This quiet Swede with a love of the loud pedal played a pivotal role in rallying's wildest period: Group B. On his 79th birthday, today's Great Read revisits the moment he floored it again.
A typical summer's day in England: rain. And talk was of the Northants floods just forded. Then two things happened, almost simultaneously: a transporter carrying three Audis, two Lancias, a Ford and a Peugeot lumbered into sight — and the rain stopped. Within minutes the sun was climbing, as was the anticipation: Stig Blomqvist was pulling on his overalls. The 1984 world rally champion was about to reacquaint himself with Group B.
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