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| 74th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 12 |
| Official name: | Lombard RAC Rally |
| Edition: | 35th |
| Date: | from Sunday 18-Nov-1979 to Wednesday 21-Nov-1979 |
| Rally HQ: | Chester, England; United Kingdom |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 217 | |
| Starters: | 175 | |
| Finishers: | 74 | (42.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 59 | |
| Shortest: | 3.22 | km | (SS7 Wykeham) |
| Longest: | 38.62 | km | (SS18 Kielder 2) |
| Slowest: | 57.43 | km/h | (SS2 Trentham Gardens) |
| Fastest: | 115.92 | km/h | (SS34 Oulton Park) |
| Planned stage distance: | 661.48 | km | (23.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 661.48 | km | (23.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 2,216.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 2,877.48 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 7th win and 14th podium for Hannu Mikkola. |
| Second place was 3rd podium for Russell Brookes. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Timo Salonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 17th win and 1-2 win were 44th to 45th podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 14th podium for Datsun. |
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