The 1974 1000 Lakes Rally (formally the 24nd Jyväskylän Suurajot) was the third round of the shortened 1974 World Rally Championship. It took place between 2 and 4 August 1974. The 1000 Lakes Rally didn't use special stages at this time to decide a winner. Instead all of the route was competitive - with the driver with the lowest accumulation of penalty time between time controls being declared the winner.
| 1974 1000 Lakes Rally | |
| Native Name: | 24nd Jyväskylän Suurajot |
| Round: | 3 |
| Championship: | 1974 World Rally Championship season |
| Previous Round: | 1974 Safari Rally |
| Next Round: | 1974 Rallye Sanremo |
| Rallybase: | Jyvaskyla, Finland |
| Startdate: | 2 August |
| Enddate: | 4 August 1974 |
| Stagekm: | 1 |
| Overallkm: | 1179.90 |
| Overallkm Note: | (approx.) |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Hannu Mikkola John Davenport |
| Team1: |  Ford |
| Teamsstart: | 117 |
| Teamsfinish: | 88 |
The 1000 Lakes Rally being the third round of the World Rally ChampionshipThe Race have 36 stages and won by Hannu Mikkola.The system of points for 1st to 10th is the Ford take 20 points for the Hannu Mikkola and the 2nd, the 3rd Markku Alén of Fiat take 12 points, Stig Blomqvist and Simo Lampinen of Saab take 10 points, the 6th and 7th not take points by the 3rd and 5th, in this case the 8th Anders Kulläng take 3 points, the 9th not take points, and the 10th BjörnWaldegård take 1 point.
| Pos. | Group | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 1000 Lakes Rally results | ||||||||
| 1. | 6 | 10 | Hannu Mikkola | John Davenport | Ford Escort RS1600 | 3:11:42 | 0:0 | 20 |
| 2. | 1 | 10 | Timo Mäkinen | Henry Liddon | Ford Escort RS1600 | 3:12:13 | 00:31 | |
| 3. | 3 | 10 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki |  Fiat 124 Abarth Rallye | 3:13:52 | 2:10 | 12 |
| 4. | 2 | 10 |  Stig Blomqvist | Hans Sylvan | Saab 96 V4 | 3:14:02 | 2:20 | 10 |
| 5. | 7 | 10 | Simo Lampinen | Juhani Markkanen | Saab 96 V4 | 3:17:33 | 5:51 | |
| 6. | 5 | 10 | Leo Kinnunen | Atso Aho | Fiat 124 Abarth Rallye | 3:17:54 | 6:12 | |
| 7. | 11 | 10 | Tapio Rainio | Erkki Nyman | Saab 96 V4 | 3:19:16 | 7:34 | |
| 8. | 13 | 10 | Anders Kulläng | Claes-Göran Anderson |  Opel Ascona | 3:21:26 | 9:44 | 3 |
| 9. | 25 | 10 | Antti Ojanen | Timo Mäkelä | Fiat 124 Abarth Rallye | 3:21:35 | 9:53 | |
| 10. | 9 | 10 | Björn Waldegård | Arne Hertz | Opel Ascona | 3:23:05 | 11:23 | |
| 11. | 27 | 10 | Jari Vilkas | Juhani Soini | Saab 96 V4 | 3:24:02 | 12:20 | |
| 12. | 34 | 10 | Hannu Valtaharju | Risto Antilla | Opel Ascona | 3:26:05 | 14:23 | |
| 13. | 4 | 10 | Achim Warmbold |  Jean Todt | BMW 2002 | 3:26:24 | 14:42 | |
| 14. | 37 | 10 | Heikki Enomaa | Matti Honkavaara | BMW 2002 | 3:27:47 | 16:05 | |
| 15. | 26 | 10 | Erkki Pitkänen | Juhani Paalama | Volvo 142 | 3:28:12 | 16:30 | |
| 16. | 29 | 5 | Pentti Airikkala | Heikki Haaksiala | Vauxhall Magnum Coupé | 3:28:31 | 16:49 | |
| 17. | 31 | 5 | Kyösti Hämäläinen | Veijo Aho | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | 3:30:06 | 18:24 | |
| 18. | 15 | 10 | Sergio Barbasio | Piero Sodano | Fiat 124 Abarth Rallye | 3:30:10 | 18:28 | |
| 19. | 14 | 10 | Alcide Paganelli | Ninni Russo | Fiat 124 Abarth Rallye | 3:35:06 | 23:24 | |
| 20. | 32 | 4 | Pertti Kärhä | Seppo Siitonen | Sunbeam Avenger | 3:35:56 | 24:14 | |
| 21. | 10 | 10 | Harry Källström | Claes Billstam |  Datsun 160J | 3:38:21 | 26:39 | |
