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 John DeRytter on January 6, 2014 at 11:46am

CP1 isn't even on the map just a bunch of WP's

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 6, 2014 at 11:49am

Well if Robby is on pace with peckerhandle he should be to the CP any thim cause Peter started 26 min ahead of him and it has been over 20 min since the last posted update.

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 6, 2014 at 11:54am

If the equipment is running 100% he "should" (fingers crossed) be on pace OR faster than petergargler

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Permalink Reply by Bojack on January 6, 2014 at 11:51am

TOG - Does the team have someone traveling with them that will be doing the SPEED stage videos like years past? Don't know if that has been mentioned yet or not.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2014 at 11:57am

Yes, but with all the challenges the team had yesterday, I would think there would be a delay in getting them. Hopefully soon!

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Permalink Reply by Bojack on January 6, 2014 at 12:03pm

Understood. I have no problem being patient. Just grateful that we still get that connection with the team. I look forward to those videos more than anything else because it makes us feel like we are right there with them. Thanks for the response.