Jan 6th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had vapor lock issues during stage 1, and finds himself over 2 hours behind. The cars are scheduled to begin the 433km special section at 8:55am/et, Robby Gordon will probably begin the stage at 9:36am/et (Subject to change) Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2014 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2014 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: SAN LUIS > SAN RAFAEL

Connection 365km | Special Stage 433km | Total 798km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The fastest special stage of the rally, at least for its first part, will also be the one where drivers will have to face the first dunes. And it won’t just be a brief encounter with sand: in the last 100 kilometres, the exploration of the grey dunes of Nihuil will be even more intensive than during previous visits. The sand is more firm there, but the experience will provide a great deal of insight about each of the competitors’ technical skills. In short it will be a veritable test.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2014 at 9:57am

Robby Gordon now underway.

The first waypoint is around KM50 of 433, but bikes never updated in the earlier waypoints, so don;t be surprised if it's around KM177 for the first position update.

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Permalink Reply by BAD on January 6, 2014 at 10:04am

I must say that with all the technology this has been one of the worse years for Dakar in terms of tracking etc. (my bitch for the day...LOL)

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on January 6, 2014 at 10:44am

Agree! Was thinking Roger Norman must be running it. jk...

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Permalink Reply by jpman53 on January 6, 2014 at 10:03am

good attitude

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 6, 2014 at 10:19am

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Permalink Reply by Head Held High on January 6, 2014 at 10:24am

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Permalink Reply by BAD on January 6, 2014 at 10:06am

Bikes are now showing up http://trackingdakar.nl/index.php?type=M

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 10:09am

Chat vapor locked this AM? Get the boys on it....need a tow? RG GET some today! Should get great photos of the 305 in the air, slideways and just plain haulin!

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 6, 2014 at 10:09am

So another day of no WP's just start and ASS

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Permalink Reply by will on January 6, 2014 at 10:18am

WP4 should give us times as CP1 today. The fast motos were 1:33 to show, however the cars are running a divergent course today, so it may be closer to 2 hours to get the first times.