1984 Dakar Rally
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1984 Dakar Rally also known as the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 6th running of the Dakar Rally
event. The course was extended through Ivory Coast, Guinea
, Sierra Leone
and Mauritania
. 427 competitors started. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class with a Porsche 953
, which was often called the 911 SC/RS 4x4, and Gaston Rahier
won the motorcycles class.
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation...
event. The course was extended through Ivory Coast, Guinea
Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
and Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
. 427 competitors started. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class with a Porsche 953
Porsche 953
The Porsche 953 was a heavily modified variant of the 911, designed and built specifically to compete in the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally. It was a short lived model, as it was replaced in 1985 by the 959. It is sometimes referred to as the 911 4x4, as it used the developmental, manually controlled...
, which was often called the 911 SC/RS 4x4, and Gaston Rahier
Gaston Rahier
Gaston Rahier was a motocross racer from Belgium. He was three-time FIM World Champion in the 125cc division, claiming the title in 1975, 1976 and 1977 . He later went on to race in and win the famous Paris-Dakar rally for BMW motorcycles, in 1984 and 1985...
won the motorcycles class.