1973 International Swedish Rally

Infobox Rally
name=24th International Swedish Rally
native_name=
country=SWE
round=2


caption=
rallybase=Karlstad, Sweden
start=
finish=
startdate=February 15 1973
enddate=February 18 1973
stages=36
stagekm=760
overallkm=1800
surface=Snow & ice
championship=1973 WRC for Manufacturers
driver1=flagicon|Sweden Stig Blomqvist
team1=
car1=Saab 96 V4
driver2=flagicon|Sweden Per Eklund
team2=
car2=Saab 96 V4
driver3=flagicon|France Jean-Luc Thérier
team3=
car3=Alpine Renault A110 1800
teamsstart=73
teamsfinish=42

The 1973 International Swedish Rally was the 24th running of the International Swedish Rally and the second round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-February around Karlstad, Sweden, the rally was the only snow and ice rally of the WRC calendar, a distinction it would keep as it remained a fixture of the WRC through the years. Only in 2007 would it finally be joined on the schedule by a second snow rally in Norway.

In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. After the Alpine A110s dominated the earlier Monte Carlo Rally, Sweden was instead taken by Swedish drivers Stig Blomqvist and Per Eklund, both driving Swedish-built Saab 96 V4 cars. While Jean-Luc Thérier did get an Alpine onto the podium in third place, it was the only such car to finish and he was one of only two drivers not of Scandinavian nationality to complete the race.

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Results

Championship standings

See also

* 1973 World Rally Championship season
* Swedish Rally
* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=377 24th International Swedish Rally] at [http://www.rallybase.nl/ Rallybase]
* [http://www.rallye-info.com/event.asp?event=318 1973 Swedish Rally, WRC Round 2] at [http://www.rallye-info.com/ Rallye-info]