1973 Polish Rally

1973 Polish Rally 33rd Polish Rally 7 1973 1000 Lakes Rally 1973 Austrian Alpine Rally Kraków, Poland 12 July 1973 15 July 1973 55 734 3912 Asphalt and gravel 1973 World Rally Championship season West Germany Achim WarmboldFrance Jean Todt Italy Fiat Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 62 3 The 1973 Polish Rally, formally known as the 33rd Polish Rally, was the seventh round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Held in mid-July in southern Poland, this event marked the only year in which Poland, or any member of the Warsaw Pact, was included in the WRC calendar until 2009, 36 years later. This edition is also notable for the fact that out of the 62 teams that started the rally, only three completed it, a record that still stands today. Report In 1973, and for several subsequent years, points were only awarded to manufacturers for their finishes in WRC events. Despite the misfortune experienced by most teams, Fiat secured its first win for the Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye. Since no other major competitors finished the rally, Fiat's win was by a significant margin, with the German driver outpacing the next finisher by nearly three hours. Results 1973 Polish Rally results Finish Totaltime Group Car # DriverCo-driver Car Mfr.points Overall Ingroup 1 1 8 h : 28 m : 14 s 4 4 FRG Achim WarmboldFRA Jean Todt ITA Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 20 2 1 11 h : 15 m : 16 s 2 91 GDR Egon CulmbacherGDR Werner Ernst GDR Wartburg 353 15 3 1 12 h : 8 m : 31 s 1 55 POL Maciej StawowiakPOL Jan Czyżyk POL Polski Fiat 125p 12 Retired (Excluded) 4 2 FRA Jean-Luc ThérierFRA Alain Mahé FRA Alpine Renault A110 1800 Retired (Oil Pressure) 4 3 ITA Alcide PaganelliITA Ninni Russo ITA Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Retired (Accident) 4 7 POL Adam SmorawińskiPOL Zbigniew Kołaczkowski GER Porsche 911 Retired (Time limit exceeded) 2 12 SWE Hans BritthSWE Magnus Olsson GBR Ford Capri 2600 Retired 2 18 POL Janusz WojtynaPOL Romana Wojtyna GER BMW 2002 Ti Retired 2 20 POL Henryk KaczmarczykPOL Miecyzsław Banaś POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired (Water pump) 2 21 POL Marian BieńPOL Wiesław Nicieja POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 2 22 GER Ewald PauliPOL Jacek Jurczak GER Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S Retired (Time limit exceeded) 2 23 Poland Jerzy DobrzańskiPoland Antoni Ryniak Poland Polski Fiat 125p Retired (Accident) 2 24 USSR Stasys BrundzaUSSR Anatoli Brum USSR Moskvich 412 Retired 2 25 POL Andrzej TurczyńskiPOL Leon Grzybek POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired (Tailgate joint) 2 26 POL Ryszard ŻyszkowskiPOL Jerzy Żyszkowski POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 2 27 GER Horst RauschPOL Jerzy Sypniewski GER BMW 2002 Retired 2 28 HUN András TarHUN Ferenc Simon POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 2 30 GER Dieter RosenfeldtGER Hans Herff FRA Renault 12 Gordini Retired 2 31 USSR Kastytis GirdauskasUSSR Arvydas Girdauskas USSR Moskvich 412 Retired (Rear differential) 2 34 POL Krzysztof KomornickiPOL Błażej Krupa POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 2 35 POL Jerzy LandsbergPOL Marian Wangrat POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired (time) 2 36 USSR Lev MorozovUSSR Andris Kalnais USSR Moskvich 412 Retired 2 37 DEN Poul WeinreichDEN Holger Møllen-Nielsen GER Opel Ascona 1.6 SR Retired 1 42 DEN Oluf Vester KristensenDEN Holm-Per Sandager SWE Volvo 142 GL Retired 2 43 POL Jan DziedzicPOL Wiesław Pieprzak POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 1 44 DEN Carl Marius SybergDEN Per Brøns GER Opel Ascona Retired 1 45 GER Klaus MierschGER Winfried Matter GER Opel Ascona 1.9 SR Retired 1 46 GER Christian KötheGER Inga Köthe ITA Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Retired 1 47 GER Jens SchmidtGER Adolf Holm GER BMW 2002 Ti Retired (Accident) 1 49 USSR Heino SeppUSSR Toomas Bernstein USSR