Christian Edstrom

Björn Christian Edström (born March 18, 1976, in Gävle, Sweden) is a Swedish-born American professional rally co-driver. He started competing as a co-driver in 1997, from 2006 to 2016 alongside Travis Pastrana.

Rally America National Championship Series 2006 season 2006 was Edstrom's first year with Subaru, and his first full year with driver Travis Pastrana, with the introduction of the new Subaru Rally Team USA. Edstrom and Pastrana became 2006 Rally America National Series Champions. Christian was awarded the Grant Whitaker Cup as the top co-driver in the Rally America Series.

Results Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO DNF Oregon Trail Portland, OR 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Maine Forest Rumford, ME 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Ojibwe Forests Bemidji, MN 1st In-class, 1st Overall Colorado Cog Steamboat Springs, CO 1st In-class, 1st Overall Lake Superior Performance Rally Houghton, MI 3rd In-class, 3rd Overall Wild West Rally Olympia, WA 1st In-class, 1st Overall

2007 season In 2007, Christian ran the full National Championship Series with Subaru Rally Team USA. He was awarded the Grant Whitaker Cup for the second time.

Results Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Oregon Trail Rally Portland, OR DNF Olympus Rally Olympia, WA DNF Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA 3rd In-class, 3rd Overall New England Forest Rally Newry, ME 1st In-class, 1st Overall Ojibwe Forests Rally Bemidji, MN 1st In-class, 1st Overall Rally Colorado Steamboat Springs, CO 3rd In-class, 3rd Overall Lake Superior Performance Rally Houghton, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall

2008 season In 2008, Christian took a sabbatical, competing in only one rally.

Results Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI DNF

2009 season In 2009, Christian returned to Subaru Rally Team USA and ran the full National Championship Series with Travis Pastrana. He won the Grant Whitaker Cup for the third time.

Results Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO DNF Olympus Rally Olympia, WA 1st In-class, 1st Overall Oregon Trail Rally Portland, OR 1st In-class, 1st Overall Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall New England Forest Rally Newry, ME 1st In-class, 1st Overall Ojibwe Forests Rally Bemidji, MN 1st In-class, 1st Overall Rally Colorado Steamboat Springs, CO DNF Lake Superior Performance Rally Houghton, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall

2010 season In 2010, Christian and Travis Pastrana finished the season third overall.

Results Event Location Position Sno*Drift Atlanta, MI 1st In-class, 1st Overall Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO DNF Olympus Rally Ocean Shores, WA 1st In-class, 1st Overall New England Forest Rally Newry, ME DNF

2016 season After a six year sabbatical, Edström and Pastrana competed in three events.

Results Event Location Position Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA DNF Oregon Trail Rally Portland, OR 2nd In-class, 2nd Overall Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Salem, MO 1st In-class, 1st Overall

Production World Rally Championship 2007 season In addition to efforts in the United States, Edstrom and Pastrana teamed up with driver Takuma Kamada to form Subaru Rally Team International while the team contested the Production World Rally Championship, a series that runs concurrent with the WRC. They competed in the 21º Corona Rally México, Rally Argentina, and Wales Rally GB rounds of the championship.

Results Event Location Position 21º Corona Rally México León, Mexico 5th in Group N, 15th overall Rally Argentina Córdoba, Argentina 10th in Group N, 22nd overall Wales Rally GB Cardiff, Wales, UK 21st in Group N, 39th overall

2008 season Not long after a deer caused terminal damage to Edstrom and Pastrana's Subaru in the Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, MI, Edstrom announced a sabbatical to concentrate on his career and family. Former McRae co-driver Derek Ringer teamed with Pastrana for the remainder of the season.