After a day of rest on Saturday, the competitors climbed back into their vehicles to resume the Dakar Rally. The drivers picked up on stage eight of the event, and traveled 294 km from Valaparaiso to La Serena.

Spending their rest day to prepare for the remainder of the race, Team Dakar USA also repaired their Hummers.

Beginning stage eight in the third spot, Robby Gordon and Andy Grider found trouble in the stage to put them a few minutes behind the competition. The No. 309 Monster Energy Toyo Tires Hummer got stuck against a rock crossing a dry river bed. After getting back on track the team broke a set of headers, which caused two spark plug wires to burn. Despite their troubles the duo managed to finish in the eighth spot. Gordon remains in the fifth overall position, 1 hour, 32 minutes behind the leader.

Eric Vigouroux got the worst of the problems of Team Dakar USA. Early on in the stage the No. 324 Vanguard Hummer lost a transmission. Soon after the transmission incident, Vigouroux rolled the Hummer resulting in heavy damage to the vehicle.

“Well, I am upset with today’s occurrences," stated Robby Gordon. "After a thorough service on both race vehicles yesterday, I really thought that Team Dakar USA would have had a better day. But, the terrain was not very good today for the Hummers. It was very similar to a WRC course with many turns and gravel roads, which was not ideal for the Hummers. The time that we lost today was very costly for our team, but we will go to work tonight replacing the headers on the Monster Energy Hummer and repairing the damage on the Vanguard Hummer. I expect Team Dakar USA to rebound from today and have a good showing the next couple days. If we can do that and the leaders experience problems, we still have a shot to win the Dakar Rally. I also think that the No. 324 can finish inside the top-20.”