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 Kevin Meyer on January 10, 2012 at 6:58pm

Just as long as his check cleared...

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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 10, 2012 at 7:52pm

In that special segment they did on him on tv, commenting on wrc rally (?), olympics, etc?
I thought he said he wanted to come with 3 cars next year.

I know I'm not up on all of the info this year, but I haven't read or heard him give any thanks to Robby? Has he said anything in that vain at all?

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Permalink Reply by Brad Pierce on January 10, 2012 at 10:16pm

Nassar plans to come back with Citroen.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Cartwright on January 10, 2012 at 7:05pm

I had a feeling all along that Nasser would end up bashing hummer, oh well.

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Permalink Reply by ERIK on January 10, 2012 at 7:13pm

1 speed energy down. Now for some Jim Beam!

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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 10, 2012 at 7:27pm

haha! from facebook...

"Went good. Careful in the rocks for no flats, went fast in rough, hummers advantage. Nav went good and the decent to Iqueque was the scariest thing I ever did - RG was matted at 205kph! Omg I was freaking out!!!"