Harry Källström (30 June 1939 – 13 July 2009), nicknamed "Sputnik" , was a Swedish professional rally driver who debuted in 1957 and competed in the World Rally Championship 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 title.

Harry Källström
Källström, inside his Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Coupé HFR, wins the 1969 Rallye Sanremo
Personal information
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born(1939-06-30)30 June 1939
Södertälje
Died13 July 2009(2009-07-13) (aged 70)
Strömsund
World Rally Championship record
Active years1973 – 1980
Co-driverSweden Claes Billstam
Sweden Sture Boström
Sweden Michael Stedt
Sweden Leif Lindqvist
Sweden Claes-Göran Andersson
United Kingdom Geraint Phillips
Sweden Bo Thorszelius
TeamsLancia, Volkswagen, Datsun, Nissan Motors
Rallies28
Championships0
Rally wins1
Podiums4
Stage wins4
Total points18
First rally1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win1976 Acropolis Rally
Last rally1980 San Remo Rally

Partnered with Claes-Göran Andersson, and driving a Datsun 160J, he took his only World Rally Championship victory at the 1976 Acropolis Rally Greece. At the same rally and in the same car, he finished third in 1977 and 1979.

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, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård repeated this feat.[1]

Complete IMC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1970 Lancia HF Squadra Corse Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF MON
Ret
SWE
Ret
ITA
2
KEN
Ret
AUT
9
GRE GBR
1
1971 Lancia HF Squadra Corse Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF MON
Ret
SWE
3
ITA KEN
8
MAR AUT
Ret
GRE GBR
8
1972 Lancia HF Squadra Corse Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF MON
?
SWE
3
KEN MAR GRE
Ret
AUT ITA
Ret
USA
Ret
GBR
4

References

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  1. ^ "Closest wins". World Rally Archive. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by European Rally Champion
1969
Succeeded by