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 Adam G on January 6, 2014 at 11:17am

I like this idea

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Permalink Reply by David Z on January 6, 2014 at 11:22am

Maybe we can get a hold of him and string him up

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Lujan on January 6, 2014 at 11:09am

Are they close to the first check point yet

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2014 at 11:20am

probably closer to CP1/WP4

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 6, 2014 at 11:15am

robby should be thur this wp4 in 20-30mins if all is well

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 6, 2014 at 11:21am

Cars and Bikes are on a different course between 90km and 259km and judging by the profile of each course, WP4 is different for each category. Looks like we are S.O.L. until Arrival.

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Permalink Reply by MTG on January 6, 2014 at 11:22am

No use in having chat open. This is worse than the 1000 was. Do you think they are limiting information in order to have more people view TV coverage later on.

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Permalink Reply by John Carrington on January 6, 2014 at 11:25am

Oh yes because the coverage is so thorough

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Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 6, 2014 at 11:22am

this is about as much fun as watching my chia willy grow

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 6, 2014 at 11:24am

The Argentinean in the Mini is the first driver to pass through CP1. He reached the 259-km point of the car special stage with a time of 2:16'41". There is no trace of Carlos Sousa who should have got there before him.