1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally

January 2025 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally 25th Press-on-Regardless Rally 11 1973 Rallye Sanremo 1973 RAC Rally Detroit, Michigan November 1, 1973 November 4, 1973 85 549.15 3284.15 Gravel 1973 World Rally Championship season Canada Walter BoyceCanada Doug Woods Japan Toyota Motorsport Toyota Corolla 58 23 The 1973 Press-On-Regardless Rally (formally the 25th Press-On-Regardless Rally) was the eleventh round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run at the outset of November in Michigan in the United States.Program - Press On Regardless Int'l Rally, Rally Racing News https://rallyracingnews.com/scca/rally/por73-program.html 2025-06-20 rallyracingnews.com The rally was run entirely on gravel. Report Due to a combination of scheduling and location, the event was not attended by most European competitors. Giving teams only two weeks following the preceding Sanremo Rally to travel across the Atlantic Ocean, and then giving even less time for a return to Europe for the following RAC Rally in England, proved unrealistic for most teams, and in the event, only a few teams from Poland made the trip with their domestic Polski Fiat 125p vehicles. As it turned out, the event was primarily a local affair, with a Canadian, Walter Boyce, taking the win ahead of a field of American drivers. In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. With the teams focused on the prestigious RAC Rally upcoming, and with the year's championship already sewn up by Alpine Renault, the works teams did not make an effort to compete in the American leg of the championship. Toyota became the beneficiary as it was a Corolla that carried Boyce to victory, while other makes popular on the North American market filled out the ranks. Datsuns were particularly prevalent—especially the locally popular Datsun 510—and Polski Fiat was rewarded for their effort in making the trip by a finish in the points, but overall, the results factored little into the factory efforts for the championship. Results 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally resultsPress On Regardless Int'l Rally, Rally Racing News https://rallyracingnews.com/scca/rally/por73.html 2025-06-20 rallyracingnews.comjuwra.com Rallies - Press on Regardless 1973 http://www.juwra.com/press_on_regardless_1973.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250419120645/https://www.juwra.com/press_on_regardless_1973.html 2025-04-19 2025-06-20 www.juwra.com Finish TotaltimeStages - Press On Regardless Int'l Rally, Rally Racing News https://rallyracingnews.com/scca/rally/por73-stages.html 2025-06-20 rallyracingnews.com Car # DriverCo-driver Car Mfr.points 1 6 h : 58 m : 28.2 s 110 Canada Walter BoyceCanada Doug Woods Japan Toyota Corolla 20 2 7 h : 22 m : 43.2 s 116 USA Jim WalkerUSA Terry Palmer Sweden Volvo 142 S 15 3 7 h : 33 m : 36.0 s 105 USA John SmiskolUSA Carol Smiskol Japan Datsun 240Z 12 4 7 h : 39 m : 1.8 s 114 USA John BuffumUSA Wayne Zitkus UK Ford Escort RS1600 10 5 7 h : 45 m : 0.6 s 127 USA John RodgersUSA Erik Brooks Japan Datsun 1600 SSS 6 7 h : 57 m : 30.6 s 108 Poland Robert MuchaPoland Ryszard Żyszkowski Poland Polski Fiat 125p 6 7 8 h : 4 m : 54.6 s 123 USA Bill DoddUSA Rudy Kren UK Ford Capri 2600 8 8 h : 8 m : 12.0 s 130 USA Jim CallonUSA Gary Hays Japan Datsun 510 9 8 h : 9 m : 28.2 s 136 USA Steve DorrUSA Rick Andersson Japan Datsun 510 10 8 h : 16 m : 12.6 s 121 USA Chuck McLarenUSA Doug Leverton Japan Datsun 510 11 8 h : 20 m : 47.4 sAwards - Press On Regardless Int'l Rally, Rally Racing News https://rallyracingnews.com/scca/rally/por73-awards.html 2025-06-20 rallyracingnews.comThe final results indicate a score of 50879 (8:28:47.4), however the stage results indicate a time of 50079 (8:20:47.4). 117 Poland Andrzej JaroszewiczPoland Zbigniew Dziadura Poland Polski Fiat 125p 12 8 h : 21 m : 40.8 s 122 USA John ChalmersUSA William Potvin Japan Datsun 510 13 8 h : 35 m : 42.6 s 113 Canada Gary NeilCanada Don Ramsay Japan Datsun 1600 SSS 14 8 h : 35 m : 58.8 s 160 Kenya Edgar HerrmannUSA Joe LeBeau Japan Subaru GL 15 8 h : 39 m : 10.8 s 120 Poland Marek VarisellaPoland Janina Jedynak Poland Polski Fiat 125p Retired (accident) 104 Canada Taisto HeinonenCanada John Bellefleur Germany Opel Manta Retired (engine) 106 USA Erhard DahmUSA Tom Grishaw USA Jeep Wagoneer Retired (engine) 107 USA Gene HendersonUSA Ken Pogue USA Jeep Wagoneer Retired (excluded) 109 USA Scott HarveyUSA Ralph Beckman Japan Dodge Colt Retired (accident) 112 USA Bob HourihanUK Geraint Phillips Japan Datsun 1800 SSS Retired (time barred) 147 USA Randy GravesUSA Ruth Heidel France Alpine-Renault A110 Championship standings after the event 1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 11 After round 11 Team Season end Position Points Position Points 1 127 France Alpine Renault 1 147 2 84 Italy Fiat 2 84 3 46 UK Ford 3 76 4 42 Sweden Saab 5 42 5 34 Japan Datsun 6 34 6 34 Sweden Volvo 4 44 7 33 France Citroën 7 33 8 25 Japan Toyota 10 25 9 24 Germany BMW 8 28 10 24 Germany Porsche 9 27 11 18 Poland Polski Fiat 12 18 12 17 Italy Lancia 13 17 13 15 East Germany Wartburg 14 15 14 15 Germany Opel 11 25 15 14 Germany Volkswagen 15 15 16 13 France Peugeot 16 13 17 4 Japan Mitsubishi 17 4 18 3 Czechoslovakia Škoda 18 3 19 1 Germany Audi 20 2 Notes note References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182746/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=331 September 27, 2007 at Rallye-info https://web.archive.org/web/20170317233453/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=331 March 17, 2017 Press-on-Regardless Category:Motorsport in Michigan Press-on-Regardless Rally