Harry Källström (30 June 1939 – 13 July 2009), nicknamed "Sputnik" , was a Swedish

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driver who debuted in 1957 and competed in the

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in the 1970s. Prior to the forming of the WRC, Källström won the

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in a Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF in 1969 and 1970. In 1969, he also captured the

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title. Partnered with Claes-Göran Andersson, and driving a Datsun 160J, he took his only World Rally Championship victory at the

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Acropolis Rally Greece. At the same rally and in the same car, he finished third in

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and

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. His fourth podium appearance in the world championship was a second place at the 1973 Safari Rally in a Datsun 1800 SSS. This was the first WRC event to end in a dead heat; he and Shekhar Mehta 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,

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teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård repeated this feat.

Complete IMC results

References

External links

Harry Källström
at RallyBase
Harry Källström
at ewrc-results {{DEFAULTSORT:Kallstrom, Harry Swedish rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers European Rally Championship drivers 1939 births 2009 deaths Sportspeople from Södertälje Racing drivers from Stockholm County