1973 Swedish Rally

1973 Swedish Rally 24th International Swedish Rally 2 1973 Monte Carlo Rally 1973 Rallye de Portugal Karlstad, Sweden February 15, 1973 February 18, 1973 36 760 1800 Snow & ice 1973 World Rally Championship season Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Rolf Carlsson Sweden Saab Saab 96 V4 73 42 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. Only in 2007 would it finally be joined on the schedule by a second snow rally in Norway. Report In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. After the Alpine A110s dominated the earlier Monte Carlo Rally, Sweden was instead taken by Swedish drivers Stig Blomqvist and Per Eklund, both driving Swedish-built Saab 96 V4 cars. While Jean-Luc Thérier did get an Alpine onto the podium in third place, it was the only such car to finish and he was one of only two drivers not of Scandinavian nationality to complete the race. Results 1973 Swedish Rally results Finish Totaltime Group Car # Driver Car Mfr.points Overall Ingroup 1 1 9 h : 18 m : 31 s 1/2 1 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Saab 96 V4 20 2 2 9 h : 20 m : 53 s 1/2 7 Sweden Per Eklund Saab 96 V4 3 1 9 h : 34 m : 12 s 4 11 France Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1800 12 4 2 9 h : 37 m : 14 s 4 3 Sweden Harry Källstrom Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 10 5 3 9 h : 40 m : 41 s 4 2 Sweden Håkan Lindberg Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye 8 6 3 9 h : 57 m : 28 s 1/2 4 Sweden Björn Waldegård Volkswagen 1303S 6 7 4 10 h : 0 m : 58 s 1/2 10 Sweden Bror Danielsson BMW 2002 4 8 5 10 h : 35 m : 41 s 1/2 18 Norway John Haugland Škoda 110L 3 9 6 10 h : 36 m : 42 s 1/2 9 Sweden Per-Inge Walfridsson Volvo 142 S 2 10 7 10 h : 37 m : 22 s 1/2 14 Finland Fredrik Donner Opel Ascona 1 11 8 10 h : 38 m : 7 s 1/2 33 Sweden Stig Abrahamsson Saab 96 V4 12 9 10 h : 39 m : 23 s 1/2 28 Sweden Kjell Ivarsson Saab 96 V4 13 10 10 h : 41 m : 31 s 1/2 13 Sweden Per Tjerneld Opel Ascona 14 11 10 h : 44 m : 30 s 1/2 8 France Jean-Pierre Nicolas Renault 12 Gordini 15 12 10 h : 49 m : 25 s 1/2 52 Sweden Sören Bergstedt Renault 12 Gordini 16 13 10 h : 50 m : 3 s 1/2 64 Norway Per Engseth Volkswagen 1303S 17 14 11 h : 2 m : 52 s 1/2 17 Finland Hans Sevelius Alfa Romeo Giulia S 18 15 11 h : 6 m : 50 s 1/2 47 Norway Jan Carlsson Volvo 142 S 19 16 11 h : 8 m : 21 s 1/2 16 Norway Egil Stenshagen Datsun Cherry E 20 17 11 h : 12 m : 34 s 1/2 20 Norway Ole Edvin Granberg BMW 2002 21 18 11 h : 16 m : 9 s 1/2 38 Norway Erik Aaby Opel Ascona 22 19 11 h : 19 m : 32 s 1/2 45 Norway Bjørn Flygind Opel Ascona 23 20 11 h : 30 m : 56 s 1/2 57 Sweden Freddy Kottulinsky Toyota Corolla 24 21 11 h : 38 m : 33 s 1/2 51 Sweden Mats Andersson Saab 96 V4 25 22 11 h : 41 m : 59 s 1/2 25 Sweden Johnny Lindersson Volvo 142 S Retired 4 6 Sweden Ove Andersson Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Retired 1/2 12 Sweden Lars Nyström Volkswagen 1303S Retired 1/2 18 Sweden Roger Johansson Saab 96 V4 Retired 1/2 21 France Bernard Darniche Renault 12 Gordini Source: Independent WRC archiveSwedish Rally http://www.juwra.com/sweden_1973.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2017-03-15 Championship standings after the event 1973 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers points standings after round 2 After round 2 Team Season end Position Points Position Points 1 32 France Alpine Renault 1 147 2 20 Sweden Saab 5 42 3 13 Italy Lancia 13 17 2 12 Italy Fiat 2 84 6 10 USA Ford 3 76 7 6 Germany Volkswagen 15 15 8 4 Germany BMW 8 28 9 3 Czechoslovakia Škoda 18 3 10 2 Japan Datsun 6 34 11 2 Sweden Volvo 4 44 12 1 Germany Opel 11 25 References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1973 Swedish Rally https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182731/http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=318 2007-09-27 at Rallye-info https://web.archive.org/web/20200627135750/http://www.rallye-info.com/ 2020-06-27 Sweden Category:Swedish Rally Rally Swedish Rally Category:20th century in Värmland County