| 22. | 43 | 3 | Timo Salonen | Seppo Harjanne | Mazda 1300 | 3:38:38 | 26:56 | |
| 23. | 33 | 10 | Börje Nilsson | Anderd Olsson | Volvo 142 | 3:38:58 | 27:16 | |
| 24. | 21 | 8 | Brian Culcheth | Johnstone Syer | Morris Marina 1300 | 3:39:39 | 27:57 | |
| 25. | 20 | 3 | Pauli Toivonen | Martti Tiukkanen | Simca Rallye 2 | 3:40:09 | 28:27 | |
| 26. | 35 | 8 |  John Haugland | Asbjørn Fløene | Škoda 120 | 3:41:34 | 29:52 | |
| 27. | 41 | 10 | Johan Wiklund | Lars-Erik Karlsson | BMW 2002 | 3:42:46 | 31:04 | |
| 28. | 55 | 11 | Eeva Heinonen | Seija Saaristo-Kivistö | Volvo 142 | 3:43:00 | 31:18 | |
| 29. | 80 | 10 | Martti Seitsola | Jorma Vuoriluoto | Saab 96 V4 | 3:43:24 | 31:42 | |
| 30. | 40 | 5 | Kyösti Saari | Risto Saari | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | 3:43:35 | 31:53 | |
| 31. | 70 | 5 | Salo Seppo | Simo Pyykkönen | Opel Ascona | 3:43:50 | 32:08 | |
| 32. | 36 | 10 | Hannu Valkonen | Eero Poutiainen | Opel Ascona | 3:44:47 | 33:05 | |
| 33. | 42 | 9 | Risto Minkkinen | Kyösti Järvikallio | Saab 96 V4 | 3:45:10 | 33:28 | |
| 34. | 65 | 5 | Timo Jouhki | Juha Piironen | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | 3:45:14 | 33:32 | |
| 35. | 66 | 10 | Matti Johansson | Reijo Hagström | Saab 96 V4 | 3:45:32 | 33:50 | |
| 36. | 84 | 10 | Reijo Grönroos | Kaj Häkkinen | Volvo 142 | 3:47:20 | 35:38 | |
| 37. | 110 | 10 | Matti Arikoski | Jouko Hartikainen | Volvo 142 | 3:47:25 | 35:43 | |
| 38. | 54 | 5 | Erkki Pahkinen | Jarmo Toivonen | Opel Ascona | 3:47:59 | 36:17 | |
| 39. | 53 | 5 | Juha Leponiemi | Matti Vilmi | BMW 2002 | 3:48:03 | 36:21 | |
| 40. | 45 | 3 | Jaakko Markula | Asko Nevalainen | Alfa Romeo Alfasud | 3:48:16 | 36:34 | |
| 41. | 16 | 3 | Bernard Fiorentino | Francis Murac | Simca Rallye 2 | 3:50:07 | 38:25 | |
| 42. | 47 | 10 | Kari Suominen | Reino Suominen | Volvo 142 | 3:50:28 | 38:46 | |
| 43. | 52 | 3 | Esko Nuuttila | Olli Nuuttila | Opel Kadett 1200 | 3:51:09 | 39:27 | |
| 44. | 106 | 5 | John Hanslin | Kim Hanslin | Ford Capri 3000 | 3:51:49 | 40:07 | |
| 45. | 46 | 8 | Kauko Mäkelä | Jukka Miettinen | Peugeot 304 S | 3:51:55 | 40:13 | |
| 46. | 69 | 4 | Hans Sevelius | Göran Sandström | Alfa Romeo Giulia Super | 3:52:10 | 40:28 | |
| 47. | 51 | 5 | Matti Raivio | Esa Kytöjoki | BMW 2002 | 3:53:10 | 41:28 | |
| 48. | 78 | 5 | Curt Nelskylä | Rolf Mesterton | BMW 2002 | 3:54:26 | 42:44 | |
| 49. | 107 | 8 | Vladimir Kulyukin | Stanislav Yakovlev | Lada 1200 | 3:54:54 | 43:12 | |
| 50. | 119 | 3 | Matti Hissa | Pekka Kyröhonka | Ford Escort 1300 | 3:55:55 | 44:13 | |
| 51. | 48 | 5 | Viljo Metso | Keijo Itkonen | Opel Ascona | 3:56:46 | 45:04 | |
| 52. | 64 | 10 | David Thompson | Karen Blackburn | Vauxhall Firenza | 3:57:08 | 45:26 | |
| 53. | 62 | 5 | Kari Elomaa | Timo Hantunen | Opel RK | 3:57:27 | 45:45 | |
| 54. | 72 | 9 | Stasys Brundza | Viljus Sagatauskas | Moskvitch 412 | 3:58:47 | 47:05 | |
| 55. | 73 | 10 | Pertti Järvinen | Matti Riihimäki | Volvo 142 | 3:58:47 | 47:05 | |
| 56. | 44 | 5 | Christian Dorche | Pierre Gertosio | BMW 2002 | 3:59:55 | 48:13 | |
| 57. | 76 | 8 | Hannu Wallinheimo | Kari Wallinheimo | Škoda 120 | 3:59:55 | 48:13 | |
| 58. | 19 | 9 | Onni Vilkas | Paavo Riikonen | BMW 1602 | 4:02:17 | 50:35 | |
| 59. | 71 | 9 | Pekka Vilpponen | Ilpo Airila | Moskvitch 1500 | 4:02:30 | 50:48 | |
| 60. | 74 | 10 | Åke Thunberg | Lars Edvall | Peugeot 404 | 4:04:35 | 52:53 | |
