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20,000 km in 14 days - how Barth/Kussmaul drove a Porsche 924 around Australia

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Created on June 8, 2023

Reading time 5min

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Emanuel Zifreund

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Privatarchiv Jürgen Barth

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Blick auf das Boxenstop Museum Tübingen - da drin wird diskutiert

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Wo sonst die Autos stehen, fand dann die Publikumsveranstaltung statt

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Rainer Klink vor seinem Lloyd in seinem Boxenstop-Museum in Tübingen

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Petersen, Barth und Kussmaul

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Fragen im Rondell

Bild von Partner Planai Classic 2025 Inline 1

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Freunde Barth und Kussmaul

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Jürgen Barth erinnert sich an die Abenteuer in Australien

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Jürgen Barth kann auch lachen

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Kussmaul mit Freude am Erzählen

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Kussmaul - ich weiß noch was

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Roland Kussmaul erzählt von seinen Erfahrungen bei Porsche

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So war es halt damals oder so ähnlich (Kussmaul)

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Porsche 924 (1979) - einmal rund um Australien

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Porsche 924 (1979) - bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - anspruchsvolles Terrain bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - mit Fuchsfelgen bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Asphalt war Mangelware an der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Boxenstopp bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - in voller Fahrt bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - keine Niederquerschnittreifen bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - unterwegs auf unbefestigten Strassen bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Reparaturen bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - schon etwas lädierter Einsatzwagen bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Wasserdurchfahrt bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 (1979) - 9. Platz und Klassensieg für Barth/Kussmaul bei der Australien Rallye 1979

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Porsche 924 Carrera GT (1980) - Barth und Schurti in Le Mans 1980

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Porsche 956 (1982) - Barth, Holbert und Haywood werdeh in Le Mans 1982 Dritte

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Porche 959 (1986) - an der Rallye Paris-Dakar von 1986

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Porsche 959 (1986) - Dakar-Porsche in Teilen

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Porsche 959 (1986) - Blick ins Cockpit des Dakar-Rallye-Autos

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Summary

There are more famous racing and rally events than the one at the 1979 Australia Rally, which Jürgen Barth and Roland Kussmaul contested in an almost private mission. Under adverse conditions, they drove to a class victory and also influenced the technology of the production car. The two of them told us how things went back then at the Pit Stop Museum in Tübingen.

This article contains the following chapters

Rally sport with an immediate impact on the series
Proven pairing in extreme motorsport too
Racing
Support everywhere
The thing with the gates
Beyond Australia
A worthwhile event

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Pit Stop Museum in Tübingen regularly attracts more visitors than the rooms can hold with its "Mensch erzähl doch mal" event series. It is therefore essential to register in good time if you want to listen to the stories of the technical and racing greats of the past and hear unusual, sometimes bizarre details that you won't find in any magazine or report. Whether Marc Lieb and Klaus Bischof, Roland Asch, Bernd Mailänder, Toni Mang or Norbert Haug, presenter Michael Petersen always succeeds in eliciting previously unknown details from the guests. The time had come again in mid-May 2023, when Rainer Klick, the museum's operator, invited guests. Jürgen Barth and Roland Kussmaul came to Tübingen.

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