Moskvich 412 Retired 1 50 FRA Jacques RégisFRA Chantal Argeliès GER Opel Ascona Retired (Misdirection) 1 51 POL Włodzimierz MarkowskiPOL Andrzej Radecki POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 1 52 POL Edmund OprochaPOL Andrzej Orłowski POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 1 53 BUL 1971 Detelin TomovBUL 1971 Peitcho Peitchev USSR Lada VAZ 2103 Retired 1 54 DEN Jens Erik EsbensenDEN Villy Ebbesen JPN Datsun 1600 SSS Retired (Time limit exceeded) 1 57 SWE Evert WesströmSWE Bo Carlsson JPN Toyota Corolla Retired 2 61 POL Andrzej GergovichPOL Robert Jenner ESP 1945 SEAT 850 D Retired 2 62 BUL 1971 Nikolai VringovBUL 1971 Lambo Mitzev USSR Lada VAZ 2101 Retired (Suspension) 1 63 POL Marek VarisellaPOL Janina Jedynak POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 2 64 GER Horst HohlheimerGER Rudolf Huber ITA Fiat 128 Sport Coupé Retired 2 65 POL Aleksander AdamskiPOL Andrzej Brzeziński CZE Škoda 100 L Retired 2 66 BUL 1971 Nikolai KamburovBUL 1971 Kamen Kokinov FRA Renault 8 Retired 2 67 HUN Pál GaálHUN Ferenc Iriczfalvi CZE Škoda 100 Retired 2 68 HUN Mihály BalatoniHUN István Sándor CZE Škoda 100 Retired 2 69 GDR Karlfried WeigertGDR Bernhard Malsch GDR Wartburg 353 Retired (Breakdown) 2 70 GDR Peter HommelGDR Günter Bork GDR Wartburg 353 Retired (Accident) 2 71 POL Stanisław FiedorPOL Jacek Chmielewski GDR Trabant P601 Retired 2 72 GDR Jürgen SparwaldGDR Carl-Ulrich Karsten GDR Wartburg 353 Retired 2 73 POL Marek OryńskiPOL Kazimierz Bocheński POL FSO Syrena 104 Retired 2 74 POL Zbigniew BaranPOL Julian Kuzaj POL FSO Syrena 104 Retired 2 75 SWE Claes AndersonSWE Peter Peterson GBR Ford Escort Twin Cam Retired 2 76 ROM 1965 Vasile OlaruROM 1965 Ilie Olteanu ROM 1965 Dacia 1300 Retired 2 77 ROM 1965 Petre VezeanuROM 1965 Mircea Ilioale ROM 1965 Dacia 1300 Retired 2 78 POL Adam MasłowiecPOL Konrad Rutkowski POL FSM Syrena 105 Retired 1 80 GDR Volker BeyerGDR Werner Schramm GDR Wartburg 353 Retired 1 81 BUL 1971 Radoslav PetkovBUL 1971 Kostadin Gurlev USSR Lada VAZ 2101 Retired 1 82 ROM 1965 Adrian MargarintROM 1965 Nicolas Aslan ROM 1965 Dacia 1300 Retired 1 83 BUL 1971 Ilija BonevBUL 1971 Zlati Zlatev USSR Lada VAZ 2101 Retired 1 84 HUN György SzenttornyayHUN László Szzenttornyay USSR Lada VAZ 2101 Retired 1 85 ROM 1965 Iosif SantaROM 1965 Pavel Chiorcea ROM 1965 Dacia 1300 Retired 1 86 HUN Béla AugustinHUN Elek Farkas ROM 1965 Dacia 1300 Retired 1 87 POL Jerzy StraszPOL Halina Strasz POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 1 89 GDR Horst NiebergallGDR Harald Würfel GDR Wartburg 353 Retired 1 90 POL Andrzej WłochPOL Marec Roczniak POL Polski Fiat 125p Retired 1 92 GER Tilo WünschGER Henning Wünsch ITA Fiat 128 Coupé Source: Independent WRC archive,Polish Rally http://www.juwra.com/poland_1973.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2017-03-16 eWRC Results Shacki Final results Rajd Polski 1973 https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/12964-rajd-polski-1973/ 2025-07-02 eWRC-results.com en Championship standings after the event 1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 7 After round 6 Team Season end Position Points Position Points 1 92 France Alpine Renault 1 147 2 63 Italy Fiat 2 84 3 33 France Citroën 7 33 4 22 Japan Datsun 6 34 5 20 Sweden Saab 5 42 6 16 USA Ford 3 76 7 15 East Germany Wartburg 14 15 8 14 Germany Volkswagen 15 15 9 13 Italy Lancia 13 17 10 13 France Peugeot 16 13 11 12 Poland Polski Fiat 12 18 12 8 Germany Porsche 9 27 13 5 Germany Opel 11 25 14 4 Germany BMW 8 28 4 Japan Mitsubishi 17 4 4 Sweden Volvo 4 44 17 3 Czechoslovakia Škoda 18 3 18 2 Japan Toyota 10 25 19 1 Germany Audi 20 2 References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1973 Rally Poland https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182644/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=329 2007-09-27 at Rallye-info https://web.archive.org/web/20200627135750/http://www.rallye-info.com/ 2020-06-27 Polish Category:Rally of Poland Category:1973 in Polish sport