Dakar '11: Stage Two...

Today was the day the Dakar really got started with the first competitive stage taking place today, after a liason stage yesterday.  There really isn't much bad news in regards to the Nissans involved so far.  While one Nissan never made it to the start of the event, all the rest finished the first full day of racing and most performed right about what could realisticly be expected with the four best Nissan drivers (Roma, Lavielle, Cox and Mironenko) ranking as the four highest Nissans on the board.

#306  Nani Roma, Gilles Picard, Nissan Overdrive--14th, 0:17

#312  Christian Lavielle, Jean Michel Polato, Team Dessoude--11th, 0:13

#317  Andrew "Alfie" Cox, Jurgen Schroder, Nissan Overdrive--12th, 0:17

#324  Alexander Mironenko, Sergey Lebedev, Nissan Overdrive--16th, 0:23

#330  Boris Garafulic, Nissan Overdrive--32nd, 0:35

#331  Francisco Luis E Silvia Inocencio, Nissan Overdrive--17th, 0:25

#334  David Deslandes, Team Dessoude--81st, 0:59

#339  Frederic Chavigny, Team Dessoude--38th, 0:41

#358  Ningjin Lu, Rely Double Star Tire Team--Never made the start

#372  Yong Zhou, Team Great Wall--85th, 1:01

#381  Carlos Machado de Oliveira, Team Dessoude--58th, 0:50

#384  Phillipe Porcheron, Team MMO--87th, 1:02

#394  Jose Manuel Salinero, Guardia Civil Rally Raid--59th, 0:50

#402  Herve Toscano, Biscauto Team--56th, 0:49

#409  Dominique Laure, Biscauto Team--43rd, 0:44

#426  Kun Liu, Colcar Racing Team--93rd, 1:05

#434  Hongzhi Guo, Team Dessoude--97th, 1:10 

#435  Juan Carlos Caceres Simons, Peru Rally Raid Motorsports--112th, 1:26

#443  Roberti Hernan Javier, Raid 4x4 TV Team--96th, 1:10

#451 Adriano Vagnini, Raid 4x4 TV Team--107th, 1:17