Rallycross History

Embassy European Rallycross Championship 1973

Final standings after 7 of 7 rounds

Overall

Pos	Nation	Driver	Car								Total
1		John Taylor	Ford Escort RS 1600 BDA	15	14	(14)	15	(12)	15	22	*81()**
2		Rod Chapman	Ford Escort RS 1600 BDA	13	15	12	(?)	13	(9)	28	*81()**
3		Franz Wurz	VW 1302 S 2.2	(8)	11	15	13	15	(10)	24	78
4		Jan de Rooy	DAF 55 Coupé (Ford BDA engine!)	11	X			11	13	30	78
5		Stig Blomqvist	SAAB 96 V4 1.9	12	12	9			14	26	77
6		Hugh Wheldon	BLMC Mini Cooper S	7					11	18	55
7		Per Eklund	SAAB 96 V4 1.9	10	13	7			12	X	52
8		Harry de Rooy	DAF 55 Coupé (Ford BDA engine!)	0	9			10		X	52
9		David Angel	BLMC Mini Cooper S					7	6	X	38
10		Guy Deladrière	Porsche 911 S	6				8		16	32
11		Ron Douglas	Ford Escort RS 1600 BDA					9	2		29
12		Tom Airey	BLMC Mini Cooper S					14		14	28
13		Dick Riefel	VW 1302 S	4	10						25
14		Nick Jesty	BLMC Mini Clubman GT	2							22
15		Harald Neger	Renault-Alpine A110	14	X						21
16		John Welch	Ford Escort RS 1600 BDA							20	20
17		Jussi Kynsilehto	Sunbeam Imp/Alpine A110*	3					7	X*	17
18		Edgard Wellens	Ford Escort Mk1 (BMW engine!)								13
19		Wout Couwenberg	Ford Escort Mk1 (BMW engine!)								12
20		Brian Stabler	BLMC Mini Cooper S							12	12
21		Walter Roser	Renault-Alpine A110	9							9
22		Jos Fassbender	Renault-Alpine A110								9
23		David Preece	BLMC Mini Cooper S								9
24		Tim Reynolds	BLMC Mini Clubman GT	5							9
25		Håkan Blixt	VW 1302 S						8		8
26		Dirk van de Pol	DAF 55								7
27		Sigvard Johansson	SAAB 96 V4						5		7
28		Gary Streat	BLMC Mini Cooper S					6			6
29		Ray Smith	BLMC Mini Cooper S								6
30		Theo Jansen	VW 1302 S								5
31		George Warren	Ford Escort Mk1								5
32		Mikael Nordström	VW 1600 L						4		4
33		Richard Moore	BLMC Mini Clubman GT	1							4
34		Hans Eriksson	VW 1302 S						3		3
35		Etienne Smet	VW-Porsche 914								2
36		Rudi Müller	Renault-Alpine A110							X	2
37		Eric Nosek	BLMC Mini Cooper S								1
38		Bert Gustavsson	Volvo 142S						1		1

(*) As Taylor claimed 3 round victories vs 1 victory of Chapman it was the Scotsman who became champion.

All single results with reservations, but the total points are correct, unless a ? is given!
Due to lack of information the points of each race are not yet available!
Perhaps you can help us out with the missing information, possibly to be found in old publications…?

Round 1 - May 13, 1973 - Leruring - Melk - Austria
Round 2 - May 20, 1973 - Estering - Buxtehude - Germany
Round 3 - June 17, 1973 - Duivelsbergcircuit - Maasmechelen - Belgium
Round 4 - September 2, 1973 - Eurocircuit - Valkenswaard - Netherlands
Round 5 - September 15, 1973 - Lydden Circuit - Wootton - Great Britain
Round 6 - October 14, 1973 - Ring Knutstorp - Kågeröd - Sweden
Round 7 - November 3, 1973 - Lydden Circuit - Wootton - Great Britain

Key

E	( )	X
excluded	dropped score/void result	took part, but result not known

Points allocation

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Double amount of points awarded for the ERC final round only!

A maximum of 4 scores from the first 6 rounds to count!

Data: Eddi Laumanns
Tables: Eddi Laumanns and Frank Van Rooy
Final Editing: Frank Van Rooy

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