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8th WRC rally
Round of season:	8 of 13
Official name:	1000 Lakes Rally
Edition:	23rd
Date:	from Friday 3-Aug-1973 to Sunday 5-Aug-1973
Rally HQ:	Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland
Clerk of the Course:	Olavi Markkula
Surface:	Gravel

Entries:	122
Starters:	109
Finishers:	55	(50.5% of starters)

Stages:	43
Shortest:	2.00	km	(SS21 Seppalankangas)
Longest:	42.80	km	(SS33 Kokkosenlahti)
Slowest:	71.29	km/h	(SS23 Sirkkaharju)
Fastest:	147.54	km/h	(SS32 Kaitainen)
Planned stage distance:	517.20	km	(24.9% of total distance)
Actual stage distance:	517.20	km	(24.9% of total distance)
Road section distance:	1,561.80	km
Total distance:	2,079.00	km

DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS
	Win was 1st win and 1st podium for Timo Makinen.
	Second place was 1st podium for Markku Alen.
	Third place was 1st podium for Leo Kinnunen.
MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS
	Win was 1st win and 1st podium for Ford.
	Second place was 1st podium for Volvo.
	Third place was 1st podium for Porsche.

Timo Makinen
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Timo Makinen won after he inherited the lead from Saab's young driver Stig Blomqvist. Click picture to see larger version in a pop-up window

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