2013 Dakar Rally Prelude To Stage 1

We are now in the final days leading up until the start of the 2013 Dakar Rally here at PlanetRobby. This is the most anticipated rally in recent memory, with MANY subplots ( RG vs the mini's, the king of the energy drinks and the new "Nasser" buggy) and of course, the battle with Peterhensel. This is truly an US vs THEM battle for the ages. Those who have been here during the past Dakar Rallies, we plan on doing what we always have done: Making this a great 'getaway' and destination for all Robby Gordon and Dakar fans.

Looking at the Schedule, the scrutineering sets things in motion:

January 2,3 & 4th, 2013: The beaches of Lima

The site of the technical and administrative checks will be set up in the Magdalena District, where the South-American competitors will assemble on 2nd January in the afternoon. The “Dakar Village”, a meeting place for the competitors, the rally’s sponsors and the spectators, is next to the secure car park where the vehicles will be parked before the start.

Opening hours for the public:

01/02: 11am - 11p
01/03: 11am - 11pm
01/04: 10am - 4pm

5th January 2013: on stage in Chorrillos

Before setting off for the rally’s first special stage, the public will discover the 2013 Dakar’s competitors, on a podium set up on the beach in Chorrillos: the presentation will take place from 8am to 1.30pm.

Stage 1 runs from Lima to Pisco and has a VERY SHORT special section, only 13 km long.

We will have a thread for EACH stage of the rally, as well as the post race quotes, etc. Feel free to discuss your thoughts & predictions leading up to stage 1. Thanks for the support.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on December 31, 2012 at 5:59pm

I'm thinking with a lot of pictures being of the vehicles coming down the ramp that we'll still see plenty of shots with the ocean in the background.
http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/d03_36298668.jpg

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Permalink Reply by laura_a_Robbyfan on December 30, 2012 at 11:31pm

so looking forward to this! Thanks Tog and rest of Planet admins for all your work! Its almost like you know what your doing! Love you guys!

Gas On!

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on December 31, 2012 at 12:10am

Working on putting together a thread for a few message boards I'm on and I was looking at the entry lists and have the numbers that go with them.
Bikes = 183 Riders
Quads = 39 Riders
Cars = 157 Vehicles (308 Drivers & Co-Drivers)
Trucks = 75 Vehicles (215 Drivers & Co-Drivers)
~~Total = 454 Entrants (745 Competitors)~~

When you factor in the Support Vehicles & Personnel for the Teams, Media & Race Organizers (food/medical/timing & scoring/etc) that is just a crazy mass of humanity rolling through the "middle of nowhere". l0l

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 1, 2013 at 10:25am

host server has been slow the last few days, tech support almost has it sorted out. We will be full speed shortly. Thanks for your patience.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 1, 2013 at 10:28am

@TOG, Thank you for the update,Happy New Year

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Permalink Reply by IndyTim on January 1, 2013 at 11:51am

Happy New Year Peeps!

Finally...We all get to Renew our RG fix with some Dakar action. Not to get all Gangsta to start out the new year....but along the lines of pimps up ho's down......I say RG up Peterpufferhansel down.........

Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 1, 2013 at 3:20pm

sorry the site has been very slow loading the last few days. I believe the issue has been fixed. We need ZERO downtime during Dakar. Thanks for the support.

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 1, 2013 at 5:30pm

Mucho better today. Yeoman's work my man.

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 1, 2013 at 3:38pm

Could be cause of more people on the site and that my friend is a good thing :~)

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 1, 2013 at 5:51pm

It wasn't because of that. Major hardware/ server / bandwidth issues. Our issues were resolved first on the host's platform, because we pay for high end support ( Especially in January )