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.
+ style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;" | 1976 Swedish Rally results | |||||||
Finish | Total time | Group | Car # | Driver | Car | Mfr. points | ||
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Overall | In group | |||||||
1 | 1 | 29,306 pts | 4 | 4 | Per Eklund | Saab 96 V4 | 20 | |
2 | 2 | 29,402 pts | 4 | 2 | Stig Blomqvist | Saab 96 V4 | ||
3 | 1 | 30,670 pts | 2 | 7 | Anders Kullang | Opel Ascona | 12 | |
4 | 3 | 31,552 pts | 4 | 3 | Simo Lampinen | Lancia Stratos HF | 10 | |
5 | 2 | 32,315 pts | 2 | 82 | Ulf Sundberg | Saab 99 EMS | ||
6 | 4 | 32,466 pts | 4 | 6 | Lars Carlsson | Opel Kadett GT/E | ||
7 | 5 | 32,727 pts | 4 | 63 | Soren Skanse | Volvo 142 | 4 | |
8 | 6 | 32,827 pts | 4 | 58 | Sven-Inge Neby | Volvo 142 | ||
9 | 3 | 32,850 pts | 2 | 163 | Ake Gustavsson | Saab 99 EMS | ||
10 | 4 | 33,371 pts | 2 | 61 | Kaj Fyhrqvist | Opel Ascona | ||
Retired | 4 | 1 | Bjorn Waldegard | Lancia Stratos HF | ||||
Retired | 2 | 5 | Bernard Fiorentino | Simca 1000 | ||||
Retired | 4 | 8 | Per-Inge Walfridsson | Lancia Stratos HF | ||||
Retired | 2 | 9 | John Haugland | Skoda 130 | ||||
Retired | 4 | 19 | Ingvar Carlsson | BMW 2002 | ||||
Retired | 2 | 27 | Bror Danielsson | Opel Kadett GT/E |
Source: Independent WRC archive[1]
+ style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;" | Stages of the 26th International Swedish Rally[2] | ||||||||||
width=5% | Stage | width=20% | Stage name | width=20% | Distance | width=20% | Winning driver | width=8% | Time | width=18% | Rally leader |
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SS1 | Färjestad | 16 km | 151s | Bjorn Waldegard | |||||||
SS2 | Toyota | 18 km | 767s | Per Eklund | |||||||
SS3 | Arvika | 18 km | 273s | ||||||||
SS4 | OK | 10 km | 472s | ||||||||
SS5 | Opel | 50 km | 1899s | ||||||||
SS6 | Monroe | 20 km | 823s | ||||||||
SS7 | Branzells | 7 km | 290s | ||||||||
SS8 | Sjömarks | 12 km | 654s | ||||||||
SS9 | Honda Caravan | 12 km | 540s | ||||||||
SS10 | Vingresor | 24 km | 1039s | ||||||||
SS11 | Lecab | 16 km | 698s | ||||||||
SS12 | Pillerud | 30 km | 1092s | ||||||||
SS13 | Hella | 26 km | 884s | ||||||||
SS14 | Eddeholm | 70 km | 2662s | ||||||||
SS15 | Gdg-Alpus | 16 km | 713s | ||||||||
SS16 | Renault | 35 km | 1248s | ||||||||
SS17 | Kall Pa Macken | 10 km | 380s | ||||||||
SS18 | Ahlmarks | 9 km | 257s | ||||||||
SS19 | Toyota | 18 km | 783s | ||||||||
SS20 | OK | 10 km | 465s | ||||||||
SS21 | Opel | 50 km | 1895s | ||||||||
SS22 | Monroe | 20 km | 798s | ||||||||
SS23 | Branzells | 7 km | 290s | ||||||||
SS24 | Sjömarks | 12 km | 675s | ||||||||
SS25 | Honda Caravan | 12 km | 557s | ||||||||
SS26 | Vingresor | 24 km | 1068s | ||||||||
SS27 | Lecab | 16 km | 736s | ||||||||
SS28 | Pillerud | 30 km | 1132s | ||||||||
SS29 | Hella | 26 km | 896s | ||||||||
SS30 | Eddeholm | 70 km | 2779s | ||||||||
SS31 | Gdg Alpus | 16 km | 724s | ||||||||
SS32 | Renault | 35 km | 1231s | ||||||||
SS33 | Kall Pa Macken | 10 km | 397s | ||||||||
SS34 | Ahlmarks | 9 km | 258s |