1974 1000 Lakes Rally
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The 1974 1000 Lakes Rally (formally the 24nd Jyväskylän Suurajot) was the third round of the shortened 1974 World Rally Championship. It took place between 2 and 4 August 1974. The 1000 Lakes 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.
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The 1000 Lakes Rally was the third round of the World Rally Championship. The Race had 36 stages and was won by Hannu Mikkola.
The points system at the time meant that Ford got 20 points for their double victory, third-placed Markku Alén took 12 points for Fiat, and Stig Blomqvist got 10 points for Saab. The fifth through seventh place finishers received no points as they finished behind their team mates; the next and final points went to Anders Kulläng who got 3 points for Opel. No points were given for the ninth and tenth place finishers (in a Fiat and an Opel).
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