Final results Lombard RAC Rally 1978

1.	#4	Mikkola Hannu - Hertz Arne	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Eaton Yale	SJN***	7	8:47:23		81.4
2.	#1	Waldegård Björn - Thorszelius Hans	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Eaton Yale	WTW***	7	8:52:41	+5:18 +5:18	80.6 0.44
3.	#12	Brookes Russell - Tucker Derek	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Andrews Heat for Hire	UNY***	7	8:58:55	+11:32 +6:14	79.6 0.97
4.	#7	Pond Tony - Gallagher Fred	Triumph TR7 V8 British Airways	SJW***	8	9:03:09 1:10	+15:46 +4:14	79.0 1.32
5.	#17	Kulläng Anders - Berglund Bruno	Opel Kadett GT/E Opel Euro Händler Team	GG-***	5	9:13:48	+26:25 +10:39	77.5 2.22
6.	#5	Röhrl Walter - Geistdörfer Christian	Fiat 131 Abarth Alitalia Fiat	TO ***	7	9:17:47	+30:24 +3:59	77.0 2.55
7.	#23	Taylor John - Short Phil	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	SKK***	7	9:19:20	+31:57 +1:33	76.7 2.68
8.	#19	Dawson Andy - Harryman Terry	Datsun Violet 160J Team Datsun Europe	KNY***	5	9:20:51	+33:28 +1:31	76.5 2.81
9.	#44	Toivonen Henri - Korhonen Juhani	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus	AKU***	5	9:27:23	+40:00 +6:32	75.6 3.35
10.	#14	Danielsson Bror - de Jong Bob	Opel Kadett GT/E Opel Dealer Team Holland	90-***	5	9:31:52	+44:29 +4:29	75.1 3.73
11.	#16	Nicolas Jean-Pierre - Laverne Vincent	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII PCA / Total Oil	PCA***	7	9:32:44	+45:21 +52	74.9 3.80
12.	#24	Haugland John - Grindrod Ian	Triumph TR7 V8 British Leyland Cars	SJW***	8	9:41:04	+53:41 +8:20	73.9 4.50
13.	#29	Pitkänen Erkki - Jensen John	Datsun Violet 160J Team Datsun Europe	KNY***	5	9:41:14 2:00	+53:51 +10	73.8 4.52
14.	#35	Culcheth Brian - Syer Johnstone	Opel Kadett GT/E Dealer Opel Team	GHD***	3	9:41:57	+54:34 +43	73.8 4.58
15.	#41	Samson Charles - Anderson Roger	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	RWC***	7	9:54:02 6:00	+1:06:39 +12:05	72.3 5.59
16.	#56	Carter Alan - Neville Brendan	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII	TYP***	3	10:11:14 10:00	+1:23:51 +17:12	70.2 7.03
17.	#59	Johansson Björn 'Nalle' - Spjuth Ragnar	Opel Kadett GT/E	KCD***	3	10:11:48 1:30	+1:24:25 +34	70.2 7.08
18.	#58	Bohne Holger - Diekmann Peter	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII	PI-***	3	10:12:03	+1:24:40 +15	70.1 7.10
19.	#54	Jönsson Lasse - Karlsson Donald	Porsche 911 SC	JHX***	8	10:13:16 5:30	+1:25:53 +1:13	70.0 7.20
20.	#49	Kvaizar Svatopluk - Kotek Jiří	Škoda 130 RS AMK Škoda AZNP	A 5***	4	10:14:38	+1:27:15 +1:22	69.8 7.32
21.	#50	Jackson Mike - Howard Steve	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	TAG***	7	10:20:10 1:00	+1:32:47 +5:32	69.2 7.78
22.	#53	Mitchell Brian - Gittins John	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	DLR***	7	10:24:30 1:00	+1:37:07 +4:20	68.7 8.15
23.	#65	Spiro Morten - Yde Else	Opel Kadett GT/E	HD ***	3	10:31:06	+1:43:43 +6:36	68.0 8.70
24.	#43	Blahna Václav - Raichl Miroslav	Škoda 130 RS		4	10:45:03 1:40	+1:57:40 +13:57	66.5 9.87
