1973 1000 Lakes Rally

1973 1000 Lakes Rally
23rd 1000 Lakes Rally
Round 8 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
Host country Finland
Rally baseJyväskylä, Finland
Dates run3 August 1973 – 5 August 1973
Stages43 (517 km; 321 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance2,079 km (1,292 miles)
Statistics
Crews109 at start, 55 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Timo Mäkinen
Henry Liddon
Ford Motor Company Ltd

The 1973 1000 Lakes Rally (formally the 23rd 1000 Lakes Rally) was the 23rd running of the 1000 Lakes Rally (currently known as the Rally Finland), and the eighth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season.

Report

Run in early August in central Finland, this rally marked a distinct change from the previous event in the series, the 33 Rajd Polski. Unlike that event, in which only three teams survived to the finish, Finland saw 55 teams finish the rally, a success rate of almost exactly 50% of the total entries.

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Finland hosted Ford Motor Company's first ever win of the World Rally Championship.[1] Championship front runners Alpine Renault and Fiat were conspicuous by their absence, with neither gaining points during the round.

Results

1973 1000 Lakes Rally results
Finish Total
time 		Group Car # Driver
Co-driver 		Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 4 h : 53 m : 50 s 2 4 Timo Mäkinen
Henry Liddon 		Ford Escort RS1600 20
2 2 4 h : 55 m : 59 s 2 29 Markku Alén
Juhani Toivonen 		Volvo 142 15
3 1 4 h : 57 m : 12 s 4 3 Leo Kinnunen
Atso Aho 		Porsche 911 12
4 3 4 h : 59 m : 28 s 2 1 Simo Lampinen
John Davenport 		Saab 96 V4 10
5 4 5 h : 3 m : 30 s 2 30 Antti Ojanen
Heikki Miikki 		Opel Ascona 19 8
6 5 5 h : 4 m : 3 s 2 38 Ulf Grönholm
Henry Laine 		Opel Ascona 19
7 6 5 h : 5 m : 43 s 2 26 Tapio Rainio
Erkki Nyman 		Saab 96 V4
8 2 5 h : 9 m : 43 s 4 122 Achim Warmbold
Jean Todt 		Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
9 7 5 h : 11 m : 26 s 2 39 Pertti Lehtonen
Ilkka Kivimäki 		Saab 96 V4
10 8 5 h : 11 m : 36 s 2 12 Hannu Palin
Jyrki Ahava 		Opel Ascona 19
11 9 5 h : 14 m : 25 s 2 20 Esa Nuuttila
Alf Krogell 		Opel Ascona 19
12 10 5 h : 18 m : 23 s 2 24 Erkki Pitkänen
Juhani Paalama 		Volvo 142
13 1 5 h : 18 m : 52 s 1 50 Pertti Kärhä
Seppo Siitonen 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
14 2 5 h : 22 m : 15 s 1 42 Jaakko Markula
Asko Nevalainen 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
15 11 5 h : 23 m : 35 s 2 21 Markku Saaristo
Ilkka Saaristo 		Škoda 120S
16 12 5 h : 23 m : 49 s 2 7 Brian Culcheth
Johnstone Syer 		Morris Marina
17 3 5 h : 24 m : 47 s 1 52 Timo Sohlberg
Matti Honkavaara 		BMW 2002
18 13 5 h : 30 m : 54 s 2 63 Eeva Heinonen
Seija Saaristo 		Volvo 142
19 4 5 h : 38 m : 54 s 1 44 Erkki Pahkinen
Jarmo Toivonen 		Opel Ascona 19
20 5 5 h : 44 m : 41 s 1 73 Timo Jouhki
Juha Piironen 		Opel Ascona 19
