1974 Safari Rally

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]

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

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 Hans Thorszelius 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 Claes Billstam Datsun 260Z 13:01:00 1:43:00 10
5. Tanzania Zully Remtulla Tanzania Nizar Jivani Datsun 260Z 13:29:00 2:11:00
6. Finland Rauno Aaltonen West Germany Wolfgang Stiller Datsun 1800 SSS 13:46:00 2:28:00
7. Tanzania Bert Shankland Kenya Chris Bates Peugeot 504 14:02:00 2:44:00 4
8. Kenya Peter Huth Kenya Phillip Hechle Peugeot 504 14:41:00 3:23:00
9. Kenya Vic Preston, Jr United Kingdom Roger Barnard Ford Escort RS1600 14:56:00 3:38:00 2
10. Kenya Robin Ulyate Kenya Ivan Smith Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 15:13:00 3:55:00 1
11. Kenya Shekhar Mehta Kenya Mike Doughty Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 16:15:00 4:57:00
12. Kenya Davinder Singh Kenya Ken Taylor Mitsubishi Colt Lancer 19:53:00 8:35:00
13. Kenya Jim Noon Kenya Jim Heather-Hayes Mitsubishi Galant 20:06:00 8:48:00
14. Zimbabwe Ernest van Leeve Zimbabwe John Mitchell Mitsubishi Galant 25:19:00 14:01:00
15. Kenya Prem Choda Kenya Pauru Choda Mitsubishi Galant 27:51:00 16:33:00
16. Republic of Ireland Rosemary Smith United Kingdom Pauline Gullick Datsun 1800 SSS 28:57:00 17:39:00

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 201------ 21
2 Japan Mitsubishi -20------ 20
3 Japan Datsun 810------ 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 22------ 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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