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Sami Pajari wins home WRC rally in Jyväskylä

Sami Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen took victory in the rally held in Jyväskylä, in what was described as a wild event. A good hero image would be the winning crew at the finish.

Pentti Barck - 1952 Rally Finland.jpg — Historic rally scene from Rally Finland featuring a classic car. Keskisuomalainen · Wikimedia Commons

Sami Pajari won the WRC rally in Jyväskylä together with his co-driver Marko Salminen. The event was run on home soil for the Finnish pair, and it was described as a wild rally with plenty of drama.

Jyväskylä is one of the key centres of rallying in Finland, which gives Pajari’s victory extra weight. According to HBL, the competition was intense, but the Finnish duo came out on top in the end.

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