25.	#93	Burch Paul - Marlow Graham	Chrysler Avenger	PPG***	2	10:48:51 1:30	+2:01:28 +3:48	66.2 10.19
26.	#82	Field Chris - Bodman Andrew	Chrysler Avenger	KDU***	2	10:50:23	+2:03:00 +1:32	66.0 10.32
27.	#122	Katsuta Teruo - Webb Derek	Toyota Levin	ACM***	4	10:51:50 1:30	+2:04:27 +1:27	65.8 10.44
28.	#128	Sutton John - Astin Edward	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII	WFW***	3	10:55:07	+2:07:44 +3:17	65.5 10.71
29.	#78	Sundling Lars - Lie Bjørn	Honda Civic		1	11:00:16	+2:12:53 +5:09	65.0 11.15
30.	#121	Takehira Motonobu - Uchiyama Hiroki	Ford Escort		7	11:09:36 3:00	+2:22:13 +9:20	64.1 11.93
31.	#178	Banks John - Thorp Terry	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII	AGC***	3	11:11:58	+2:24:35 +2:22	63.9 12.13
32.	#177	Meyère Alain - Rousseau Jean-Pierre	Ford Escort RS 2000		3	11:12:33	+2:25:10 +35	63.8 12.18
33.	#86	Thompson John - Calvert Neil	Ford Escort MK2	SNO***	4	11:22:32 1:30	+2:35:09 +9:59	62.9 13.01
34.	#69	Banham Peter - Harris Trevor	Triumph Dolomite Sprint		5	11:23:12 1:30	+2:35:49 +40	62.8 13.07
35.	#95	Shipp Bryan - Waldron Ernest Colin	Fiat 131		2	11:26:45	+2:39:22 +3:33	62.5 13.37
36.	#98	Gill John - Mathew Jeremy	Opel Kadett GT/E	DUG***	3	11:29:04 1:00	+2:41:41 +2:19	62.3 13.56
37.	#80	Heimbürger Dieter - Weitz Roland	Wartburg 353 W VEB Automobilwerk		4	11:32:39 1:40	+2:45:16 +3:35	62.0 13.86
38.	#175	Porter Nicky - Parker John	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC	NP *	3	11:39:16	+2:51:53 +6:37	61.4 14.42
39.	#115	Pégoix Jean-Luc - Scoffin Eric	Peugeot 504		5	11:42:16 2:40	+2:54:53 +3:00	61.1 14.67
40.	#152	Stiller Wolfgang - Schüller Hans	Opel Kadett GT/E		5	11:42:23 1:30	+2:55:00 +7	61.1 14.68
41.	#101	Malbert Hervé - Billard Claude	Opel Kadett GT/E		5	11:47:26 1:30	+3:00:03 +5:03	60.7 15.10
42.	#169	Ripley Peter - Dent John	Toyota Corolla	RCP***	4	11:49:26	+3:02:03 +2:00	60.5 15.27
43.	#194	Gandy Ian - Rostron Christopher	Ford Escort		1	11:51:20	+3:03:57 +1:54	60.3 15.43
44.	#81	Härtwich Erwin - Wilß Armin	Wartburg 353 W VEB Automobilwerk	FO ***	4	11:54:18 5:00	+3:06:55 +2:58	60.1 15.68
45.	#118	Imai Shigeru - Sakuma Takeshi	Toyota Corolla Levin TE27		4	11:54:44	+3:07:21 +26	60.1 15.71
46.	#94	Parsons John - Dandy John	Chrysler Avenger	VGE***	2	11:55:34 31:30	+3:08:11 +50	60.0 15.78
47.	#166	Barker David - Wright Roy	Ford Escort RS 2000		4	12:09:24 3:30	+3:22:01 +13:50	58.8 16.94
48.	#71	Griffiths Don - Bretherton Simon	Fiat 131		3	12:10:36	+3:23:13 +1:12	58.7 17.04
49.	#107	Greenwood Norman - Crabtree Rodney	Ford Escort		1	12:17:35	+3:30:12 +6:59	58.2 17.63
50.	#155	Colomb François - Kuss Richard	Opel Kadett GT/E		6	12:19:17 4:40	+3:31:54 +1:42	58.1 17.77
51.	#100	Irving Peter - Bailey Buzz	Morris Mini		4	12:20:38 1:00	+3:33:15 +1:21	58.0 17.89
52.	#113	Cavalier Jacques - Gautrie Michel	Renault 12 Gordini		4	12:21:09 1:30	+3:33:46 +31	57.9 17.93
53.	#105	Heitzmann Winfried - Frommann Bernd	Wartburg 353 W VEB Automobilwerk		1	12:29:30	+3:42:07 +8:21	57.3 18.63
54.	#104	Seltmann Ehrenfried - Hoffmann Heinz	Wartburg 353 W VEB Automobilwerk		1	12:32:28 0:30	+3:45:05 +2:58	57.0 18.88
