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 FD REBEL on January 13, 2014 at 8:41am

Back from Parker.....Time for some more wrenchen and Dakar watch....Rip em a new one RG

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Permalink Reply by edgard vargas on January 13, 2014 at 8:49am

Buena suerte Robby Gordon, esperemos que lunes sea para despegar un al menos ganar una etapa. vamos rg

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2014 at 9:12am

Is the start being delayed for some reason?

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2014 at 9:13am

Or is it 11:50 start time?

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2014 at 9:14am

Disregard I see now that it is sorry folks.

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Permalink Reply by will on January 13, 2014 at 9:14am

11:50 is correct.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2014 at 9:18am

I guess it is too early to think on the west coast.

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Permalink Reply by Buzzzz on January 13, 2014 at 9:20am

LOL!

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Permalink Reply by Buzzzz on January 13, 2014 at 9:16am

Good Morning to all from Canada.
At first I couldn't find RG in the starting list and I got this horrible feeling that he had to withdraw or something......but alas, I did find him in the 50's.....so he has a long way to go to get up front. This stage is short one. So best of luck Robby, I hope all goes well!