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70th WRC rally
Round of season: 7 of 12
Official name: Rally of 1000 Lakes
Edition: 29th
Date: from Friday 24-Aug-1979 to Tuesday 28-Aug-1979
Rally HQ: Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland
Clerk of the Course: Veikko Partanen
Surface: Gravel
Entries: 133
Starters: 128
Finishers: 74 (57.8% of starters)
Stages: 47
Shortest: 1.50 km (SS25 Sirkkaharju)
Longest: 31.40 km (SS43 Mutanen)
Slowest: 86.44 km/h (SS14 Marjoniemi)
Fastest: 123.65 km/h (SS3 Urria)
Planned stage distance: 423.50 km (29.2% of total distance)
Actual stage distance: 423.50 km (29.2% of total distance)
Road section distance: 1,025.00 km
Total distance: 1,448.50 km