Salonen wins motor rally
NZPA-Reuter Cordoba
Timo Salonen, of Finland, driving a Peugeot, won the Argentine motor rally on Saturday to increase his lead in the world drivers’ championship. Race officials said that Salonen clocked lOhr 4min 33s for the four-stage, 2614 km event with Wilfried Wiedner, of West Germany, in an Audi, nearly 14 minutes behind in second place. A former grand prix racing driver, Carlos Reutemann, of Argentina, driving a Peugeot, was 17
minutes behind Wiedner in third place. Salonen’s victory in the eighth of the 12 world championship rallies gave him a total of 108 points, a 48-point lead over the defending champion, Stig Blomqvist, of Sweden. Blomqvist withdrew on the second stage after his Audi was damaged on a rugged section near Cordoba, 700 km north-west of Buenos Aires. Salonen’s win, reinforced by Reutemann’s third place, also helped strengthen Peugeot’s lead in the manufacturers’ championship.
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