Jan 11th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 8 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the second half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 8 is 781km long. Robby Gordon start time: 5:25am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 7, Gordon sits 23rd in the overall standings, 5h48m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 7 Photos

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: UYUNI > IQUIQUE

Connection 24km | Special Stage 781km | Total 805km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Dakar bows to the laws of nature. Hence, the weather will decide which route will be taken to leave Bolivia. If it’s dry, the start could take place in the Salar de Uyuni, for a 100km route across a smooth road of white salt: full throttle and foot to the floor! The route then slows down abruptly, with the longest part of the special stage taking place on more technical mountain terrain. The day will end with more than 40km of dunes, concluding with the vertiginous descent to Iquique.

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 Luis Fernandez on January 11, 2015 at 6:11am

This first section is still a drag race. Hope Gordini has a good top speed

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 6:12am

12,000 ft elevation may favor the turbos.

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 11, 2015 at 6:11am

little herbie linning up

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Permalink Reply by sabreguy on January 11, 2015 at 6:12am

Why did gaps tracking just change to wp8 as the first wp showing on the little map?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 11, 2015 at 6:17am

wondering that too. earlier it said that they wouldn't start until CP2 but it sounds like they are racing..

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 11, 2015 at 6:13am

This reminds me a lot of the Bonneville Salt Flats.

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Permalink Reply by sabreguy on January 11, 2015 at 6:14am

Gooooo Herbie!!

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 11, 2015 at 6:14am

#Dakar withdrawals:
M: 46 from 161 started = 29%
Q: 21 / 45 = 47%
A: 62 / 137 = 45%
T: 12 / 63 = 19%

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 6:16am

The trucks are tough it seems.

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 6:15am

He may have said that we were currently 4th in our group

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2015 at 6:17am

I believe he was just naming the drivers in each group

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Permalink Reply by Hyteq Redneq on January 11, 2015 at 6:16am

Watching little black dots go across the screen in the distance on some of these shots takes me back to the days of watching the li'l cartoon cars on the tracker