PORSCHE PORN // 959 @ 1986 PARIS-DAKAR

Our friends at Motorsport Retro just posted a link to an archived article on the 911-based, twin turbocharged, four-wheel-drive Porsche 959. Driven by two-time Dakar winner René Metge and legendary racing driver Jacky Ickx, the Rothmans 959 dominated the eighth running of the Paris-Dakar Rally, with Metge finishing more than an hour ahead of Ickx, while the third Rothmans 959, driven by Porsche support engineer Roland Kussmaul, finished sixth... [read more]





Image: Hock Racing
Info: Motorsport Retro
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey