Henri Toivonen

Henri Toivonen (August 25, 1956 ? May 2, 1986) was a Finnish rally car driver. His brother Harri Toivonen also rallied but less successfully.

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He won the RAC Rally in 1980 driving a Talbot and in 1985 driving a Lancia Delta S4.

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He died in the 1986 Tour de Corse in a fireball crash that also claimed the life of his co-driver Sergio Cresto when his Lancia Delta S4 flew off the unguarded edge of a left hand hairpin bend and crashed into a ravine.

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These deaths resulted in a final decision to ban the Group B rally cars.

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Annual Race of Champions awards the winning individual driver with the Henri Toivonen Memorial trophy.

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August 25: August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining....

1956: 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

May 2: May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). There are 243 days remaining....

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