55.	#127	Dignan John - Siddons Guy	Vauxhall Magnum		3	12:36:13 10:10	+3:48:50 +3:45	56.8 19.19
56.	#153	Tuthill Francis - Showell Antony	Volkswagen Käfer 1302 S	CBW***	2	12:45:21 1:30	+3:57:58 +9:08	56.1 19.96
57.	#200	Stevens Tim - Muncer Peter	Chrysler Avenger		1	12:45:24 0:20	+3:58:01 +3	56.1 19.96
58.	#164	Roobaert Edgard - Grandgagnage Michèle	Mitsubishi Colt Lancer		4	12:48:57 3:20	+4:01:34 +3:33	55.8 20.26
59.	#184	Douglas Bill - Bamford Kevin	Triumph		3	13:13:52	+4:26:29 +24:55	54.1 22.35
60.	#90	Simpson Judy - Selby-Boothroyd Dorothy	Ford Escort RS 2000		3 Ladies	13:40:49	+4:53:26 +26:57	52.3 24.61
61.	#180	Worts Richard - Angus Peter	Ford Escort		1	13:59:06	+5:11:43 +18:17	51.2 26.14
Retirements
SS20	#2	Blomqvist Stig - Sylvan Hans	Saab 99 Turbo Combi Coupe Saab Scania	GWZ***	5	Driveshaft
SS39	#3	Alén Markku - Kivimäki Ilkka	Lancia Stratos HF Alitalia Fiat	TO ***	8	Gearbox
SS10	#6	Vatanen Ari - Bryant Peter	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Marlboro	MLD***	7	Excluded
SS20	#8	Eklund Per - Cederberg Björn	Saab 99 Turbo Combi Coupe Saab Scania	HZE***	5	Driveshaft
SS48	#9	Clark Roger - Wilson Neil	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Li-Lo Equipe Esso	OKK***	7	Accident
SS29	#10	Munari Sandro - Sodano Piero	Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Pirelli	TO ***	8	Engine
SS30	#11	Airikkala Pentti - Nicholson Mike	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS Dealer Team Vauxhall	UER***	8	Oil pump
SS48	#15	Lampinen Simo - Broad Mike	Triumph TR7 V8 British Airways	SJW***	8	Clutch
SS30	#18	Sclater Chris - Holmes Martin	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS	DGB***	8	Electrical
SS25	#20	Buffum John - Brown John	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	KHG***	7	Alternator
SS6	#22	Thérier Jean-Luc - Vial Michel	Toyota Celica 2000 GT (RA40) Toyota	BYC***	5	Halfshaft
SS69	#25	Asterhag Leif - Gullberg Anders	Toyota Celica 2000 GT (RA21)	BYC***	2	Accident
SS32	#26	McRae Jimmy - Muir Ian	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS Dealer Team Vauxhall	UER***	8	Accident
SS30	#27	Elsmore Graham - Harrold Stuart	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	FFV***	7	Head gasket
SS45	#28	Wilson Malcolm - Palmer Ron	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	HHJ***	7	Halfshaft
SS10	#31	Kleint Jochi - Hänsch Andreas	Volkswagen Golf I GTi 1.6 Volkswagen Motorsport	WOB***	4	Driveshaft
SS56	#32	Börjesson Ruben - Hawkins Joe	Triumph TR7 V8	SYB***	8	Engine
SS31	#34	Preston jr. Vic - Lyall John	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII	CWC***	3	Retired
SS56	#37	Kaby Terry - Rainbow Brian	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	RDU***	3	Engine
SS3	#38	Gallacher Drew - McHarg David	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII		7	Engine
SS1	#39	Zapadlo Miloslav - Motal Jiří	Škoda 130 RS		4	Retired
SS43	#40	Hill George - Jones Roger	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS	BBU***	8	Head gasket
