Jan 10th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 8 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 5th. Cars begin stage 9 at 7:54am/et (9:54am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: Antofagasto > Iquique

Connection 9km | Special Stage 556km | Total 565km

COURSE OVERVIEW

A two-part stage will keep the competitors busy who continue the climb to the north of the continent, between oceans and mountains. Two sections separated by a neutralization are on the agenda with varied features and landscapes. At the beginning of the day, the competitors will pass through canyons, drive on clean tracks and sink in the fesh fesh?! The second special stage will call upon the drivers' and co-drivers' navigational talents, who will have to make a decision based on the very limited landmarks, while remaining focused on the WPM. To reward them for this intensive endeavour, they will drive down the steep descent to Iquique, already featured on the 2010 Dakar route, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Steve Branz on January 10, 2012 at 2:40pm

it shows Nasser at CP3, he is the only car to check in there

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Permalink Reply by Goody on January 10, 2012 at 2:41pm

Congrats to Robby and team Speed!

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Permalink Reply by Matt/Canuck on January 10, 2012 at 2:41pm

Beautiful
This has been the most fun to follow.
Finally some good fortune has come his way
Love DAKAR

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 10, 2012 at 2:42pm

Congrats Robby and the team!

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Permalink Reply by Simon Topham on January 10, 2012 at 2:43pm

Awesome, go Robby!

Shame for Nasser

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Permalink Reply by Ben Cartwright on January 10, 2012 at 2:47pm

Awesome job Robby!

what happened to Nasser?

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 10, 2012 at 2:49pm

BIG UP's to Robby JC & team!!!! Well deserved

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Permalink Reply by Amar on January 10, 2012 at 2:49pm

Well, now we should check NASCAR.com to see if they will put a front page article. We should tweet to those staff writersto let them know.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 10, 2012 at 3:56pm

Doubtful. What I was most dissapointed with was Sirius NASCAR. I had to leave the office for a while and listend to Sirius in hopes of an update on Robby. They had a news break around 3:00 and had plenty of lead time on Robby's stage win but there was no mention of Dakar or Robby. Guess we are the only ones in the NASCAR nation that really cares.

Their loss. Great Job Robby and Team Speed!!