since the special begins with around sixty kilometers of dunes. The trail becomes easier in the second part, but competitors might well be slowed down by a wide ford that must be crossed with exceeding skill to avoid an extended bath. On arrival at Mendoza, the rally will penetrate the foothills of the Andes mountain range.

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 8, 2009 at 5:02pm

Those are old penalties. Todays have not been posted.

Permalink Reply by High Sided on January 8, 2009 at 5:37pm

those are todays penalties, stage 6

Permalink Reply by Mario on January 8, 2009 at 5:50pm

The penalties that zoomsss posted were old penalties.

300 15 minutes - Penalty posted on Stage 5
362 3 minutes - Penalty posted on Stage 3
306 2 hours - Penalty posted on Stage 2
324 6 minutes - Penalty posted on Stage 3
329 4 hours - Penalty posted on Stage 5

Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 8, 2009 at 9:28pm

Help me to find them then?
This is what I was quoting from, Stage 6 O/A
http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/LIVE/us/600/classement/CGA.html

Permalink Reply by Lisa on January 8, 2009 at 5:40pm

AL ATTIYAH is on the Withdrawn list for stage 6. At least he was keeping the dubs honest. Looks like it moved Robby up to 6th. But now there are three rabbits in the first three spots.

Permalink Reply by LongTime on January 8, 2009 at 5:42pm

You beat me to it. This is good news

Permalink Reply by High Sided on January 8, 2009 at 5:41pm

302 Al attattatt withdrawls as well as 322 spinelli

Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 8, 2009 at 5:48pm

Gordon 6th Overall 1:11 back and 1:22 ahead of 7th.

Poised for the podium with 8 specials to go.

Permalink Reply by Riverside Racer on January 8, 2009 at 5:50pm

"Here Kitty Kitty"

Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 8, 2009 at 5:53pm

Street still 2nd O/A on the bike 40:00 minutes back.

Permalink Reply by Riverside Racer on January 8, 2009 at 5:56pm

Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah was thrown out of the Dakar Rally, which he was leading, on Thursday after missing a number of control points on the sixth stage, race organisers said.

The BMW driver, who won the first and third stages and led the overall standings by over seven minutes, skipped nine mandatory way points as his car threatened to overheat on the shortened 178km run from San Rafael.

South Africa's Giniel De Villiers, who was second on the day, was promoted to stage winner and inherited the overall lead ahead of the gruelling event making its way into Chile on Friday.

The rules of the race state that each way point missed - up to four - leads to a two-hour penalty; a fifth in succession means exclusion.

Permalink Reply by Ryan on January 8, 2009 at 6:03pm