21 6 5 h : 45 m : 4 s 1 58 Juha Leponiemi
Matti Vilmi 		BMW 2002
22 7 5 h : 46 m : 5 s 1 51 Kauko Mäkelä
Jukka Miettinen 		Peugeot 304S
23 8 5 h : 48 m : 14 s 1 53 Hans Sevelius
Göran Sandström 		Alfa Romeo 1600
24 14 5 h : 50 m : 52 s 2 61 Marketta Oksala
Satu Valtaharju 		Opel Ascona 19
27 16 5 h : 55 m : 7 s 2 86 Stasys Brundza
Viktor Ilyin 		Moskvitch 412
39 22 6 h : 16 m : 10 s 2 96 Peter Hommel
Günter Bork 		Wartburg 353
42 17 6 h : 22 m : 8 s 1 79 Horst Niebergall
Harald Würfel 		Wartburg 353
46 21 6 h : 27 m : 27 s 1 77 Egon Culmbacher
Werner Ernst 		Wartburg 353
Retired (mechanical) 2 2 Stig Blomqvist
Arne Hertz 		Saab 96 V4
Retired (illness) 2 5 Hannu Mikkola
Erkki Rautanen 		Volvo 142
Retired (mechanical) 4 6 Shekhar Mehta
Ensio Mikander 		Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Per Eklund
Björn Cederberg 		Saab 96 V4
Retired 2 9 Pauli Toivonen
Martti Tiukkanen 		Simca 1000 Rallye
Retired 1 10 Guy Chasseuil
Christian Baron 		Simca 1000 Rallye
Retired 1 11 Jean-Marie Jacquemin
Dorothé Jacquemin 		Simca 1000 Rallye
Retired 2 13 Pekka Virtanen
Jussi Eskola 		Volvo 142
Retired 2 15 Matti Alamaula
Tapio Siekkinen 		Opel Ascona 19
Retired 2 16 Bob Hourihan
Doug Woods 		Datsun 1800 SSS
Retired 2 18 Pekka Vilpponen
Ilpo Airila 		Moskvitch 1500M
Retired (mechanical) 2 22 Pentti Airikkala
Heikki Haaksiala 		Opel Kadett Rallye
Retired 2 25 Paul Faulkner
Monty Peters 		Ford Escort RS1600
Retired 2 27 Scott Harvey
Tom King 		Dodge Colt
Retired (mechanical) 2 28 Jari Vilkas
Juhani Soini 		Saab 96 V4
Retired 2 33 Leif Asterhag
Claes Billstam 		BMW 2002
Retired 2 35 Lars Carlsson
Thomas Fischer-Halbing 		Opel Commodore GS/E
Retired 2 36 Eero Soutulahti
Risto Anttila 		Volvo 142
Retired 2 40 Hannu Valtaharju
Raimo Alm 		Opel Ascona 19
Retired 1 46 Esko Nuuttila
Timo Harju 		Opel Ascona 19
Retired 1 47 Kyösti Hämäläinen
Veijo Aho 		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Retired 1 48 Arne Allansson
Rolf Jägerstedt 		BMW 2002
Retired 1 57 Heikki Enomaa
Timo Alanen 		BMW 2002
Retired 2 67 Fredrik Donner
Heikki Nikki 		Opel Ascona 19
Retired 2 76 Kastytis Girdauskas
Valentin Kislykh 		Moskvitch 412

Source: Independent WRC archive[2]

Championship standings after the event

1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 8
After round 8 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 92 Alpine Renault 1 147
2 63 Fiat 2 84
3 36 Ford 3 76
4 33 Citroën 7 33
5 30 Saab 5 42
6 22 Datsun 6 34
7 20 Porsche 9 27
8 19 Volvo 4 44
9 15 Wartburg 14 15
10 14 Volkswagen 15 15
11 13 Peugeot 16 13
12 13 Lancia 13 17
13 13 Opel 11 25
14 12 Polski Fiat 12 18
15 4 BMW 8 28
4 Mitsubishi 17 4
17 3 Škoda 18 3
18 2 Toyota 10 25
19 1 Audi 20 2

References

  1. ^ Motoring News pages 8 & 9 Thursday 9 August 1973 "Popular 1000 Lakes win for Mäkinen in works Escort"
  2. ^ "Final results". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-12.


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