Jan 6th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had vapor lock issues during stage 1, and finds himself over 2 hours behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 8:55am/et, Robby Gordon will probably begin the stage at 9:36am/et (Subject to change) Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2014 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2014 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: SAN LUIS > SAN RAFAEL

Connection 365km | Special Stage 433km | Total 798km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The fastest special stage of the rally, at least for its first part, will also be the one where drivers will have to face the first dunes. And it won’t just be a brief encounter with sand: in the last 100 kilometres, the exploration of the grey dunes of Nihuil will be even more intensive than during previous visits. The sand is more firm there, but the experience will provide a great deal of insight about each of the competitors’ technical skills. In short it will be a veritable test.

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 Blain on January 6, 2014 at 11:29am

Still does not show on the Checkpoint though.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2014 at 11:27am

Where did you get this tidbit of info?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Shaw on January 6, 2014 at 11:28am

http://gaps.dakar.com/2014/dakar/stage-02/aso/ukie.phpbr/> under Live Comments

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2014 at 11:28am

Do you have contacts in NSA?

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2014 at 11:29am

Never mind I see it now.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 6, 2014 at 11:28am

Refresh your browser on the Dakar website.

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 6, 2014 at 11:25am

Be sure and visit some of robby's sponsors like tananka hot sauce. So hot I use it as paint striper

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 6, 2014 at 11:29am

Looks tasty!!

I'm gonna grow my own peppers this year and make my own.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on January 6, 2014 at 11:58am

Anyone got a link? Nothing via Google

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Permalink Reply by BAD on January 6, 2014 at 12:15pm

who makes it and where?

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 6, 2014 at 11:29am

The French team of Mini signed the best provisional time improving nearly 8 minutes of the previous reference Orlando Terranova! It precedes the SMG Buggy Carlos Sainz 10 seconds. Nasser Al-Attiyah advanced to third place at this moment in 6'52 "of Stephane Peterhansel.

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 11:30am

The Mini team's Frenchman has put in the best provisional time so far, bettering the previous best by Orlando Terranova by almost 8 minutes! He leads the SMG buggy of Carlos Sainz by 10 seconds. Nasser Al-Attiyah lies in third place currently,...