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Jan 14th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion
Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. After starting 56th, Robby Gordon had a great stage 8 and finished 10th. Gordon is now 24th overall. Robby Gordon will begin stage 9 at TBA
2014 Stage 8 Photos
STAGE 9 TRACKING
STAGE 9: CALAMA > IQUIQUE
Connection 29km | Special Stage 422km | Total 451km
COURSE OVERVIEW
The 2014 Dakar will reach its most northern point in Iquique, where the competitors will see the ocean for the first time this year. Above all, the drivers and teams will discover the Atacama Dunes again after a first part of a special stage which will be rather tedious. Dune specialists will be in command over a distance of almost 150km. Thrills will be guaranteed at the very end of the day, on the last three kilometres of the descent to Iquique: there is more than a 30% difference in height from start to finish and it is almost not recommended to break. The law of gravitation takes on its full meaning: the bivouac is not far away!
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 mark roye on
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It was apparent from the original photos that there was not sufficient chord section to get any significant down-force at all from that "wing". However, it made a nice appearance across the rear deck, made a great place to attach a strip of LED lights, and may have had a few folks scratching their heads.
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Permalink Reply by KevinM on
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Watching the videos of RG flying down the dunes at Iquique never ceases to amaze me. Tomorrow will be epic. I'm feeling good about a podium finish for the Gordini
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Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on
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My best part of the rally ever... i know that RG is the man, but im really concern, of the gordini. The Larger wheelbase of the H3 provided better stability, IMAO...
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Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on
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The mood seems much better after today's stage. Hopefully Robby has a good run tomorrow. Can I have a ride a long going down iquique? I will hold the camcorder for as long as I can!
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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on
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According to speedenergy.com:
"...finishing the tricky course in the 10th position with an adjusted time of only 15 minutes 54 seconds behind Stage winner Nasser Al-Attiyah."
But the Dakar web site shows him an hour and 15 minutes down. Any idea what is going on?
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Permalink Reply by Steve Lister on
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The Dakar site is not integrated very well and revisions do not automatically translate/update to all of the tracking pages, but attached is a screen shot of the official rankings for Stage 8. If you go to the main page and hit the "Rankings" tab in the "2014 Edition" menu you should find the latest revisions to the times.
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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on
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Never got an answer (in written form) as to why the extra hour (early in the stage), but it disappeared as mysteriously at the end of the stage.
Everyone here knew thru the stage he was having a solid day, thankfully it ended up that way in the end!
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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on
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He started the stage an hour late,. and that because there was a huge line at the gas station,. he had to wait to get fuel for the Gordini. that prior to the start of the stage.
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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on
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Thanks Chup. Exactly what I hoped had happened and certainly explains why RG was never listed as departed and mysteriously showed up at 58th to leave an hour later.
Shame on those who lost hope and interest.
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I've got to wonder if Robby's performance yesterday set any Dakar records for starting track position vs. finishing time position. 58:10 is one hella performance. A shame tracking isn't better as most of us sat here on the forum bumming out while Robby drove his ass off! What a performance!
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Great photo... https://twitter.com/boerseq/status/422712887325765632/photo/1 not sure what day tho.
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