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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

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Emanuel Zifreund

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Privatarchiv Jürgen Barth

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No further questions? Satisfied at the end of the event

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View of the Boxenstop Museum in Tübingen - where discussions take place

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The public event took place where the cars are usually parked

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Rainer Klink in front of his Lloyd in his pit stop museum in Tübingen

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Petersen, Barth and Kussmaul

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Questions in the traffic circle

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Friends Barth and Kussmaul

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Jürgen Barth remembers his adventures in Australia

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Jürgen Barth can also laugh

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Kussmaul with the joy of storytelling

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Kussmaul - I know something else

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Roland Kussmaul talks about his experiences at Porsche

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That's how it was back then, or something like that (Kussmaul)

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Porsche 924 (1979) - once around Australia

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Porsche 924 (1979) - at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - challenging terrain at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - with Fuchs rims at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Asphalt was in short supply at the 1979 Australian Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Pit stop at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - at full speed at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - on the road on unpaved roads at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Repairs at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - already somewhat damaged car at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - Water crossing at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 (1979) - 9th place and class victory for Barth/Kussmaul at the 1979 Australia Rally

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Porsche 924 Carrera GT (1980) - Barth and Schurti at Le Mans 1980

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Porsche 956 (1982) - Barth, Holbert and Haywood finish third at Le Mans 1982

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Porche 959 (1986) - at the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally

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Porsche 959 (1986) - Dakar-Porsche in parts

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Porsche 959 (1986) - View into the cockpit of the Dakar rally car

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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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