1974 Safari Rally

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1974 Safari Rally 22nd East African Safari Rally
Round 2 of the 1974 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Kenya
Rally base	Nairobi, Kenya
Dates run	April 11 – April 15, 1974
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	5000+ km km
Results
Overall winner	Joginder Singh Mitsubishi Colt Lancer
Teams	99 at start, 16 at finish

The 1974 Safari Rally was the 22nd East African Safari Rally and the second round of the shortened 1974 World Rally Championship season. It took place between April 11 and April 15, 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]. 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.

1 Results
2 Championship standings
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Joginder Singh	David Doig	Mitsubishi Colt Lancer	11:18:00	0.0	20
2.	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Porsche 911	11:46:00	28:00	15
3.	Sandro Munari	Lofty Drews	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	12:22:00	1:04:00	12
4.	Harry Källström	Claes Billstam	Datsun 260Z	13:01:00	1:43:00	10
5.	Zully Remtulla	Nizar Jivani	Datsun 260Z	13:29:00	2:11:00
6.	Rauno Aaltonen	Wolfgang Stiller	Datsun 1800 SSS	13:46:00	2:28:00
7.	Bert Shankland	Chris Bates	Peugeot 504	14:02:00	2:44:00	4
8.	Peter Huth	Phillip Hechle	Peugeot 504	14:41:00	3:23:00
9.	Vic Preston, Jr	Roger Barnard	Ford Escort RS1600	14:56:00	3:38:00	2
10.	Robin Ulyate	Ivan Smith	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	15:13:00	3:55:00	1

[edit] Championship standings

Rank	Manufacturer	Event								Total points
Rank	Manufacturer	POR	KEN	FIN	ITA	CAN	USA	GBR	FRA	Total points
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