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 Michael Martinez on January 13, 2014 at 12:56pm

Here's my theory......there were fans lining the road and he stopped to do "THAT THANG THAT HE DO"........what the hell is an hour? The water is at the bottom of the well and when you get to it the bucket only needs to go so deep. When the special starts the racing starts.

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Permalink Reply by Cluworks on January 13, 2014 at 12:56pm

A. Penalties won't show until the stage is complete.
B. Potentially
C. Looking at this scheduled start time, he was either way late or tracker is not working properly.

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 13, 2014 at 1:02pm

ipotesis 1. vi bastantes espectadores en el wp1, se detuvo para saludarlos y agradeser por su apoyo, robby gordon es carismático, luego se dio cuenta que estaba en carrera y emprendió la marcha

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 13, 2014 at 1:03pm

ipotesis 1. I saw quite a few spectators at wp1, stopped to greet and agradeser for their support, robby gordon is charismatic, then realized he was in the race and set off