Per Torsten Eklund was born on 21 June 1946 and is a Swedish Rally and Rallycross driver.
10 Facts About Per Eklund
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Per Eklund was always proud of that result, since the competition consisted mostly of four-wheel-drive cars, and the event was run in snow.
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Per Eklund was Swedish Champion in 1978, beating his team mate Stig Blomqvist.
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In 1982 Per Eklund finished 5th overall of the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers.
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In 1971 Per Eklund started driving Rallycross at Valkenswaard in The Netherlands, and some months later he won the first ever Swedish Rallycross event at Hedemora, on 17 October 1971.
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Per Eklund was always prominent, became 7th overall respectively 4th overall in the first and second European Championship series of 1973 and 1974, but his greatest successes have been in later times.
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In 1999 Eklund claimed his first and only European title for Drivers of the Division 1, nowadays known as the SuperCars category.
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Per Eklund joined Toyota Team Europe in 1980, and gave the 2nd generation Celica's one of its best WRC result by finished second in the 1981 Rallye Cote d'Ivoire.
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Per Eklund drove the Group B Celica Twincam Turbo TA64 in selected 1983 and 1984 World Rally Championship events.
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Per Eklund rallied Group A Corolla AE86 and Celica Supra 2800 GT in the British Rally Championship.