1974 Safari Rally

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1974 Safari Rally
22nd East African Safari Rally
Round 2 of the 1974 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Kenya
Rally baseNairobi, Kenya
Dates run11 April – 15 April 1974
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance5,000 km (3,100 miles)
(approx.)
Results
Overall winnerKenya Joginder Singh
Kenya David Doig
Japan Mitsubishi Motors
Crews99 at start, 16 at finish

The 1974 Safari Rally (formally the 22nd East African Safari Rally) was the second round of the shortened 1974 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 11 and 15 April 1974. The Safari Rally didn't use special stages at this time to decide a winner. Instead all of the route was competitive - with the driver with the lowest accumulation of penalty time between time controls being declared the winner.[1]

Report[]

The rally was won by local driver, and Safari specialist Joginder Singh. Singh beat off competition from WRC regulars such as Björn Waldegård and Sandro Munari to secure his first WRC victory. The Safari often saw unheralded cars on the winners ramp and this year was no exception - the Mitsubishi Colt Lancer scored no more points throughout the rest of the season. Fiat held on to their lead in the championship for manufacturers through picking up one point for tenth place.

Results[]

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
1974 Safari Rally results
1. Kenya Joginder Singh Kenya David Doig Mitsubishi Colt Lancer 11:18:00 0.0 20
2. Sweden Björn Waldegård Sweden Porsche 911 11:46:00 28:00 15
3. Italy Sandro Munari Kenya Lofty Drews Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 12:22:00 1:04:00 12
4. Sweden Harry Källström Sweden Datsun 260Z 13:01:00 1:43:00 10
5. Tanzania Tanzania Datsun 260Z 13:29:00 2:11:00
6. Finland Rauno Aaltonen West Germany Datsun 1800 SSS 13:46:00 2:28:00
7. Tanzania Bert Shankland Kenya Peugeot 504 14:02:00 2:44:00 4
8. Kenya Kenya Peugeot 504 14:41:00 3:23:00
9. Kenya United Kingdom Ford Escort RS1600 14:56:00 3:38:00 2
10. Kenya Kenya Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 15:13:00 3:55:00 1

Source: Independent WRC archive[2]

Championship standings after the event[]

Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
POR
Portugal 		KEN
Kenya 		FIN
Finland 		ITA
Italy 		CAN
Canada 		USA
United States 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France
1 Italy Fiat 20 1 - - - - - - 21
2 Japan Mitsubishi - 20 - - - - - - 20
3 Japan Datsun 8 10 - - - - - - 18
4 Germany Porsche - 15 - - - - - - 15
5 Italy Lancia - 12 - - - - - - 12
6 Japan Toyota 10 - - - - - - - 10
7 France Alpine-Renault 6 - - - - - - - 6
8 Germany BMW 4 - - - - - - - 4
France Peugeot - 4 - - - - - - 4
United States Ford 2 2 - - - - - - 4
11 France Citroën 3 - - - - - - - 3

References[]

  1. ^ "juwra.com/About timing". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  2. ^ "Safari Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-17.

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