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 Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2016 at 9:11pm

the airport is 4000 ft

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Permalink Reply by MTG on January 11, 2016 at 9:13pm

That should be fine.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2016 at 9:09pm

It is very late at the Biv, Good news, the stage starts close to the Biv. 8:56 am local start time for Nasser. RG is taking his 2nd ELITE mulligan to start 17th , 9:37 local. Sheldon is scheduled for 10:49 local
This is a loop course.

I understand there is a group of you building a Diesel /IRS pick-up to next year event, sponsored by every automobile manufacturer on the globe. May luck be with you.

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Permalink Reply by jerry davis on January 11, 2016 at 9:13pm

Yep...., crew cab so we all can ride along .

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 11, 2016 at 9:19pm

Good one.

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 11, 2016 at 9:25pm

and a couple million to go with the luck

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

TURBO!

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2016 at 9:14pm

Nasser takes the first non-Pug stage win of the Dakar, finishing 14 seconds ahead of Sainz, and 31 seconds ahead of not-yet-penalized Peterhansel. Nasser now just 12 mins behind Sainz in the overall, if the Peter-penalty turns out to be real.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Ford on January 11, 2016 at 9:16pm

Assuming tracking (at the finish at least) is still working then this stage is a real car killer. 12+ hours after they started and there are still 25 cars out on the course!

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2016 at 10:04pm

Yeah, it sounds like it was a real killer alright. And more of the same in the offing I guess in the stages to follow.

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 11, 2016 at 9:18pm

hope everybody is ok .good times dont mean anything with out bad ones . here is tomorrow being the best one yet''''''''go teamspeed .....................................ps i hope there is a 2017 come back shane come back