1973 1000 Lakes Rally

Motor rally competition 1973 1000 Lakes Rally 23rd 1000 Lakes Rally 8 Jyväskylä, Finland 3 August 1973 5 August 1973 43 517 2079 Gravel 1973 World Rally Championship season Finland Timo MäkinenUK Henry Liddon UK Ford Motor Company Ltd 109 55 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.Motoring News pages 8 & 9 Thursday 9 August 1973 "Popular 1000 Lakes win for Mäkinen in works Escort" 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 Totaltime Group Car # DriverCo-driver Car Mfr.points Overall Ingroup 1 1 4 h : 53 m : 50 s 2 4 Finland Timo MäkinenUK Henry Liddon UK Ford Escort RS1600 20 2 2 4 h : 55 m : 59 s 2 29 Finland Markku AlénFinland Juhani Toivonen Sweden Volvo 142 15 3 1 4 h : 57 m : 12 s 4 3 Finland Leo KinnunenFinland Atso Aho Germany Porsche 911 12 4 3 4 h : 59 m : 28 s 2 1 Finland Simo LampinenUK John Davenport Sweden Saab 96 V4 10 5 4 5 h : 3 m : 30 s 2 30 Finland Antti OjanenFinland Heikki Miikki Germany Opel Ascona 19 8 6 5 5 h : 4 m : 3 s 2 38 Finland Ulf GrönholmFinland Henry Laine Germany Opel Ascona 19 7 6 5 h : 5 m : 43 s 2 26 Finland Tapio RainioFinland Erkki Nyman Sweden Saab 96 V4 8 2 5 h : 9 m : 43 s 4 122 West Germany Achim WarmboldFrance Jean Todt Italy Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 9 7 5 h : 11 m : 26 s 2 39 Finland Pertti LehtonenFinland Ilkka Kivimäki Sweden Saab 96 V4 10 8 5 h : 11 m : 36 s 2 12 Finland Hannu PalinFinland Jyrki Ahava Germany Opel Ascona 19 11 9 5 h : 14 m : 25 s 2 20 Finland Esa NuuttilaFinland Alf Krogell Germany Opel Ascona 19 12 10 5 h : 18 m : 23 s 2 24 Finland Erkki PitkänenFinland Juhani Paalama Sweden Volvo 142 13 1 5 h : 18 m : 52 s 1 50 Finland Pertti KärhäFinland Seppo Siitonen Italy Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 14 2 5 h : 22 m : 15 s 1 42 Finland Jaakko MarkulaFinland Asko Nevalainen Italy Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 15 11 5 h : 23 m : 35 s 2 21 Finland Markku SaaristoFinland Ilkka Saaristo Czechoslovakia Škoda 120S 16 12 5 h : 23 m : 49 s 2 7 UK Brian CulchethUK Johnstone Syer UK Morris Marina 17 3 5 h : 24 m : 47 s 1 52 Finland Timo SohlbergFinland Matti Honkavaara Germany BMW 2002 18 13 5 h : 30 m : 54 s 2 63 Finland Eeva HeinonenFinland Seija Saaristo Sweden Volvo 142 19 4 5 h : 38 m : 54 s 1 44 Finland Erkki PahkinenFinland Jarmo Toivonen Germany Opel Ascona 19 20 5 5 h : 44 m : 41 s 1 73 Finland Timo JouhkiFinland Juha Piironen Germany Opel Ascona 19 21 6 5 h : 45 m : 4 s 1 58 Finland Juha LeponiemiFinland Matti Vilmi Germany BMW 2002 22 7 5 h : 46 m : 5 s 1 51 Finland Kauko MäkeläFinland Jukka Miettinen France Peugeot 304S 23 8 5 h : 48 m : 14 s 1 53 Finland Hans SeveliusFinland Göran Sandström Italy Alfa Romeo 1600 24 14 5 h : 50 m : 52 s 2 61 Finland Marketta OksalaFinland Satu Valtaharju Germany Opel Ascona 19 27 16 5 h : 55 m : 7 s 2 86 USSR Stasys BrundzaUSSR Viktor Ilyin USSR Moskvitch 412 39 22 6 h : 16 m : 10 s 2 96 East Germany Peter HommelEast Germany Günter Bork East Germany Wartburg 353 42 17 6 h : 22 m : 8 s 1 79 East Germany Horst NiebergallEast Germany Harald