| 61. | 68 | 10 | Peter Thompson | Alan Blackburn | Vauxhall Firenza | 4:05:01 | 53:19 | |
| 62. | 60 | 11 | Marianne Avomeri | Satu Valtaharju | Simca Rallye 2 | 4:06:22 | 54:40 | |
| 63. | 94 | 5 | Hannu Merikanto | Erkki Pakkanen | Opel Ascona | 4:06:29 | 54:47 | |
| 64. | 75 | 9 | Vladimir Bubnov | Anatoliy Pechenkin | Moskvitch 412 | 4:07:37 | 55:55 | |
| 65. | 61 | 5 | Raimo Hämeenniemi | Jaakko Pikkarainen | Opel RK | 4:08:17 | 56:35 | |
| 66. | 93 | 8 | Reijo af Heurlin | Sakaru Aaltonen | Datsun 100A | 4:08:46 | 57:04 | |
| 67. | 118 | 3 | Erkki Könönen | Raimo Könönen | Ford Escort 1300 | 4:08:46 | 57:04 | |
| 68. | 102 | 3 | Asko Mäkelä | Raimo Mäkinen | Lada 1200 | 4:09:33 | 57:51 | |
| 69. | 95 | 9 | Nikolay Kirpichnikov | Yakov Agishev | Moskvitch 1500 | 4:09:41 | 57:59 | |
| 70. | 58 | 11 | Trine Jensen | Mette Bråthen | Ford Escort Mexico | 4:11:06 | 59:24 | |
| 71. | 105 | 9 | Anatolit Grigoryev | Semen Sokolov | Moskvitch 412 | 4:11:08 | 59:26 | |
| 72. | 113 | 5 | Sauli Haapala | Jorma Palovuori | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | 4:13:52 | 1:02:10 | |
| 73. | 103 | 10 | Norman Anstiss | John Haswell | Ford Escort RS1600 | 4:15:19 | 1:03:37 | |
| 74. | 97 | 10 | Eino Honkamäki | Tommy Karlsson | Saab 96 V4 | 4:15:51 | 1:04:09 | |
| 75. | 90 | 8 | Ukko Kervinen | Jouko Raappana | Datsun 100A | 4:18:54 | 1:07:12 | |
| 76. | 67 | 10 | David Sutton | Peter Warren | Ford Escort RS1600 | 4:21:10 | 1:09:28 | |
| 77. | 98 | 2 | Kari Kemmo | Rauli Tainio | Simca 1100 | 4:21:24 | 1:09:42 | |
| 78. | 116 | 10 | Wolfgang Neumann | Horst Hartsch | BMW 2002 | 4:21:45 | 1:10:03 | |
| 79. | 108 | 6 | Eberhard Asmus | Christian Meischner | Trabant P601 | 4:22:53 | 1:11:11 | |
| 80. | 56 | 11 | Jill Robinson | Kirsti Airikkala | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | 4:23:52 | 1:12:10 | |
| 81. | 101 | 5 | Anders Tollaas | Jarl Skogmo | Opel Ascona | 4:24:48 | 1:13:06 | |
| 82. | 117 | 6 | Hans Ullmann | Werner Lange | Trabant P601 | 4:26:38 | 1:14:56 | |
| 83. | 114 | 6 | Franz Galle | Jochen Müller | Trabant P601 | 4:32:57 | 1:21:15 | |
| 84. | 104 | 6 | Helmut Piehler | Klaus Riedel | Trabant P601 | 4:34:43 | 1:23:01 | |
| 85. | 91 | 9 | Andrey Shishkov | Mikhail Titov | Moskvitch 1500 | 4:41:20 | 1:29:38 | |
| 86. | 115 | 9 | Roger Hancock | Keith Lay | Ford Cortina Lotus | 4:42:06 | 1:30:24 | |
| 87. | 109 | 2 | Gerhard Verlaan | Norbert Diebald | Peugeot 104 | 4:42:17 | 1:30:35 | |
| 88. | 99 | 3 | Jean-Claude Lucas | Brigitte Baldini | Simca 1100 | 4:46:32 | 1:34:50 | |
| - | 12 | 10 | Per Eklund | Björn Cederberg | Saab 96 V4 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Accident) | |
| - | 17 | 2 | Egon Culmbacher | Werner Ernst | Wartburg 353 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 18 | 6 | Vesa Nieminen | Seppo Jämsä | Morris Mini 850 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Accident) | |
| - | 22 | 9 | Trond Schea | Per Bakke | Lada 1500 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 23 | 10 | Bror Danielsson | Bo Sundberg | Opel Ascona | Colspan=3 | Retired(Accident Damage) | |
| - | 24 | 10 | Ulf Grönholm | Juhani Toivonen | Datsun 160J | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 28 | 10 | Ari Vatanen | Alf Krogelll | Opel Ascona | Colspan=3 | Retired(Lost Wheel) | |