SS45	#42	Lord Chris - Varley Ron	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS	RVA***	8	Engine
SS30	#45	Kottulinsky Freddy - Fischer Arwed	Audi 80 GTE Audi Motorsport	IN-***	4	Accident
SS13	#46	Simpson Geoff - Simpson Alan	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII		7	Retired
SS13	#47	Hämäläinen Juha - Muraja Auvo	Ford Escort RS		3	Retired
SS30	#48	Saby Bruno - Guégan Michel	Alpine-Renault A110 1600S	912***	6	Accident
SS30	#55	Blomqvist Björn - Melander Benny	Opel Kadett GT/E	KAY***	3	Retired
SS6	#57	Lampi Lasse - Kuukkala Pentti	Ford Escort RS 2000		3	Accident damage
SS29	#60	Boyd Derek - Kernaghan Michael	Triumph Dolomite Sprint		3	Retired
SS24	#61	Fielding Geoff - Goulding Tony	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	SFW***	7	Retired
SS6	#63	Nilsson Sören - Olsson Anders	Opel Kadett GT/E		3	Retired
SS66	#64	Kristiansen Jens-Ole - Syberg Ellen	Opel Kadett GT/E		3	Retired
SS41	#67	Warkup Geoff - Smith Dean	Lada 1600		4	Over time limit
SS69	#70	Wooley Melwyn - Harmer John	Ford Escort	JEB***	5	Retired
SS41	#72	Mirri Pietro - Lappo Aldo	Autobianchi A112 Abarth Lancia		4	Retired
SS30	#73	Tabaton Fabrizio - Cescon Andrea	Autobianchi A112 Abarth Lancia		4	Retired
SS6	#74	Capone Carlo - Canova Angelo Carlo	Autobianchi A112 Abarth Lancia		4	Engine
SS4	#75	Lobb Geoff - Thorne Anthony	Opel Kadett GT/E		3	Retired
SS36	#76	Padwicke Ron - Gardiner Andrew	Chrysler Sunbeam		4	Gearbox
SS3	#77	Fisher Mike - Naylor Mike	Ford Escort		7	Retired
SS64	#79	Thérond Roland - Chopy Francis	Matra Bagheera	916***	6	Retired
SS73	#83	Darbyshire Philip - Oxborrow Malcolm	Triumph Dolomite Sprint		5	Retired
SS32	#84	Skinner Derek - Stoate Tom	Vauxhall Magnum	LVY***	8	Retired
SS54	#85	Thompson David - Thompson Jonathan	Vauxhall Magnum		3	Retired
SS30	#87	Lane Roger - Derry Stuart	Chrysler Avenger		2	Retired
SS10	#88	Hudspeth Linda - Cook Margaret	Ford Escort		7 Ladies	Retired
SS15	#89	Hetzer Heidi - Stück Ulla	Opel Kadett GT/E	B-H***	3 Ladies	Engine
SS30	#96	Jeffs Robert - Broughton John	Chrysler Avenger		1	Retired
SS66	#97	Woolridge Geoff - Jupp Ian	Honda 1200		1	Retired
SS76	#99	Daisy Chris - Parker Brian	Opel Kadett		1	Retired
SS32	#102	Swaton Gérard - Chaperot Patrick	Opel Kadett GT/E		3	Retired
SS30	#103	Didlick Tony - Titterton Peter	Škoda 120 S		1	Retired
SS23	#106	Minto Joseph - Kemp Hugh	Mazda Hiback		1	Retired
SS45	#109	Christensen Vidar - Shenton Val	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII	DB ***	5	Retired
SS48	#110	Radford Ray - Pitfield John	Ford Escort		7	Retired
SS29	#112	Schadeck Philippe - Schwanen Nestor	Datsun 120Y		4	Retired
SS76	#114	Margulies Dan - Clarke Mick	Chrysler Sunbeam		4	Retired
SS36	#116	Gobert Philippe - Herry Jean-Baptiste	Fiat 124		6	Retired
SS47	#119	Ohba Seiji - Odagiri Noriyuki	Toyota Corolla Levin TE27		4	Retired
SS2	#120	Fukada Suehiro - Rossiter Dave	Datsun 120Y		4	Retired
SS8	#123	Okamoto Tadae - Okamoto Tsutomu	Toyota Corolla Levin TE27		4	Retired
SS25	#124	Werner Michael - Hesse Klaus	Opel Kadett GT/E	WEN***	3	Retired
