Jan 13th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had a broken studs in stage 7, and had to limp home to a disappointing 56th place finish. Gordon is now 24th overall. The rally now enters Chile, and Robby Gordon will begin stage 8 at 10:45am/et.

2014 Stage 7 Photos

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: SALTA > CALAMA

Connection 510km | Special Stage 302km | Total 812km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Today the competitors will cross the Andes Cordillera, to begin the Chilean part of the rally. A special transition stage has been marked out there for the last day that cars will progress without overtaking motorcycles and quad bikes. The timed section of the day will be accessible to skilled drivers who are at ease on fast tracks in a closed environment. Drivers are advised to pay attention to their position from the outset to limit the number of overtaking manoeuvres, even though the strict standards regarding the use of the Sentinel system will be carefully monitored at the end of the day.

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 Rob on January 13, 2014 at 12:29pm

Showing as 72nd though.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 13, 2014 at 12:37pm

@Speed, I'm with you. The tracking didn't have Robby starting the stage and then mysteriously changing the 58th starter to Robby. Going to have be a wait and see but hope for the best.

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 13, 2014 at 12:24pm

BJ is 19th at the 4th wp.

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 13, 2014 at 12:37pm

Taking a loooooong time to make it to 5.

RG down to 74th now.

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 13, 2014 at 12:35pm

already lost interest, the better I see the golden ball 2013 without robby gordon dakar is how the track without cars, but we have to collect all the problems HST and return to the year with all the enthusiasm in the world

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 12:37pm

just throwing an guess out there, what is Robby rolled thru the start on time,than pulled over to fix something? let's see how CP2 times in.

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 13, 2014 at 12:38pm

Man from Quitar is in the ASS, Sainz 2nd.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 13, 2014 at 12:41pm

BJ up to 16th at WP5, 14:21 back

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Permalink Reply by David Z on January 13, 2014 at 12:42pm

I just used some orange electrical tape on a video camera repair, did it bring any luck?

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 13, 2014 at 12:43pm

approaching time the fastest cars came through wp2, hopefully soon

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 13, 2014 at 12:53pm

Robby Gordon passes the WP2. The U.S. loses 1:05 '20'' in a section that Nasser made in 46'25''

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Permalink Reply by Raul Herrera on January 13, 2014 at 12:43pm

Lets get done stage by stage, yesterday's issue I think should'n happened, the guys in the HST should have plenity of fun by now and don't get stressed by the gap on the time they have.