Jan 13th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 9 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. After a much needed rest day, the team is ready to score their first stage win of the rally. The special section of stage 9 is 451km long. Robby Gordon start time: 8:51am/et, and he will be the 17th car off the line. After a 43rd place finish in stage 8, Gordon sits 24th in the overall standings, 6h53m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 8 Photos


STAGE 9 TRACKING


STAGE 9: IQUIQUE > CALAMA

Connection 88km | Special Stage 451km | Total 539km

COURSE OVERVIEW

For this farewell session to the Atacama Desert, all the competitors will come together once again for the special stage, with fifty-odd kilometres over sand and dunes. They should revel in these sensations because the next stage will put both drivers and their teams into much less comfortable positions. The routes have suff ered the rages of time and will be equally harsh on them: frequent potholes and bumps combined with the narrowness of the tracks will expose their vehicles’ bodywork to scratches.

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 Mike Kenyon on January 13, 2015 at 6:14pm
Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 13, 2015 at 6:04pm

Anyone see how many missed that WP in the end, last I looked only 4 were "marked", Robby not being one of them... this was after he had been listed as 8th on the stage.
Only seeing 6 on Dakar site getting 40m penalty.

Permalink Reply by Mark Reeves on January 13, 2015 at 6:08pm
Chich had finished 3rd on stage which knocked RG down to 9th but now seeing 53 min penalty for Chich so RG back to 8th.
Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 13, 2015 at 6:20pm

I reloaded "gaps", it's showing WP7 and Finish and nothing in between.... and Robby listed 4th at finish???
Getting crazier.

Permalink Reply by Tony Srubjan on January 13, 2015 at 6:39pm

Did they get 666 fixed?

Permalink Reply by Robert Ryan on January 13, 2015 at 7:24pm
What make of vehicle is pulling the 5th wheeler?
Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 13, 2015 at 7:40pm

International, by what I am reading on the comments part of the pic, it has a Ford diesel engine in it.

Permalink Reply by Robert Ryan on January 14, 2015 at 12:32am
Thanks, did not recognise it
Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 14, 2015 at 12:54am

Here's a better pic of it from last year.... I labeled as a MXT4X4

Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 13, 2015 at 6:39pm

10 w/ 40m or more penalty on "scratch" and "stage" now...

Wow, my ear caught Roush engine, ran to watch what it was in on BJ Auction, a 40 Ford P/U from some guy's big collection (Pratt?) sold for $340,000, it was partially built by Coddington, someone else doing the balance? Wow!

Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 13, 2015 at 6:48pm
35 min from 1 omfg hell yeah
Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 13, 2015 at 7:14pm

@TomCoronel Tom fixed it! He's on his way to the bivouac right now :)

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