UK: WINNERS OF R.A.C. INTERNATIONAL CAR RALLY REACH FINISHING POINT AT LONDON AIRPORT.

Record ID: 215116

  • Title: UK: WINNERS OF R.A.C. INTERNATIONAL CAR RALLY REACH FINISHING POINT AT LONDON AIRPORT.
  • Date: 23rd November 1966
  • Summary: 1. LV CAR NO. 11 (B. SODERSTROM/G. PALM, FORD LOTUS CORTINA) ARRIVE AT FINISH POINT 0.07 2. SV OFFICIALS AND SPECTATOR 0.10 3. SCU SODERSTROM AND PALM WAVE 0.14 4. CU SODERSTROM 0.17 5. CU PALM 0.19 6. SV BOTH MEN WAVE 0.22 7. SCU PAN CAR NO. 66 (H. KALLSTROM/R. HAGANSSON, BMC COOPER S) ARRIVE AT FINISH (2 SHOTS) 0.32 8
  • Embargoed: 8th December 1966 12:00
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  • Location: LONDON, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA62L9R5TLGQ09ANQX1WORPWENO
  • Story Text: PROVISIONAL WINNERS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB'S INTERNATIONAL RALLY ARE BENGT SODERSTROM, OF SWEDEN, AND HIS CO-DRIVER, GUNNAR PALM, DRIVING A BRITISH-BUILT FORD LOTUS CORTINA. THEIR CAR WAS THE THIRD TO ARRIVE AT THE FINISHING POINT WHEN THE 2,400-MILE (ABOUT 3,860 KLM) EVENT ENDED AT LONDON AIRPORT TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).

    THE WIN WAS A "BIRTHDAY PRESENT" FOR SODERSTROM, WHO WAS 35 YEARS OLD TODAY. HIS CO-DRIVER, 29-YEAR-OLD GUNNAR PALM, ALSO FROM SWEDEN, SAID THE RUN HAD BEEN COMPLETELY TROUBLE FREE. A SCANDINAVIAN HAS NOW WON THE RALLY FOR THE 7TH SUCCESSIVE YEAR. OF THE FIRST TEN DRIVERS IN THE PROVISIONAL LIST, EIGHT ARE SCANDINAVIANS.

    PROVISIONAL SECOND IN THE RALLY WERE K. KALLSTROM AND R. HAGANSSON, IN A B.M.C. COOPER S, WHILE T. TRANA AND S. ANDREASSON WERE THIRD IN A VOLVO. R. AALTONEN AND H. LIDDON IN A B.M.C. COOPER S WERE FOURTH. AALTONEN, FROM FINLAND, WAS LAST YEAR'S WINNER. THE 147 CARS IN THE RALLY SET OUT FROM LONDON AIRPORT ON SATURDAY, TRAVELLING THROUGH ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
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