Jan 5th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Stage 5 Discussion, 2012 Dakar Rally

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Permalink Reply by kurt kern on January 5, 2012 at 1:03am

Rain can cause a sloppy course which is rough on 2WD. Also, rain may take away some of the sand advantge from RG and NA. However, I agree with DesertX....if the wet crust is thin, it might get tricky & deceptively inconsistent. I still give advanatge to hummer.

No rain & dry course woud be ideal for tomorrow.

Fingers crossed! Go RG and NA!

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Permalink Reply by Addicted2Racin' on January 5, 2012 at 12:31am

Some good pics of the Hummers...

http://jalopnik.com/5872745/the-dakar-race-looks-pretty-much-like-a...

http://www.motorsport.com/all/photos/main-gallery/

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Permalink Reply by Thomas on January 5, 2012 at 12:56am

Great find man!

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Permalink Reply by AZBadseed on January 5, 2012 at 3:40am

Great to hear he is still upbeat after some trials early. He sounds supremely confident in the car, and in both drivers, which is really great to hear!! Petrol ON!!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Allen on January 5, 2012 at 6:36am

From the DAKAR website

Modification of the Car/Truck Route

Due to the heavy rain that fell on the provinces of La Rioja and Catamarca, the start of the stage for cars and trucks has been moved to the 24 km point, shortening the stage by this distance. As a result, the cars will set off on the link stage 30 minutes later. The first car, driven by Stephane Peterhansel, yesterday's winner and new leader of the general standings, left Chilecito at 6.45 AM local time. A total of 138 cars feature on the list of starters.

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 5, 2012 at 8:26am

right to the sand

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 5, 2012 at 8:50am

And they're off in stage 5

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 5, 2012 at 8:54am

#302 toyota of terranova has withdrawn from the race

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 5, 2012 at 9:27am

Any reason given for the dropout?

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 5, 2012 at 9:30am

only said he turned in his nav equipment

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 5, 2012 at 9:01am

Per the rules, can the tires be cut (grooved with a tire knife) ? I have cut a set of mudders to work in the sand for my ramcharger, it makes a BIG improvement if you know what your doing and doesn't seem to harm the hard pan traction.