Dakar 2012 - Stage 4 - San Juan > Chilecito

[Ferrari333SP]

Haha, the Youtube account http://www.youtube.com/user/JMLatvalaFan has been flagged and removed. Good that people at PlanetRobby still find other ways.

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[randy s]

300 - Nasser saleh AL-ATTIYAHThe race is not over yet

Towards the end of the special, we got stuck in the mud and it took us a long time to get out of it... But the race is not over yet and we will try to do our best over the next ten days. I am starting to get the feel of my car. This morning we were moving at a great pace, setting the best times without pushing too hard. We actually overtook two of the Minis... So we will see what we can do.

touchin' the wood with you homie...kinda.

[randy1123]

The lighter weight than previous years should help the Hummers get up the dunes faster than before, when they get to the dunes. In that last video I posted the Hummer appeared to get up that dune with ease.

What is the story with the inflation system?? Do we expect issues? Is it the same system? Who won the '72 series?

[Ferrari333SP]

What is the story with the inflation system?? Do we expect issues? Is it the same system? Who won the '72 series?

I'd assume RG has FINALLY figured out a way to get that system to not fail anymore, or reduce the possibility of failures, so I hope that system, coupled with the lighter weight of the Hummer, will give it better performance in the dunes than ever before.

Hopefully, if things go well this event and Nasser decides to stay on for next year, he can maybe convince his Qatar connections to pump some money into the team. If he can get them to fund a complete WRC season in an equal-to-Seb Loeb-spec Citroen WRC car, he should be able to convince some funds to go to a team that does only once race, on a vehicle that's pretty well developed already.

Time will tell.

[randy1123]

Let's hope so!!!

[Short Bus]

Coma won the bike stage today by 2:02. Depres still leads overall by 8 minutes

Stage 3

1 001 COMA (ESP) KTM 004:16:43 00:00:00
2 002 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 004:18:45 00:02:02 00:00:00
3 015 VERHOEVEN (NLD) SHERCO 004:25:09 00:08:26 00:00:00
4 003 RODRIGUES (PRT) YAMAHA 004:25:44 00:09:01 00:00:00
5 007 GONCALVES (PRT) Husqvarna 004:28:01 00:11:18 00:00:00
6 005 PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP) KTM 004:28:03 00:11:20 00:00:00
7 022 DUCLOS (FRA) APRILIA 004:30:03 00:13:20 00:00:00
8 032 SVITKO (SVK) KTM 004:30:25 00:13:42 00:00:00
9 004 LOPEZ (CHL) APRILIA 004:30:58 00:14:15 00:00:00
10 014 CASTEU (FRA) YAMAHA 004:32:06 00:15:23 00:00:00

Overall

1 002 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 011:50:27 00:00:00
2 001 COMA (ESP) KTM 011:58:37 00:08:10 00:00:00
3 003 RODRIGUES (PRT) YAMAHA 012:17:15 00:26:48 00:00:00
4 004 LOPEZ (CHL) APRILIA 012:20:17 00:29:50 00:00:00
5 014 CASTEU (FRA) YAMAHA 012:21:04 00:30:37 00:00:00
6 007 GONCALVES (PRT) Husqvarna 012:25:43 00:35:16 00:00:00
7 015 VERHOEVEN (NLD) SHERCO 012:28:15 00:37:48 00:00:00
8 005 PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP) KTM 012:28:46 00:38:19 00:00:00
9 010 VILADOMS (ESP) KTM 012:34:27 00:44:00 00:00:00
10 020 FARRES GUELL (ESP) KTM 012:34:51 00:44:24 00:00:00

[200MPHTape]

The tire inflation system used to come from the out side to the hub, now it is in the hub, havnt got to see any up close pitures, but I can still see the dif. Come on you hounds, find one!

[michael_loomis]

touching the wood... is the ride with long travel that smooth he is playing with himself??

[Ferrari333SP]

Stage recap; looks like a bunch of water and mud on the stage:

[fishd00d]

On there it says mechanical trouble not stuck....hmmmm who to believe lol