1973 Swedish Rally

24th International Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the 1973 WRC for Manufacturers
Host country  Sweden
Rally base Karlstad, Sweden
Dates run February 15, 1973 – February 18, 1973
Stages 36 (760 km; 470 mi)
Stage surface Snow & ice
Overall distance 1,800 km (1,100 mi)
Results
Overall winner Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Crews 73 at start, 42 at finish

The 1973 International Swedish Rally was the 24th running of the International Swedish Rally and 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.

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 24th International Swedish Rally final results
Finish Total
time		 Group Car # Driver Car Mfr.
points
Overall In
group
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

Championship standings

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 United States 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

See also

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