We’ll wrap up here what the end results were for this year’s Dakar….all in all not bad. A fair showing for a grossly undersupported marque that continues on with supportive fans, privateer builders, and durable vehicles of both a current and historic nature.
First we have the Classic category which ran on a completely different track than the primary racers but still covered thousands of miles of desert terrain at speed. 10 of the 11 entrants finished which is really solid and the top Classic finisher was the the Nissan Patrol of team #806 who finished 38th
#719 Nissan Terrano of Maurizio Traglio finished 68th of 129 finishers
#751 Nissan Terrano of Francisco Javier Benavente withdrew and DND’d on Stage 8 of 12
#753 Nissan Patrol of Michel Blanc finished 43rd of of 129 finishers
#759 Nissan Terrano of Luciano Carcheri finished 88th of 129 finishers
#761 Nissan Patrol of Gian Paolo Tobia Cavagna finished 49th of 129 finishers
#767 Nissan Terrano of Giacomo Clerici finished 111th of 129 finishers
#770 Nissan Patrol of Guido Dallarosa finished 82nd of 129 finishers
#795 Nissan Patrol of Eje Elgh finished 46th of 129 finishers
#806 Nissan Patrol of Luis Pedrals Marot finished 38th of 129 finishers
#819 Nissan Patrol of Noemi Rodriguez Moreno finished 55th of 129 finishers
#828 Nissan Patrol of Francesc Termens finished 59th of 129 finishers
Then we have the big boys in the full on real Dakar…
#291 Nissan Patrol of Ibrahim Almuhna, finished 72nd of 72 finishers!! Way to close it out with a finish!
#280 Nissan Proto of Jose Manuel Salinero, DNF’d and withdrew on Stage 4
#272 Nissan Patrol of Silvio Totani, finished 60th of 72 finishers!
#265 Nissan Navara of Markus Walcher, finished 44th of 72 finishers!
#267 Nissan Navara of Daniel Schroeder, finished 36th of 72 finishers!
