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StitcherFred Gallagher won the 1997 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies co-driving Finnish legend Ari Vatanen. Prior to that, he won 5 World Championship rallies, all in Africa. He has also been organising rallies at the highest level for over 25 years over all 6 continents. This is the story of his career to date.
As a fanatic rally teenager growing up in Northern Ireland, fellow countrymen Fred Gallagher and Terry Harryman truly were superstar rally co-driving heroes of mine. I watched Fred on TV in the 1980s when he was co-driving legends such as Tony Pond, Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen. He went on to have even more success with Björn Waldegård and Ari Vatanen. I also watched him in person on home rallies like the Circuit of Ireland. I watched from a distance however, too shy to approach or engage with him.
Little did I know that Fred too had his co-driving heroes growing up, men like Henry Lidden, John Davenport and Jim Porter.
In this episode, Fred tells of the great relationships he built with some of the highest achievers in world motorsport. Those close bonds allowed him to spot and then act on various opportunities, some of which he calls life changing. Fred has been one of the best in the world in at least three different job roles in rallying, his, is a great story.
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Learning and action points
Thanks to Fred for all his stories and insights which I hope you enjoyed. The same theme was loud and clear throughout, Fred builds great relationships. That bond of mutual trust must have been a catalyst for most of the opportunities that Fred spotted and did something with.
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