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1974 Rally of the Rideau Lakes

rally racing

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2363870 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1974 Rally of the Rideau Lakes (formally the 2nd Rally of the Rideau Lakes) was the fifth round of the 1974 World Rally Championship season. It ran between October 16 and October 20.

Report

The Rally of the Rideau Lakes took place in and around Smiths Falls, Ontario. The rally had 40 stages and was won by Sandro Munari and Mario Mannucci on a Lancia Stratos HF.

The distribution of points is 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Lancia received the maximum 20 points, Toyota winning 12 thanks to Walter Boyce, Ford winning 10, and Datsun winning 8. Lancia also had a points advantage due to their second place, keeping other manufacturers from receiving those 15 points.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Rally, Rideau and Lakes can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “1974 Rally of the Rideau Lakes” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.