Jan 11th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 11th in Stage 5, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 21st. The special section of Stage 8 is 393km. Robby Gordon start time: 7:26am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 7:48am/et.

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: SALTA > BELEN

Connection 373km | Special Stage 393km | Total 766km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The change of terrain which marks the entry into the second part of the rally should also mark a change in programme for the drivers, who will face the first dune sections of the 2016 edition. Experts in dunes crossing will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and even gain an advantage. They will also notice the navigational difficulties which have been introduced this year to complicate their existence. Louds of minutes could be lost by vehicles blocked in the sand.

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 Robert Ryan on January 12, 2016 at 3:38am

First year in a car after being a major winner in bikes. Pugs sucked that year

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 11, 2016 at 8:37pm

Where is Sheldon, interviewing El Chappo?

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Permalink Reply by jerry davis on January 11, 2016 at 8:41pm

Is 337 moving are camping out on the trail ?? Toyo's will make a good camp fire..

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Permalink Reply by Rick_G on January 11, 2016 at 8:37pm

Dakar Rally's truck class frontrunner Gerard de Rooy has labelled the 2016 race as "strange", suggesting that the current route strays too far from what traditionally made up the event.

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2016 at 8:50pm

With even more strangeness to come, if what the organizers said was true...

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 11, 2016 at 8:53pm

Losing host countries to El Nino made this whole Raid odd.

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Permalink Reply by Cluworks on January 11, 2016 at 8:53pm

337 CREED (USA), STREET (USA) GORDINI 009:51:40 05:39:17 (ASS)

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Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 11, 2016 at 8:53pm

wat no way he made it
the tracking dakar.com sucks

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Permalink Reply by Shane on January 11, 2016 at 9:04pm

Maybe he missed all the WP's and just brought it home.

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2016 at 8:56pm

Apparently Creed at the finish, 5:39:17 behind, with no scoring shown for him at WP6 through WP9. Which puts him 1hr 29 mins behind Robby for the day.

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Permalink Reply by MTG on January 11, 2016 at 8:56pm

What altitude is base camp? I hope all the team members are over the altitude sickness and can get the Gordinis prepped for tomorrow without too much trouble.