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.

Rally Racing Teams

Racing Team	Driver	Co-driver	#	Car
1974 Safari Rally racing teams
Template:Flagicon Lancia Marlboro	Template:Flagicon Shekhar Mehta	Template:Flagicon Mike Doughty	7	Template:Flagicon Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
	Template:Flagicon Sandro Munari	Template:Flagicon Lofty Drews	10
Template:Flagicon Chipsteads of Kensington	Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård	Template:Flagicon Hans Thorszelius	19	Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RS
	Template:Flagicon William A. Fritschy	Template:Flagicon Peter Moon	36	Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 S
Template:Flagicon African Roadways (NBO)	Template:Flagicon Rauno Aaltonen	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Stiller	16	Template:Flagicon Datsun 1800 SSS
Template:Flagicon Marshalls (EA) Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola	Template:Flagicon Jean Todt	1	Template:Flagicon Peugeot 504
	Template:Flagicon Ove Andersson	Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz	4
	Template:Flagicon Timo Mäkinen	Template:Flagicon John Davenport	5
	Template:Flagicon Tony Fall	Template:Flagicon Mike Wood	6
	Template:Flagicon Peter Huth	Template:Flagicon Philip Rea Hechle	21
	Template:Flagicon Bert Shankland	Template:Flagicon Christopher Edward Bates	50

Report

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Joginder Singh's Mitsubishi Lancer used in the race, which they won. With the number #46.

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.	46	Template:Flagicon Joginder Singh	Template:Flagicon David Doig	Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi Colt Lancer	11:18:00	0.0	20
2.	19	Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård	Template:Flagicon Hans Thorszelius	Template:Flagicon Porsche 911	11:46:00	28:00	15
3.	10	Template:Flagicon Sandro Munari	Template:Flagicon Lofty Drews	Template:Flagicon Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	12:22:00	1:04:00	12
4.	14	Template:Flagicon Harry Källström	Template:Flagicon Claes Billstam	Template:Flagicon Datsun 260Z	13:01:00	1:43:00	10
5.	35	Template:Flagicon Zully Remtulla	Template:Flagicon Nizar Jivani	Template:Flagicon Datsun 260Z	13:29:00	2:11:00
6.	16	Template:Flagicon Rauno Aaltonen	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Stiller	Template:Flagicon Datsun 1800 SSS	13:46:00	2:28:00
7.	50	Template:Flagicon Bert Shankland	Template:Flagicon Chris Bates	Template:Flagicon Peugeot 504	14:02:00	2:44:00	4
8.	21	Template:Flagicon Peter Huth	Template:Flagicon Phillip Hechle	Template:Flagicon Peugeot 504	14:41:00	3:23:00
9.	18	Template:Flagicon Vic Preston, Jr	Template:Flagicon Roger Barnard	Template:Flagicon Ford Escort RS1600	14:56:00	3:38:00	2
10.	38	Template:Flagicon Robin Ulyate	Template:Flagicon Ivan Smith	Template:Flagicon Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	15:13:00	3:55:00	1
11.	7	Template:Flagicon Shekhar Mehta	Template:Flagicon Mike Doughty	Template:Flagicon Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	16:15:00	4:57:00
12.	26	Template:Flagicon Davinder Singh	Template:Flagicon Ken Taylor	Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi Colt Lancer	19:53:00	8:35:00
13.	33	Template:Flagicon Jim Noon	Template:Flagicon Jim Heather-Hayes	Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi Galant	20:06:00	8:48:00
14.	42	Template:Flagicon Ernest van Leeve	Template:Flagicon John Mitchell	Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi Galant	25:19:00	14:01:00
15.	68	Template:Flagicon Prem Choda	Template:Flagicon Pauru Choda	Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi Galant	27:51:00	16:33:00
16.	31	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Smith	Template:Flagicon Pauline Gullick	Template:Flagicon Datsun 1800 SSS	28:57:00	17:39:00

Source: Independent WRC archive

Championship standings after the event

Rank	Manufacturer	Event								Total points
		POR Template:Flagicon	KEN Template:Flagicon	FIN Template:Flagicon	ITA Template:Flagicon	CAN Template:Flagicon	USA Template:Flagicon	GBR Template:Flagicon	FRA Template:Flagicon
1	Template:Flagicon Fiat	20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
2	Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
3	Template:Flagicon Datsun	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
4	Template:Flagicon Porsche	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
5	Template:Flagicon Lancia	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
6	Template:Flagicon Toyota	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
7	Template:Flagicon Alpine-Renault	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
8	Template:Flagicon BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Template:Flagicon Peugeot	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Template:Flagicon Ford	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
11	Template:Flagicon Citroën	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

External links

• Official website of the World Rally Championship
• 1974 Safari Rally Template:Webarchive on Rallye-info.com Template:Webarchive