Harry Källström
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| Harry Källström | |
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| Nationality |  Swedish |
| Active years | 1973 – 1980 |
| Teams | Volkswagen, Datsun, Nissan Motors |
| World rallies | 28 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podium finishes | 4 |
| Stage wins | 4 |
| Points | 18 |
| First world rally | 1973 Monte Carlo Rally |
| First win | 1976 Acropolis Rally |
| Last world rally | 1980 San Remo Rally |
Harry Källström (born June 30, 1939) is a retired Swedish professional rally driver who debuted in 1957 and competed in the World Rally Championship in the 1970s.
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 in the championship was a second place at the 1973 21st East African Safari Rally, this was the only World rally championship event to end in a dead heat, him and Shekhar Mehta ended on the same points but Shekhar Mehta awarded the win due to him being the fastest in the opening stages. Harry was driving a Datsun 1800SSS (also called a 180B SSS)
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