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.
Rally Racing Teams Racing Team Driver Co-driver # Car 1974 Safari Rally racing teams Lancia Marlboro Shekhar Mehta Mike Doughty 7 Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Sandro Munari Lofty Drews 10 Chipsteads of Kensington Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius 19 Porsche 911 Carrera RS William A. Fritschy Peter Moon 36 Porsche 911 S African Roadways (NBO) Rauno Aaltonen Wolfgang Stiller 16 Datsun 1800 SSS Marshalls (EA) Ltd. Hannu Mikkola Jean Todt 1 Peugeot 504 Ove Andersson Arne Hertz 4 Timo Mäkinen John Davenport 5 Tony Fall Mike Wood 6 Peter Huth Philip Rea Hechle 21 Bert Shankland Christopher Edward Bates 50
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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 Lancer 1600 GSR 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. 46 Joginder Singh David Doig Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR 11:18:00 0.0 20 2. 19 Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius Porsche 911 11:46:00 28:00 15 3. 10 Sandro Munari Lofty Drews Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 12:22:00 1:04:00 12 4. 14 Harry Källström Claes Billstam Datsun 260Z 13:01:00 1:43:00 10 5. 35 Zully Remtulla Nizar Jivani Datsun 260Z 13:29:00 2:11:00 6. 16 Rauno Aaltonen Wolfgang Stiller Datsun 1800 SSS 13:46:00 2:28:00 7. 50 Bert Shankland Chris Bates Peugeot 504 14:02:00 2:44:00 4 8. 21 Peter Huth Phillip Hechle Peugeot 504 14:41:00 3:23:00 9. 18 Vic Preston, Jr Roger Barnard Ford Escort RS1600 14:56:00 3:38:00 2 10. 38 Robin Ulyate Ivan Smith Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 15:13:00 3:55:00 1 11. 7 Shekhar Mehta Mike Doughty Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 16:15:00 4:57:00 12. 26 Davinder Singh Ken Taylor Mitsubishi Colt Lancer 19:53:00 8:35:00 13. 33 Jim Noon Jim Heather-Hayes Mitsubishi Galant 20:06:00 8:48:00 14. 42 Ernest van Leeve John Mitchell Mitsubishi Galant 25:19:00 14:01:00 15. 68 Prem Choda Pauru Choda Mitsubishi Galant 27:51:00 16:33:00 16. 31 Rosemary Smith Pauline Gullick Datsun 1800 SSS 28:57:00 17:39:00
Source: Independent WRC archive
Championship standings after the event Rank Manufacturer Event Totalpoints POR KEN FIN ITA CAN USA GBR FRA 1 Fiat 20 1 ------ 21 2 Mitsubishi - 20 ------ 20 3 Datsun 8 10 ------ 18 4 Porsche - 15 ------ 15 5 Lancia - 12 ------ 12 6 Toyota 10 - ------ 10 7 Alpine-Renault 6 - ------ 6 8 BMW 4 - ------ 4 Peugeot - 4 ------ 4 Ford 2 2 ------ 4 11 Citroën 3 - ------ 3
References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1974 Safari Rally on Rallye-info.com