SS54	#125	Giese Wolf-Dieter - Reimann Egon	Opel Kadett GT/E	B-R***	3	Retired
SS43	#126	Rhodes John - Pease Richard	Ford Escort RS 2000		3	Retired
SS49	#129	"Segolen" - Mathieu	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	247***	8	Retired
SS18	#130	Bestebreurtje John - van Tunen Henk	Porsche Carrera	80-***	8	Retired
SS29	#131	Brown Fred - Cartwright John	Porsche		8	Retired
SS67	#132	van Delden Frank - Zoch Peter	Porsche 911 SC	BOR***	8	Retired
SS76	#134	Francis Noel - Francis Patrick	Panther Lima	XPM***	8	Retired
SS10	#136	White Clive - Egglesden Malcolm	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII		7	Retired
SS69	#137	Gutteridge Paul - Poulson Dave	MG B		7	Retired
SS20	#139	Manton Roger - Legge Frederick	Morris Marina		6	Retired
SS29	#143	Gutzeit Rainer - Wittkowski Joachim	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII		3	Retired
SS18	#145	Meylan Paul-Marc - Mermillod André	Opel Kadett GT/E		5	Retired
SS47	#146	Hadley Paul - Hadley Trevor	Opel Kadett		5	Retired
SS16	#147	Wiltshire Rodney - Bertram Anne	Opel Kadett		4	Retired
SS60	#150	McLean Bernard - Howell Garth	Ford Escort RS 1600		5	Retired
SS29	#151	Alber Georg - Stadler Hubert	Opel Kadett GT/E		5	Retired
SS48	#157	Piro Xavier - Marinot Jean-Pierre	Opel Ascona		5	Retired
SS66	#159	Pollet Patrick - Pollet Geneviève	Datsun 180B		5	Retired
SS49	#163	Fölling Franz - Pfeiffer Wolfgang	Simca Rallye 3		1	Retired
SS18	#165	Jephcott Mark - Watson Tony	Ford Escort		7	Retired
SS18	#167	Dove John - Dove Barry	Saab 96 V4	NDA***	4	Retired
SS63	#172	Williams John - Samuel Graham	Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII		3	Retired
SS32	#173	Ridout Mark - Ingram John	Opel Kadett GT/E		3	Retired
SS35	#174	Lüke Heinz - Kramer Hans-Joachim	Opel Kadett GT/E	GT-***	3	Retired
SS18	#176	Drake Christopher - Jones Richard	Ford Escort RS 2000		3	Retired
SS36	#179	Head Robert - Barlow Bill	Ford Escort RS 2000		1	Retired
SS25	#181	Adolfsson Christer - Ekström Börje	Opel Kadett GT/E		3	Retired
SS20	#182	Montalvan Bernard - Lefebvre Jean-Paul	Peugeot 504		3	Retired
SS32	#185	Newsum Tony - Brader Derek	Chrysler Avenger		2	Retired
SS20	#186	Krapick Wolfgang - Schelske Dieter	Toyota Celica 1600 GT		2	Retired
SS15	#187	Kleffel Peter - Ortlepp Jürgen	Volkswagen Golf GTi		2	Retired
SS67	#188	Destezet Henri - Destezet Marie-Hélène	Peugeot 504		5	Retired
SS9	#189	Tuschy Friedrich Karl - Eibel Hans Georg	Audi 80		2	Retired
SS29	#190	Calvino Henri - Calvino Maria-Laure	Peugeot 504		5	Retired
SS27	#192	Meyer Patrick - Vallet Hervé	Peugeot 104 ZS		1	Retired
SS30	#195	Parkinson Bob - Wheatley John	Hillman Avenger		2	Retired
SS67	#196	Bentley Robert - MacDonald Donald	Ford Escort		1	Retired
SS49	#197	Seidel Bernd - Ihle Wolf-Dieter	Audi 50 GL		1	Retired
SS25	#198	Aurand Berndpeter - Schliwinski Dietmar	Autobianchi A112 Abarth		1	Retired
SS27	#199	White Michael - Riches Eric	Fiat 131		1	Retired

Added by: André Oliveira [1. 7. 2013]
Updated by: Tomáš `Shacki` Wanka [21. 8. 2019]

34. Lombard RAC Rally 1978

Final results

Retirements