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.

1973 1000 Lakes Rally
23rd 1000 Lakes Rally
Round 8 of the 1973 World Rally Championship season
Host country Finland
Rally baseJyväskylä, Finland
Dates run3 August 1973 – 5 August 1973
Stages43 (517 km; 321 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance2,079 km (1,292 miles)
Statistics
Crews109 at start, 55 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Timo Mäkinen
United Kingdom Henry Liddon
United Kingdom Ford Motor Company Ltd

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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.[1] Championship front runners Alpine Renault and Fiat were conspicuous by their absence, with neither gaining points during the round.

Results

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1973 1000 Lakes Rally results
Finish Total
time
Group Car # Driver
Co-driver
Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
1 1 4 h : 53 m : 50 s 2 4   Timo Mäkinen
  Henry Liddon
  Ford Escort RS1600 20
2 2 4 h : 55 m : 59 s 2 29   Markku Alén
  Juhani Toivonen
  Volvo 142 15
3 1 4 h : 57 m : 12 s 4 3   Leo Kinnunen
  Atso Aho
  Porsche 911 12
4 3 4 h : 59 m : 28 s 2 1   Simo Lampinen
  John Davenport
  Saab 96 V4 10
5 4 5 h : 3 m : 30 s 2 30   Antti Ojanen
  Heikki Miikki
  Opel Ascona 19 8
6 5 5 h : 4 m : 3 s 2 38   Ulf Grönholm
  Henry Laine
  Opel Ascona 19
7 6 5 h : 5 m : 43 s 2 26   Tapio Rainio
  Erkki Nyman
  Saab 96 V4
8 2 5 h : 9 m : 43 s 4 122   Achim Warmbold
  Jean Todt
  Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye
9 7 5 h : 11 m : 26 s 2 39   Pertti Lehtonen
  Ilkka Kivimäki
  Saab 96 V4
10 8 5 h : 11 m : 36 s 2 12   Hannu Palin
  Jyrki Ahava
  Opel Ascona 19
11 9 5 h : 14 m : 25 s 2 20   Esa Nuuttila
  Alf Krogell
  Opel Ascona 19
12 10 5 h : 18 m : 23 s 2 24   Erkki Pitkänen
  Juhani Paalama
  Volvo 142
13 1 5 h : 18 m : 52 s 1 50   Pertti Kärhä
  Seppo Siitonen
  Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
14 2 5 h : 22 m : 15 s 1 42   Jaakko Markula
  Asko Nevalainen
  Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
15 11 5 h : 23 m : 35 s 2 21   Markku Saaristo
  Ilkka Saaristo
  Škoda 120S
16 12 5 h : 23 m : 49 s 2 7   Brian Culcheth
  Johnstone Syer
  Morris Marina
17 3 5 h : 24 m : 47 s 1 52   Timo Sohlberg
  Matti Honkavaara
  BMW 2002
18 13 5 h : 30 m : 54 s 2 63   Eeva Heinonen
  Seija Saaristo
  Volvo 142
19 4 5 h : 38 m : 54 s 1 44   Erkki Pahkinen
  Jarmo Toivonen
  Opel Ascona 19
20 5 5 h : 44 m : 41 s 1 73   Timo Jouhki
  Juha Piironen
  Opel Ascona 19
21 6 5 h : 45 m : 4 s 1 58   Juha Leponiemi
  Matti Vilmi
  BMW 2002
22 7 5 h : 46 m : 5 s 1 51   Kauko Mäkelä
  Jukka Miettinen
  Peugeot 304S
23 8 5 h : 48 m : 14 s 1 53   Hans Sevelius
  Göran Sandström
  Alfa Romeo 1600
24 14 5 h : 50 m : 52 s 2 61   Marketta Oksala
  Satu Valtaharju
  Opel Ascona 19
27 16 5 h : 55 m : 7 s 2 86   Stasys Brundza
  Viktor Ilyin
  Moskvitch 412
39 22 6 h : 16 m : 10 s 2 96   Peter Hommel
  Günter Bork
  Wartburg 353
42 17 6 h : 22 m : 8 s 1 79   Horst Niebergall
  Harald Würfel
  Wartburg 353
46 21 6 h : 27 m : 27 s 1 77   Egon Culmbacher
  Werner Ernst
  Wartburg 353
Retired (mechanical) 2 2   Stig Blomqvist
  Arne Hertz
  Saab 96 V4
Retired (illness) 2 5   Hannu Mikkola
  Erkki Rautanen
  Volvo 142
Retired (mechanical) 4 6   Shekhar Mehta
  Ensio Mikander
  Datsun 240Z
Retired (mechanical) 2 8   Per Eklund
  Björn Cederberg
  Saab 96 V4
Retired 2 9   Pauli Toivonen
  Martti Tiukkanen
  Simca 1000 Rallye
Retired 1 10   Guy Chasseuil
  Christian Baron
  Simca 1000 Rallye
Retired 1 11   Jean-Marie Jacquemin
  Dorothé Jacquemin
  Simca 1000 Rallye
Retired 2 13   Pekka Virtanen
  Jussi Eskola
  Volvo 142
Retired 2 15   Matti Alamaula
  Tapio Siekkinen
  Opel Ascona 19
Retired 2 16   Bob Hourihan
  Doug Woods
  Datsun 1800 SSS
Retired 2 18   Pekka Vilpponen
  Ilpo Airila
  Moskvitch 1500M
Retired (mechanical) 2 22   Pentti Airikkala
  Heikki Haaksiala
  Opel Kadett Rallye
Retired 2 25   Paul Faulkner
  Monty Peters
  Ford Escort RS1600
Retired 2 27   Scott Harvey
  Tom King
  Dodge Colt
Retired (mechanical) 2 28   Jari Vilkas
  Juhani Soini
  Saab 96 V4
Retired 2 33   Leif Asterhag
  Claes Billstam
  BMW 2002
Retired 2 35   Lars Carlsson
  Thomas Fischer-Halbing
  Opel Commodore GS/E
Retired 2 36   Eero Soutulahti
  Risto Anttila
  Volvo 142
Retired 2 40   Hannu Valtaharju
  Raimo Alm
  Opel Ascona 19
Retired 1 46   Esko Nuuttila
  Timo Harju
  Opel Ascona 19
Retired 1 47   Kyösti Hämäläinen
  Veijo Aho
  Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Retired 1 48   Arne Allansson
  Rolf Jägerstedt
  BMW 2002
Retired 1 57   Heikki Enomaa
  Timo Alanen
  BMW 2002
Retired 2 67   Fredrik Donner
  Heikki Nikki
  Opel Ascona 19
Retired 2 76   Kastytis Girdauskas
  Valentin Kislykh
  Moskvitch 412

Source: Independent WRC archive[2]

Championship standings after the event

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1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 8
After round 8 Team Season end
Position Points Position Points
1 92   Alpine Renault 1 147
2 63   Fiat 2 84
3 36   Ford 3 76
4 33   Citroën 7 33
5 30   Saab 5 42
6 22   Datsun 6 34
7 20   Porsche 9 27
8 19   Volvo 4 44
9 15   Wartburg 14 15
10 14   Volkswagen 15 15
11 13   Peugeot 16 13
12 13   Lancia 13 17
13 13   Opel 11 25
14 12   Polski Fiat 12 18
15 4   BMW 8 28
4   Mitsubishi 17 4
17 3   Škoda 18 3
18 2   Toyota 10 25
19 1   Audi 20 2

References

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  1. ^ Motoring News pages 8 & 9 Thursday 9 August 1973 "Popular 1000 Lakes win for Mäkinen in works Escort"
  2. ^ "Final results". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
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