| - | 30 | 10 | Pekka Haavisto | Risto Toivonen | Volvo 142 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 38 | 8 | Markku Saaristo | Timo Alanen | Škoda 120 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 39 | 4 | Pekka Virtanen | Asko Harvala | Sunbeam Avenger | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 49 | 5 | Bruno Saby | Jean-Christian Court-Payen | Opel Ascona | Colspan=3 | Retired(Mechanical) | |
| - | 50 | 5 | Pentti Ahonen | Ensio Salonen | BMW 2002 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 57 | 11 | Marketta Oksala | Terttu Aho | Fiat 124 Abarth Rallye | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 63 | 10 | Peter Thors | Börje Hellqvist | Volvo 142 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 77 | 9 | Paul Appleby | Keith O'Dell | Ford Escort Twim Cam | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 79 | 10 | Jan-Olav Jansson | Ingemar Persson | Opel Ascona | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 81 | 10 | Morgan Carlsson | Claes Uddgren | Volvo 142 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 82 | 8 | Leontijus Potapčikas | Lev Shuvalov | Lada 1500 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 83 | 4 | Raimo Martelius | Juhani Honkanen | Alfa Romeo Giulia Super | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 85 | 8 | Kastytis Girdauskas | Arvydas Girdauskas | Lada 1200 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 86 | 7 | Horst Niebergall | Bernhard Malsch | Wartburg 353 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 87 | 7 | Kai Miesmäki | Timo Saaristo | Sunbeam 900 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 88 | 8 | Yuriy Kozlov | Uldis Madrevic | Lada 1200 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 89 | 10 |  Gernot Gleiss | Bernd Tatschl | Ford Escort RS1600 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 92 | 7 | Richard Rowland | Howard Cooper | Škoda 120 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 96 | 7 | Frank Mielke | Eberhard Tröger | Wartburg 353 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 100 | 8 | Anatoliy Kozyrchikov | V. V. Nikolajev | Lada 1200 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 111 | 4 | Tom Borup | Reijo Mäkelä | Alfa Romeo 1600 GTJ | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 112 | 3 | Kelle Möller | Erkki Lahtinen | Simca Rallye 2 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
| - | 120 | 8 | Timo Apponen | Jari Kiviniemi | Ford Escort 1300 | Colspan=3 | Retired(Retired) | |
Source:eWRC Results[1]
| Rank | Manufacturer | Event | Total points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POR | KEN | FIN | ITA | CAN | USA | GBR | FRA | |||
| 1 | Fiat | 20 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 33 |
| 2 | Ford | 2 | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| 3 | Mitsubishi | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 4 | Datsun | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | |
| 5 | Porsche | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 6 | Lancia | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 7 | Toyota | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Saab | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 9 | Alpine-Renault | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 10 | BMW | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Peugeot | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 12 | Citroën | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Opel | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |