Jan 13th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had a broken studs in stage 7, and had to limp home to a disappointing 56th place finish. Gordon is now 24th overall. The rally now enters Chile, and Robby Gordon will begin stage 8 at 10:45am/et.

 

2014 Stage 7 Photos


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: SALTA > CALAMA

Connection 510km | Special Stage 302km | Total 812km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

Today the competitors will cross the Andes Cordillera, to begin the Chilean part of the rally. A special transition stage has been marked out there for the last day that cars will progress without overtaking motorcycles and quad bikes. The timed section of the day will be accessible to skilled drivers who are at ease on fast tracks in a closed environment. Drivers are advised to pay attention to their position from the outset to limit the number of overtaking manoeuvres, even though the strict standards regarding the use of the Sentinel system will be carefully monitored at the end of the day.

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 Michael Martinez on January 13, 2014 at 2:49pm

This whole issue with an hour out of the gate really makes one wonder. Sure it has been talked to death but its so perplexing I can't get it out of the soup. It certainly gives one something to look forward to as the ashes settle tonight though does it not.

Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 13, 2014 at 2:43pm

rg in 1: 15: 54 56th so far

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 13, 2014 at 2:45pm

Depending on the mystery hour that would have him 10th

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 13, 2014 at 2:46pm
So would have been 10th if not for that hour we don`t know where came from yet?
Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2014 at 2:47pm

Yeah, that mysterious 1hr delay.

Permalink Reply by lightweight on January 13, 2014 at 2:48pm

Tnx TOG - bye

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 2:50pm

so -13:29 from 1 to finish.approx 10th best splits,but WTF?

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 13, 2014 at 2:50pm

According to when times popped up on the tracker, it took Nasser almost 50 minutes from WP5 to ASS, RG did it in about 20' as far as times registoring

To make things more interesting, Both nl and Dakar tracking on live timing don't show him at ASS but does on the nl ass checkpoint.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2014 at 2:55pm

I'm going with the info posted,my scoring hasn't updated

Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 13, 2014 at 2:57pm

on Dakar home page they have RG @ ARRIVAL

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 13, 2014 at 2:58pm

He is in, I was just pointing out how jacked up his timing is

Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 13, 2014 at 2:58pm

Maybe RG reset his watch for the time zones an no one else did...?

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