Jan 3rd Dakar Rally Stage 1 Race Chat

Join us for the Dakar Rally's first day on Jan 3, 2009 , right here and chat about the action during the first stage

Stage 1 - Saturday, January 3
Buenos Aires > Santa Rosa
Connection: 196 km | Special: 371 km | Connection: 166 km | Total: 733 km
Many have heard of La Pampa, where men are reputed to be “rough, but always courteous”. This first stage will provide the opportunity to discover the length of these vast plains. Dakar competitors have never faced such a long special. With over 400 km of rolling routes, perhaps the fastest on the program, this will constitute a real warm-up.

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 3, 2009 at 1:53am

RG's restrictor this year is 36mm about 1.42 inches.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 3, 2009 at 6:42am

Good morning.. should be less than an hour before RG starts the first stage!! I gotta follow from work, booze doesn't make it self u know.. (well, it actually kinda does). This should be a good, fast stage.. I can't wait!!

Permalink Reply by jack on January 3, 2009 at 7:10am

ok.. is there not a tracking map this year? i've been looking at all the sites and cant find it.

Permalink Reply by Ron Downs on January 3, 2009 at 7:20am

tracking up on dakar.com

Permalink Reply by jack on January 3, 2009 at 7:27am

yeah.. i found that one.. but it doesn't track using a map.. only checkpoints.. I thought i remember using a site for dakar that you could watch the competitors thru iritrack on a map of sorts.
i guess they don't have the same things this year as they have had before.. Rallyraid had a good updating system as well that i cant find on their site this year either

Permalink Reply by Ron Downs on January 3, 2009 at 7:36am

your right this tracking different.I don't like it as well.

Permalink Reply by jack on January 3, 2009 at 7:30am

Robby is off at 10;17

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 3, 2009 at 7:52am