(17 Sep 1987) SP21098713
Bjorn Waldegard of Sweden overtook fellow countryman Stig Blomqvist on the last stage of the 2,400-mile Hong Kong-Beijing Rally Friday (17/9) to win first place. Waldegard and British co-driver Fred Gallagher swept past defending champion Blomqvist when his Ford Sierra XR 4WD developed engine trouble north of Shijiazhuang in the North-Eastern province of Hebei. It was third time lucky for Waldegard who has been forced out of the same event in both of the last two years because of engine trouble. This time he had no problems with his Toyota Supra. His winning time of nine hours 57 minutes was 30 minutes seven seconds ahead of the runner-up, Mike Kirkland of Kenya in a Nissan Silvia 200 SX. Blomqvist, who had been 49 seconds ahead of his Swedish rival when he broke down with just 20 miles to go, finished third. The engine suddenly went dead, explained a spokesman for Blomqvist's 555 team, and then 36 minutes later it started as mysteriously as it had stopped.
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