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Björn Christian Edstrom (born March 18, 1976 in Gävle, Sweden) is a professional co-driver (rallying) from New York, New York, United States. Christian is currently a Subaru Rally Team USA member, co-driving for Travis Pastrana in car number 199—a 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
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Rally America National Championship Series
2006 Season
2006 marked Edstrom's first year with Subaru, and his first full year with driver Travis Pastrana, with the introduction of the new Subaru Rally Team USA. The year proved to be a successful one for the team, as Edstrom and Pastrana were announced the 2006 Rally America National Series Champions on October 20, 2006, during day one of the Lake Superior Performance Rally. As the top Overall co-driver in the Rally America Series, Christian was awarded the Grant Whitaker Cup.
Results
Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO DNF Oregon Trail Portland, OR 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Maine Forest Rumford, ME 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Ojibwe Forests Bemidji, MN 1st In-class, 1st Overall Colorado Cog Steamboat Springs, CO 1st In-class, 1st Overall Lake Superior Performance Rally Houghton, MI 3rd In-class, 3rd Overall Wild West Rally Olympia, WA 1st In-class, 1st Overall 2007 Season
In 2007, Christian is set to run the full National Championship Series with Subaru Rally Team USA, where Edstrom and his driver will try to defend their national titles. Following Rally Colorado, Edstrom is still leading the Rally America National Championship standings in the Top Overall and Top Open Class Co-Driver classifications.
Results
Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Oregon Trail Rally Portland, OR DNF Olympus Rally Olympia, WA DNF Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA 3rd In-class, 3rd Overall New England Forest Rally Bethel, ME 1st In-class, 1st Overall Ojibwe Forests Rally Bemidji, MN 1st In-class, 1st Overall Rally Colorado Steamboat Springs, CO 3rd In-class, 3rd Overall Lake Superior Performance Rally Houghton, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall Production World Rally Championship
2007 Season
In addition to efforts in the United States, Edstrom and Pastrana are to team up with driver Takuma Kamada to form Subaru Rally Team International while the team contests the Production World Rally Championship, a series that runs concurrent with the WRC. Christian and his driver are scheduled to compete in the 21º Corona Rally México, Rally Argentina, and Wales Rally GB rounds of the championship.
2008 season
Not long after a deer caused terminal damage to Edstrom and Pastrana's Subaru in the Sno*Drift Rally January 25–26 in Atlanta, MI, Edstrom announced a sabbatical to concentrate on his career and family. Former McRae co-driver Derek Ringer is set to team with Pastrana for the upcoming 100 Acre Wood Rally on Feb. 22-23.
Results
Event Location Position 21º Corona Rally México León, Mexico 5th in Group N, 15th overall Rally Argentina Córdoba, Argentina 10th in Group N, 22nd overall External links
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- American people of Swedish descent
- Swedish rally drivers
- X-Games athletes
- People from Gävle
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