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.

 

Views: 38431

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Thank you

Just wonder if rano could translate will's video for the non French speaking folk? Funny

y por favor tambien a español

i could help if you point me

supposedly reported by another driver that he saw RG stuck in the sand dune

I would hate to think it was just that for almost 1 1/2 hours, has to be more to it

tanked half way up to the door may be

no creo que tenga tanta demora en salir de una duna, tiene que tener un grave problema.

It's true it's true it's true..........................No.... just 2 it's trues...It's true It's true. It's hard being a Robby Gorn fan. He crams 30 pounds of groceries into a 10 pound sack and complain when it rips then turn around and say...."oh how I wish thing wouldn't go wrong" .....It's true It's true but what do you do.....? Not much Mike not much my friend ...on second thought ..you know it is hard to be a Robby Gordon fan......just like it's hard to be a hockey fan or a football fan.....I'm not gonna finish this slobber I can't even think straight ...I will say this though..."I don't mind going on dates even if she looks like one of those kids on the train in Pink Floyds' "The Wall"

Here is what I was told about stage 9 troubles:

1) They popped a radiator, got it fixed.

2) Got stuck in the dunes.

That's Dakar for ya!

The radiator would be the lengthy repair then got stuck trying to get going from the repairs...maybe?

RSS

© 2024   Created by TOG.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service