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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rg into wp2

1:06:48 thats fast split

wait there is a cp1 there too

4:23 back -still top ten

318 is doing pretty damn good today.

Feeling much better..

RG made it throught WP3 +1:06:48 and only lost 1:28 between WP2 and WP3.

if accurate that is a 9th fastest split for the day

Robby Gordon during Stage 8

Good to see the back hatch on the HST. Maybe the cooling changes are working.

thats the same pic u used yesterday lol

Robert - Prove it!

It's a brand new stage 8 picture.

Looks like Utah but higher.

Looks like the White Mtns in California too.

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