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The 1973 Swedish Rally (formally the 24th International Swedish Rally) was the second round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-February around Karlstad, Sweden, the rally was the only snow and ice rally of the WRC calendar, a distinction it would keep as it remained a fixture of the WRC through the years.
In 1973 the rally was introduced to the World Rally Championship and started to get international attention; the Swedish Rally has been also traditionally the only rally held on snow. Like Rally Finland, this rally is known to be very difficult for non-Nordic drivers.
The 1973 World Rally Championship was the inaugural season for the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ... Swedish Rally (15–18 February) — Results and ...
1973–1988: 1980 Swedish Rally: 1980 Swedish Rally: 51 France: Guy Fréquelin: 1 1973–1987: 1981 Rally Argentina: 1981 Rally Argentina: 51 Portugal: Joaquim Moutinho: 1 1973–1986: 1986 Rally de Portugal: 1986 Rally de Portugal: 51 France: Bernard Béguin: 1 1974–1993: 1987 Tour de Corse: 1987 Tour de Corse: 51 Austria: Franz Wittmann Sr ...
Björn Waldegård (12 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. His Swedish nickname was "Walle". His Swedish nickname was "Walle".
The FIA International Championship for Manufacturers (IMC) was a rally series culminating in a champion manufacturer. The championship was run from 1970 to 1972 and it was replaced by the FIA World Rally Championship in 1973. All the nine rallies of the 1972 IMC season were part of the 1973 World Rally Championship season.
An audacious American brings a V-8 truck to a rally, and the sport is never the same again. This is the story of the Banned Wagoneer. How a Jeep Wagoneer Broke FIA Rallying, and Caused the 4WD Ban
Blomqvist went on to win the Swedish Rally again in 1972 (Saab 96 V4), 1973 (Saab 96 V4), which marked his first WRC event and win, 1977 (Saab 99 EMS) and 1979 (Saab 99 Turbo). [1] Outside the WRC, he won the 1973 Cyprus Rally, the 1976 Boucles de Spa and the Swedish Rally Championship several times. His long-time association with Saab ended ...