Harry Källström

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