Jan 12th Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally on Jan 12, 2009 , right here and chat about the action during the 9th stage

Stage 9 - Monday, January 12

La Serena > Copiapo
Connection: 88 km | Special: 449 km | Connection: 0 km | Total: 537 km
We are at the first step of a decisive trilogy. The reputation of the Atacama Desert, known as the world’s driest, will be tested by the competitors. Those who hope to find dunes will be rewarded. But they will also be fed a generous helping of rocks. This stage is typical of the Dakar 2009, with numerous changes of terrain. The positioning of difficulties, with long stretches of dunes at the end, will require pilots to conserve their strength. They must show themselves to be both multi-talented and with a firm sense of how to manage their efforts.

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Permalink Reply by RGordonNo#1 on January 12, 2009 at 7:10pm

Stage 9
Waypoint Winners (9 Waypoints today)
309 Robby 4 wins
305 De Villes 2 wins
306 Chircherit 1 win
307 Depping 1 win
308 Miller 1 win

WP 1 KM 57 305 De Villes Gained 0:00:19 Seconds on Miller
WP 2 KM 95 308 Miller Gained 0:00:35 Seconds on Sainz
WP 3 KM 131 305 De Villes De Villes Gained 0:00:16 Seconds on Chircherit
WP 4 KM 218 307 Depping Gained 0:00:20 Seconds on Miller
WP 5 KM 235 309 Gordon Gained 0:00:23 Seconds De Villes
WP 6 KM 297 309 Gordon Gained 0:00:36 Seconds on Miller
WP 7 KM 334 306 Chircherit Gained 0:00:27 Seconds on Gordon
WP 8 KM 399 309 Gordon Gained 0:03:27 on Chircherit
WP Finish 309 Gordon Gained 0:01:33 on Sainz

Permalink Reply by RGordonNo#1 on January 12, 2009 at 7:10pm

Robby Passing or being Past by Way Points: Only followed the top ten cars

KM 95 Robby Past 306 Chircherit , 304 Roma and 307 Depping

KM 131 Robby was passed by 304 Roma

KM 218 no Passing

KM 235 no Passing

KM 297 no Passing

KM 334 no Passing

KM 399 Robby passed De Villes and Roma

KM Finish no Passing

Permalink Reply by Bugeyed Earl on January 12, 2009 at 7:49pm

Great stuff??? Ahhh..... You can torture the numbers all you want, but we lost like 2min 15sec to the leader today.

Permalink Reply by RGordonNo#1 on January 12, 2009 at 7:57pm

I will put more info tomorrow's Stage 10, I just get the numbers on Excel build a database off it. Trying to figure out MPH based on KM for tomorrow run. The Waypoints really tell the difference between where Robby loses it or gains back.

Permalink Reply by LongTime on January 12, 2009 at 8:57pm

Just got home from work and haven't had a chance to go thru the days posts yet, but the Dakar.com website is showing Jonah Street as a withdrawal at stage 9. Any idea what happened? I had better get started reading as it looks to have been a busy day.

Permalink Reply by LongTime on January 12, 2009 at 8:59pm

never mind found out why. To bad , he was doing a great job!