Harry Källström
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Sweden
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professional
Professional
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rally
Rallying
Rallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars...
driver who debuted in 1957 and competed in the World Rally Championship
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...
in the 1970s. Prior to the forming of the WRC, Källström won the RAC Rally in a Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF in 1969 and 1970. In 1969, he also captured the European Rally Championship
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship is the European continental championship series in rallying. It is organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile .-History:...
title.
Partnered with Claes-Göran Andersson, and driving a Datsun 160J
Nissan Stanza
The Nissan Stanza started out in Japan as the Nissan Violet in 1973, and then was split into two other models in 1977 called the second generation Nissan Auster and Nissan Violet . All three bore the A10 series identifier, and were built in Japan at Hiratsuka and Oppama, Incidentally, the series...
, he took his only World Rally Championship victory at the 1976
World Rally Championship 1976 results
The 1976 World Rally Championship season was the fourth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship . 10 events were included on the schedule, as the series revistited the same locations as the previous season...
Acropolis Rally Greece
Acropolis Rally Greece
The Acropolis Rally of Greece |Rally]] of Greece) is a rally competition, part of the World Rally Championship schedule. The rally is held on very dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around Athens during the Greek hot summer period. The rally is known for being extremely tough on the competing...
. At the same rally and in the same car, he finished third in 1977
World Rally Championship 1977 results
The 1977 World Rally Championship season was the fifth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship . The schedule was expanded by one event to 11, with some changes to the locations visited...
and 1979
World Rally Championship 1979 results
The 1979 World Rally Championship season was the seventh season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship . The season consisted of 12 rallies, one more than the previous year...
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His fourth podium appearance in the world championship was a second place at the 1973 Safari Rally
1973 Safari Rally
The 1973 East African Safari Rally was the 21st running of the Safari Rally, and the fourth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-April in central Kenya, the Safari was a markedly different rally from the other dates on the WRC schedule...
in a Datsun 1800 SSS. This was the first WRC event to end in a dead heat; he and Shekhar Mehta
Shekhar Mehta
Chandrashekhar "Shekhar" Mehta was a Ugandan-born Kenyan rally driver. He won the Safari Rally a record five times , including four consecutively, and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Rally Championship...
ended on the same penalty points (6 hours and 46 minutes) but Mehta was awarded the win due to being the fastest in the opening stages. At the 1985 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
The Rallye Côte d'Ivoire is a rally race held annually in Côte d'Ivoire in Africa. In common with other races on the continent, it is known for its arduous conditions and high attrition rate among competitors. It was part of the World Rally Championship for drivers and manufacturers from 1978 to...
, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen is a Finnish former rally driver. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002. He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles, which were both once records in the series...
and Björn Waldegård
Björn Waldegård
Björn Waldegård from Rimbo is a former Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979...
repeated this feat.