Jan 11th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 11th in Stage 5, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 21st. The special section of Stage 8 is 393km. Robby Gordon start time: 7:26am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 7:48am/et.


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: SALTA > BELEN

Connection 373km | Special Stage 393km | Total 766km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The change of terrain which marks the entry into the second part of the rally should also mark a change in programme for the drivers, who will face the first dune sections of the 2016 edition. Experts in dunes crossing will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and even gain an advantage. They will also notice the navigational difficulties which have been introduced this year to complicate their existence. Louds of minutes could be lost by vehicles blocked in the sand.

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 Arda on January 11, 2016 at 10:57am

Trucks are not too far behind. First trucks have already reached WP4

Permalink Reply by Cosmic Arkie on January 11, 2016 at 10:52am

Only redeeming factor in all of this.... Peter Pecker is eating dust, too.

Permalink Reply by Slavko Slavkovic on January 11, 2016 at 10:53am

thats the importance of having 2 cars, robby need to finish the dakar in the best posible way

Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 11, 2016 at 10:56am

Robby looks to be about 2 min. off the pace of Attiyah bewteen WP2 and WP3. That is not too bad.

Attiyah: 001:06:30 (1) 001:20:18 (1)

Gordon: 002:12:04 (46) 002:28:18 (38)

Permalink Reply by Rick_G on January 11, 2016 at 11:01am
Plus, how many cars did he have to pass, restarting 65th
Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 11, 2016 at 11:09am

his split was 36th there

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 11, 2016 at 11:02am

RG thru WP4 +01:11:32

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2016 at 11:04am

So 25 min ahead of nassar?

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2016 at 11:09am

I see he is down 1:11 so another great day

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2016 at 11:05am

I am right handed and can only type with left so wont say much today

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2016 at 11:07am

Did the pugs take out their VW chips during rest day?

Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 11, 2016 at 11:09am

Robby thru WP4, showing about 3 min. off the leaders pace thru this section.

Attiyah: 001:20:18 (1) 001:36:52 (1)

Robby: 002:28:18 (43) 002:48:24 (36)

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