UDT World Cup Rally: 50 years on 🎥

In the first part of the evening, stories about the 17,490-kilometer London-Sahara-Munich Rally of 1974 will be read and told. In the second part, Roland Beiküfner will talk about his Sahara trips in 1985, 1988 and 1990, during which he drove sections of this extreme motorsport event from 1974. The event promises all spectators a historical insight into the earlier years of rallying and motorsport. The Deborah Handschin Trio from Raperswilen/TG will provide the musical backdrop for this event.

World Cup Rally 1974 with 52 vehicles

70 teams from all over the world signed up on the entry list. 52 cars started in London, 26 reached the finish in Munich and 19 were classified. However, only five vehicles completed the entire distance of 17,490 kilometers. The gap between the first-placed Australian team with a Citroën DS 23 and the second-placed team, a women's team from France with a Peugeot 504, was 28 hours, 27 minutes and 31 seconds, a record that still stands today in the history of motorsport.

The route led from London to Southampton, then onwards by ferry to Le Havre and via Bilbao to Algeciras, then from Tangier via In Salah to Tamanrasset. By ferry to Sicily and on to Brindisi, then to Greece, by ferry to the Turkish mainland, from Izmir to Ankara and on to Yugoslavia via Istanbul. Then across Yugoslavia to Austria and over the Grossglocknerstrasse to Salzburg and Munich.

Lecture and music at the event location

The event "50 Years UDT World Cup Rally 1974 London - Sahara - Munich and Trans-Sahara 1985-1988-1990" on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at autobau erlebniswelt Romanshorn begins at 4 pm with a tour of the event location. Then 5 to 5.30 pm welcome aperitif in the Pitlane Lobby, 5.30 to 6.30 pm part 1 lecture and music, 6.45 to 7.45 pm part 2 lecture and music, 7.45 to 8.30 pm discussion and get-together at the bar.

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