1976 Rally Sweden Explained

1976 Swedish Rally
Native Name:26th International Swedish Rally
Round:2
Rallybase:Karlstad
Startdate:February 20, 1976
Enddate:February 22, 1976
Stages:34
Stagekm:722
Overallkm:1620
Surface:Snow & ice
Championship:1976 World Rally Championship season
Driver1: Per Eklund
Björn Cederberg
Team1: Saab
Car1:Saab 96 V4
Teamsstart:63
Teamsfinish:28

The 1976 Swedish Rally (formally the 26th International Swedish Rally) was the second round of the 1976 World Rally Championship season. Swedish driver Per Eklund took the only WRC win of his career.

Results

+ style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;"1976 Swedish Rally results
FinishTotal
time
GroupCar #DriverCarMfr.
points
OverallIn
group
11 29,306 pts 4 4 Per EklundSaab 96 V420
22 29,402 pts 4 2 Stig BlomqvistSaab 96 V4
31 30,670 pts 2 7 Anders KullangOpel Ascona12
43 31,552 pts 4 3 Simo LampinenLancia Stratos HF10
52 32,315 pts 2 82 Ulf SundbergSaab 99 EMS
64 32,466 pts 4 6 Lars CarlssonOpel Kadett GT/E
75 32,727 pts 4 63 Soren SkanseVolvo 1424
86 32,827 pts 4 58 Sven-Inge NebyVolvo 142
93 32,850 pts 2 163 Ake GustavssonSaab 99 EMS
104 33,371 pts 2 61 Kaj FyhrqvistOpel Ascona
Retired4 1 Bjorn WaldegardLancia Stratos HF
Retired2 5 Bernard FiorentinoSimca 1000
Retired4 8 Per-Inge WalfridssonLancia Stratos HF
Retired2 9 John HauglandSkoda 130
Retired4 19 Ingvar CarlssonBMW 2002
Retired2 27 Bror DanielssonOpel Kadett GT/E

Source: Independent WRC archive[1]

Special stages

+ style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;"Stages of the 26th International Swedish Rally[2]
width=5%Stagewidth=20%Stage namewidth=20%Distancewidth=20%Winning driverwidth=8%Timewidth=18%Rally leader
SS1Färjestad 16 km151sBjorn Waldegard
SS2Toyota 18 km767sPer Eklund
SS3Arvika 18 km273s
SS4OK 10 km472s
SS5Opel 50 km1899s
SS6Monroe 20 km823s
SS7Branzells 7 km290s
SS8Sjömarks 12 km654s
SS9Honda Caravan 12 km540s
SS10Vingresor 24 km1039s
SS11Lecab 16 km698s
SS12Pillerud 30 km1092s
SS13Hella 26 km884s
SS14Eddeholm 70 km2662s
SS15Gdg-Alpus 16 km713s
SS16Renault 35 km1248s
SS17Kall Pa Macken 10 km380s
SS18Ahlmarks 9 km257s
SS19Toyota 18 km783s
SS20OK 10 km465s
SS21Opel 50 km1895s
SS22Monroe 20 km798s
SS23Branzells 7 km290s
SS24Sjömarks 12 km675s
SS25Honda Caravan 12 km557s
SS26Vingresor 24 km1068s
SS27Lecab 16 km736s
SS28Pillerud 30 km1132s
SS29Hella 26 km896s
SS30Eddeholm 70 km2779s
SS31Gdg Alpus 16 km724s
SS32Renault 35 km1231s
SS33Kall Pa Macken 10 km397s
SS34Ahlmarks 9 km258s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swedish Rally . juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. 2017-03-18.
  2. Source: French motorsport magazine Sport Auto #170, March 1976.