Dakar 2014. Special stage

Sergey Dolya writes: “Our route partially coincides with the route of racing cars. This area is called a liaison. When it ends, our roads diverge: we leave further into the city, and the riders turn onto a special track, where the competitions themselves take place. ”

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Source: Journal / sergeydolya

1. There are several sections on the special highway where it is officially allowed to take pictures of cars. As a rule, there are a lot of natives there - they come to look at the cars and cheer for the participants. Yesterday we, swallowing dust and overcoming the 37-degree heat, arrived at the special track to shoot the rally ...

2. The third city in the vicinity of which Dakar 2014 is held was San Juan

3. The race track is located in the foothills of the Andes. iPhone showed a height of just over a kilometer

4. For twenty or thirty kilometers we drove on gravel until we entered a small forest with a bunch of parked cars of aborigines

5. We pass through the woods and get to the hills. Colorful dots on the slopes are the fans

6. There were 15-20 minutes left before the first cars, and we went to get acquainted with the locals

7. While the racers are busy competing, we have to take the rap for them. At the entrance to the city, a girl from the crowd ran up to the car and took an autograph from Dimka (not at all embarrassed that he was sitting in the passenger seat), and a small queue formed on the mountain from those who wanted to take a picture with us

8. These guys invited us to their shelter and invited us to the table

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10. It’s +37 outside, and the locals gobble up meat and drink wine, as if nothing had happened

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12. Lots of kids

13. Who did not have time to set up an umbrella or a tent, they manage with improvised means

14. Many people drive pickup trucks right to the track.

15. Finally, clouds of road dust appeared in the distance.

16. Our friends on the mountain issued a signal cry and all poured out to the road.

17. First Members

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20. The crowd cheered and whistled to each member

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32. Our "Lucky Cat" appeared

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And a little official video of the day: US - Stage 3 - Car/Bike - Stage Summary - (San… by Dakar

36. PS As you already know, the crew of the Kamazmaster cargo team was removed from the third stage of Dakar