Würfel East Germany Wartburg 353 46 21 6 h : 27 m : 27 s 1 77 East Germany Egon CulmbacherEast Germany Werner Ernst East Germany Wartburg 353 Retired (mechanical) 2 2 Sweden Stig BlomqvistSweden Arne Hertz Sweden Saab 96 V4 Retired (illness) 2 5 Finland Hannu MikkolaFinland Erkki Rautanen Sweden Volvo 142 Retired (mechanical) 4 6 Kenya Shekhar MehtaFinland Ensio Mikander Japan Datsun 240Z Retired (mechanical) 2 8 Sweden Per EklundSweden Björn Cederberg Sweden Saab 96 V4 Retired 2 9 Finland Pauli ToivonenFinland Martti Tiukkanen France Simca 1000 Rallye Retired 1 10 France Guy ChasseuilFrance Christian Baron France Simca 1000 Rallye Retired 1 11 Belgium Jean-Marie JacqueminBelgium Dorothé Jacquemin France Simca 1000 Rallye Retired 2 13 Finland Pekka VirtanenFinland Jussi Eskola Sweden Volvo 142 Retired 2 15 Finland Matti AlamaulaFinland Tapio Siekkinen Germany Opel Ascona 19 Retired 2 16 USA Bob HourihanCanada Doug Woods Japan Datsun 1800 SSS Retired 2 18 Finland Pekka VilpponenFinland Ilpo Airila USSR Moskvitch 1500M Retired (mechanical) 2 22 Finland Pentti AirikkalaFinland Heikki Haaksiala Germany Opel Kadett Rallye Retired 2 25 UK Paul FaulknerUK Monty Peters UK Ford Escort RS1600 Retired 2 27 USA Scott HarveyUSA Tom King USA Dodge Colt Retired (mechanical) 2 28 Finland Jari VilkasFinland Juhani Soini Sweden Saab 96 V4 Retired 2 33 Sweden Leif AsterhagSweden Claes Billstam Germany BMW 2002 Retired 2 35 Sweden Lars CarlssonWest Germany Thomas Fischer-Halbing Germany Opel Commodore GS/E Retired 2 36 Finland Eero SoutulahtiFinland Risto Anttila Sweden Volvo 142 Retired 2 40 Finland Hannu ValtaharjuFinland Raimo Alm Germany Opel Ascona 19 Retired 1 46 Finland Esko NuuttilaFinland Timo Harju Germany Opel Ascona 19 Retired 1 47 Finland Kyösti HämäläinenFinland Veijo Aho Italy Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Retired 1 48 Sweden Arne AllanssonSweden Rolf Jägerstedt Germany BMW 2002 Retired 1 57 Finland Heikki EnomaaFinland Timo Alanen Germany BMW 2002 Retired 2 67 Finland Fredrik DonnerFinland Heikki Nikki Germany Opel Ascona 19 Retired 2 76 USSR Kastytis GirdauskasUSSR Valentin Kislykh USSR Moskvitch 412 Source: Independent WRC archiveFinal results http://www.juwra.com/finland_1973_results.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2017-03-12 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 France Alpine Renault 1 147 2 63 Italy Fiat 2 84 3 36 USA Ford 3 76 4 33 France Citroën 7 33 5 30 Sweden Saab 5 42 6 22 Japan Datsun 6 34 7 20 Germany Porsche 9 27 8 19 Sweden Volvo 4 44 9 15 East Germany Wartburg 14 15 10 14 Germany Volkswagen 15 15 11 13 France Peugeot 16 13 12 13 Italy Lancia 13 17 13 13 Germany Opel 11 25 14 12 Poland Polski Fiat 12 18 15 4 Germany BMW 8 28 4 Japan Mitsubishi 17 4 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 1000 Lakes Rally https://web.archive.org/web/20050113072125/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=322 2005-01-13 at Rallye-info https://web.archive.org/web/20200627135750/http://www.rallye-info.com/ 2020-06-27 1000 Lakes Category:Rally Finland 1000 Lakes Rally, 1973