Jan 1st, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 1 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 1 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon will drive the #303 Speed Energy Hummer & Nasser Al Attiyah will drive the #300 Qatar Hummer. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 1 TRACKING


STAGE 1: Mar Del Plata > De La Pampa

Connection 763km | Special Stage 57km | Total 823km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

 

The seaside resort of Mar del Plata brings to mind lazing around, especially after the competitors have mingled with the crowd during the public presentation ceremony on 31st December. For the short warm-up special stage, they will nevertheless be allowed to pass by the seafront, where the small dunes to be crossed will represent the first hurdle. In this simple exercise, the fastest time will establish a first winner and determine each competitor's position in the rankings. After this challenge, there will be a long liaison section to be covered to Santa Rosa de la Pampa.

 

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Permalink Reply by TOG on December 30, 2011 at 10:01am

Interesting info on the Support trucks at the Toyo blog. Read it here:

Permalink Reply by Stick on December 30, 2011 at 10:30am

Hope the team gets the second support truck in time!

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on December 30, 2011 at 11:55am

Sounds like one of the support vehicles took the slow boat .

Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on December 30, 2011 at 12:07pm

Sounds like a fist full of cash may be needed

Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on December 30, 2011 at 12:28pm

No doubt. Hoping that the second truck gets cleared no problemo.

Permalink Reply by TOG on December 30, 2011 at 4:01pm

I'm sure it will.

Permalink Reply by will on December 30, 2011 at 12:37pm

Here's some video from a little earlier today.
http://tn.com.ar/deportes/desafios/00077669/la-hummer-de-gordon-des...

Permalink Reply by TOG on December 30, 2011 at 1:58pm

nice find

Permalink Reply by BajaTuner on December 30, 2011 at 2:25pm

Pardon the logo... But this is some of the coolest video footage of the HUMMER. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1084850/robby_gordon_hummer_testing/

Permalink Reply by bighead on December 30, 2011 at 10:19pm

any word on the boat

Permalink Reply by TOG on December 31, 2011 at 7:25am

scrutineering & opening ceremonies today.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on December 31, 2011 at 11:09am

But has the truck arrived?

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