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Real scan .The 1974 London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally, known also
under the commercial identity of 1974 UDT World Cup Rally, was the
second and final of the World Cup Rallies to be held. Drawing
inspiration from the 1974 FIFA World Cup which was held in Munich,
the rally began in London, Great Britain and travelled to Munich,
Germany, via northern Africa. It was won by the privateer
Australian crew of Jim Reddiex, Ken Tubman and André Welinski,
driving a Citroen DS.[1] 70 cars entered the race - 19
finished.[2] The number of cars entering was lower than the 1970
London to Mexico World Cup Rally as the 1973 oil crisis and the
resultant drop in global car sales had its effect on motorsport
budgets. Many of the manufacturer teams of the 1970 event did not
take part four years later. An error in the navigation notes of the
event, caused by the end of a road in Algeria being extended
several miles in between the compilation of the notes and the rally
taking place saw the majority of competitors becoming lost in the
Algerian Sahara Desert.[3] This, in combination with the most
gruelling terrain ever traversed by an international rally to that
point saw only seven cars travel the full distance south into
Nigeria, with only five then completing the full competition
distance to Germany. Of the remainder of the "Kano Seven". the
Lancia Fulvia of Shekhar Mehta and Lofty Drews suffered engine
problems on the return leg from Kano to Tamanresset, was towed to
Tunis and air-freighted to Salzburg to take part in the final part
of the event. The V8 Jeep crewed by Americans Brian Chuchua,
Douglas Fortin and Richard Clark made it through Africa, but
crashed out of the event following a collision with a large dog in
Turkey.[3] The majority of the competition did not complete
the southern-most leg of the rally, south of the Tamanrasset rally
point. Aerial searches for lost competing vehicles were conducted
and eventually all cars were accounted for with no casualties. Some
competitors abandoned the route and found their own way out of
Africa. Notably former Grand Prix racer Stirling Moss and his
co-drivers Mike Taylor and Allan Sell in their Mercedes-Benz
arrived at an Algerian military fort with no water to find it
abandoned. Moss and his crew-mates were unable to continue until
the arrival of a water convoy in the following days.[3] Time
penalties quickly climbed into large figures during the stages held
in Africa with the majority of the field finishing with over a
week's worth of time penalties at the finish. The gap between the
winning Citroën DS over the first of the factory supported Peugeots
that finished second, third and fourth was over 28 hours. The 19th
and last classified finisher acquired over 450 hours of time
penalties, approximately 18 days behind the winners.
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