Jan 5th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 1, and is only 42s behind in the overall standings.The special section of Stage 2 is 518km long. Robby Gordon start time: 7:10am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2015 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: VILLA CARLOS PAZ > SAN JUAN

Connection 107km | Special Stage 518km | Total 625km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Any rest will be short-lived, because before reaching San Juan, the competitors will have a particularly busy schedule: quite simply the longest special stage in the rally, which is varied enough to unsettle even the most experienced of drivers. Hard terrain at the start of the race will be followed by dusty sections in the middle of the day and a sandy stretch to finish. This is the first real test, which can only be successfully overcome through constant vigilance.

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 5, 2015 at 10:40pm

"Elite" driver privilege, I think you only get 2 per DAKAR.no carry over.Minor chance you get 3,pretty sure just 2.They don't want the really fast guys running over slower 'sportsman' driver's.safety deal.

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Permalink Reply by RICK ALDRIDGE on January 5, 2015 at 11:23pm

Roma was about 135th first stage and started 16th today. In the past Robby has used them and started 20 or 25th or so. So that is the range.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 5, 2015 at 9:37pm

perhaps a season switch to the rally is in store

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 5, 2015 at 9:52pm

tomorrow stage starts at 7:20 am local, that's 5:20et/2:20pt

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Permalink Reply by mark roye on January 6, 2015 at 12:12am

Any word yet as to what required the tow?

Did the brake fire (likely a stuck caliper??) take out the seal and bearing? If so, the tow would have been just as damaging as motoring. Or was there an engine/drive-line problem?

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 6, 2015 at 12:07am

Here it is, 9pm on the west coast, and both the Dakar site and the Dutch tracking site show only 60 cars making it to the finish line. If true, that's….less than half of today's starters,

Some pretty fearful attrition for only the second day of the show.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Greener on January 6, 2015 at 12:13am

Just to throw this out...break failure on right rear is the same side that ripped apart the stage on one of Robbys jumps. Coincidence?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2015 at 12:25am

Caliper is up inside the wheel and at the rear end housing height .RDZ coincedence

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Permalink Reply by Dustin Leger on January 6, 2015 at 7:17pm

Vapor lock/fuel intake seems to be the issues that caused him to stop on Stage 2 just before the finish requiring a tow.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2015 at 7:55pm

Nice speculation,but NOT according to Robby's NBCSports interview that aired today.Just say'n

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Permalink Reply by Dustin Leger on January 6, 2015 at 7:59pm

I got that info from the show I watched today on NBC Sports. They mentioned that then showed a picture of him being towed in. But.....that info did not come out of RG's mouth. It came from the broadcasting crew on NBC Sports.