Happy birthday Per Eklund!! 65 years old.

Congratulations Per!!! 65 years old and still competing.

The local newspaper Värmlands Folkblad VF Writes that

Per Eklund is 65 years old today.

Per Eklund "Pekka", has competed in Rally, racing and rallycross with big sucess. The first rally competition he was drived was with his fathers Volvo Pv 1964, this two weeks after his 18 birthday. His father was not so happy the day after when he should take the same car to work. After three years he and Stig Blomqvist started at Saabs factoryteam, with Erik "Carlsson på taket" as a protector. After a hard fight he won the Swedish VM Rally 1976 in an Saab 96 V4. Six years later he drived the last vm rally with a Saab 99 Turbo, The factory team was closed down the year before.Per Eklunds rallycross team has his base in Arvika in Sweden. According to the Newspaper Per has no time to celebrate his birthday, he is building a new car, and he has only three days left before the race starts in Trondheim Norway this weekend.

Tidningen Värmlands folkblad, VF skriver att Rallycrossföraren Per Eklund fyller 65 år idag!

Per Eklund, även kallad "Pekka" har tävlat i rally, backe, racing och rallycross med stor succe. Den första tävlingen han var med i så körde han sin Fars Volvo -64, två veckor efter han fyllt 18 år. Efter 3 år så hamnade han tillsammans med Stig Blomqvist under Erik "Carlson på takets" bekydd på Saabs Rallyteam. Efter en envis och intensiv kamp mot Stig Blomqvist så vann Per det Svenska Vm Rallyt 1976 i en Saab 96 V4. Sex år senare så gjorde han den sista Vm starten med Saab teamet, detta med en Saab 99 turbo. Året innan så lades fabriksteamet ner. Per Eklunds rallycrossteam har sin bas i Värmländska Arvika.

Enligt VF så har Per ingen tid att fira Födelsedagen, då han håller på att bygga ny tävlingsbil till helgens tävling i Trondheim, Norge.