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 sabattical, 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.


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