35. Lombard RAC Rally 1979
18. 11. – 21. 11. 1979, Chester • gravel 661.48 km • Other years
Final results
| 1. | #1 |
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Mikkola Hannu - Hertz Arne |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Ford Motor Co. Ltd. |
WTW***
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4/3 |
8:03:38 |
82.1 |
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| 2. | #10 |
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Brookes Russell - White Paul |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Andrews Heat for Hire |
POO*** | 4/3 |
8:14:07 |
+10:29 +10:29 |
80.3 0.95 |
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| 3. | #6 |
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Vatanen Ari - Richards David |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Rothmans Rally Team |
GVX***
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4/3 |
8:19:53 10:00 |
+16:15 +5:46 |
79.4 1.47 |
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| 4. | #18 |
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Taylor John - Short Phil |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII |
GKR*** | 4/3 |
8:24:01 |
+20:23 +4:08 |
78.7 1.85 |
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| 5. | #3 |
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Röhrl Walter - Geistdörfer Christian |
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Fiat 131 Abarth Alitalia Fiat |
TO ***
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4/3 |
8:26:37 |
+22:59 +2:36 |
78.3 2.08 |
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| 6. | #4 |
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Waldegård Björn - Thorszelius Hans |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Ford Motor Co. Ltd. |
GJN***
|
4/3 |
8:29:12 1:10 |
+25:34 +2:35 |
77.9 2.32 |
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| 7. | #23 |
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Carr Greg - Gocentas Fred |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII |
STW*** | 4/3 |
8:30:31 |
+26:53 +1:19 |
77.7 2.44 |
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| 8. | #29 |
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Rainio Tapio - Liddon Henry |
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Toyota Celica 2000 GT (RA40) Toyota Team Great Britain |
BYC*** | 4/3 |
8:32:30 2:20 |
+28:52 +1:59 |
77.4 2.62 |
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| 9. | #28 |
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Wilson Malcolm - Harryman Terry |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Total Oil GB |
FFV*** | 4/3 |
8:41:33 |
+37:55 +9:03 |
76.1 3.44 |
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| 10. | #59 |
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Fielding Geoff - Goulding Tony |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII |
4/3 |
9:08:43 |
+1:05:05 +27:10 |
72.3 5.90 |
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| 11. | #40 |
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Simpson Geoff - Simpson Alan |
|
Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII |
SNT*** | 4/3 |
9:35:35 2:20 |
+1:31:57 +26:52 |
69.0 8.34 |
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Retirements |
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| SS46 | #8 |
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Clark Roger - Wilson Neil |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | POO*** | 4/3 | Engine | |||
| SS18 | #14 |
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Danielsson Bror - Sundberg Ulf |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | WLC*** | 4/3 | No fuel | |||
| SS9 | #19 |
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Asterhag Leif - Broad Mike |
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Toyota Celica 2000 GT Toyota Team Great Britain |
4/3 | Clutch | ||||
| SS31 | #20 |
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Toivonen Henri - Boland Phil |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Total Oil GB |
KWT***
|
4/3 | Clutch | |||
| SS17 | #21 |
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Thérier Jean-Luc - Vial Michel |
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Toyota Celica 2000 GT (RA40) Toyota Team Great Britain |
K-A***
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4/3 | Injection | |||
| SS5 | #25 |
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Bohne Holger - Diekmann Peter |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | Electrical | ||||
| SS53 | #37 |
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"Lucky" - Pons Fabrizia |
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Fiat 131 Abarth 4 Rombi Corse |
PD ***
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4/3 | Driveshaft | |||
| SS3 | #38 |
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Stokes David - Warner John |
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Ford Escort RS | 4/3 | Engine | ||||
| SS2 | #42 |
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Jackson Mike - Howard Steve |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Crystal Rally Sport - Hull |
4/3 | Head gasket | ||||
| SS16 | #47 |
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Vilpponen Pekka - Häkkinen Kaj |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | Retired | ||||
| SS7 | #48 |
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Drummond Tony - Cross Simon |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | RWT*** | 4/3 | Retired | |||
| SS27 | #50 |
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Bannister Steve - Goodman Jim |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | NGW*** | 4/3 | Retired | |||
| SS9 | #62 |
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Grainger David - Jenkins Lyn |
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Ford Escort RS | 4/3 | Oil pressure | ||||
| SS11 | #81 |
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Carlsson Morgan - Dawidson Anders |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | Retired | ||||
| SS17 | #104 |
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Oldenbürger Hans-Martin - Ladwig Wolf Rüdiger | 
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Opel Ascona | 4/3 | Retired | ||||
| SS59 | #123 |
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Payne Charles - Evans Colin |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | MCY*** | 4/3 | Excluded | |||
| SS9 | #131 |
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Hudspeth Linda - Bellamy-Brown Richard |
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Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII |
4/3 Ladies |
Halfshaft | ||||
| SS26 | #151 |
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Gobert Philippe - Morin Gérard |
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Fiat 124 Abarth Spider | 4/3 | Differential | ||||
| SS14 | #156 |
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Fear Peter - Harris Graham |
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Ford Escort RS | 4/3 | Retired | ||||