Turning Fortune - Dakar TopicItems in the Dakar topic on Turning Fortunehttps://turningfortune.com/May Peter Falk’s memory be for a blessinghttps://turningfortune.com/news/peter-falk-1932-2026/https://turningfortune.com/news/peter-falk-1932-2026/Peter Falk: 1932–2026Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:47:00 GMT2026-01-27T19:47:00.000ZJon MitchellPeter Falk was a central engineer and director at Porsche for its most glorious decades. He started in 1959 as one of only 10 employees in vehicle testing, and he went on to be there for Porsche’s groundbreaking entries and glorious victories across categories until 1993.

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]]>Puck Klaassen becomes fifth woman ever to win a Dakar stagehttps://turningfortune.com/news/puck-klaassen-dakar-stage-win/https://turningfortune.com/news/puck-klaassen-dakar-stage-win/She won by eight minutes in the Challenger category, driving a KTM X-Bow with GRally Team.Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:28:00 GMT2026-01-07T20:28:00.000ZJon MitchellIn a stage that was incredibly rough for many competitors, scrambling up the order, GRally Team KTM X-Bow #302 driver Puck Klaassen had an exceedingly clean third stage of the 2026 Dakar Rally, becoming the fifth woman ever to win a stage in the legendary race. It’s her third time contesting the Dakar and her second in current machinery; her first was in the Classic class in 2024 with her father, Sebastiaan.

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