Krzysztof Wiesław Hołowczyc (; born 4 June 1962 in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

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) is a Polish rally driver. He won the Polish Rally Championship in 1995, 1996 and 1999 and the

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in 1997. He was also member of

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(2007–2009) from

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list.

Biography

Hołowczyc won the Polish Rally Championship in 1995, 1996, 1999. Also, he won the Rally Poland in 1996, 1998 and 2005. In the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...

, Hołowczyc was active in the late 1990s, usually competing in a

Subaru Impreza WRC The Subaru Impreza WRC is a World Rally Car based on the Subaru Impreza road car. It was used by Subaru World Rally Team, Subaru's factory team, and replaced the Subaru Legacy RS in 1993. The car was debuted at 1993 Rally Finland and won a to ...

. His seventh place at the 1998

Rally Argentina The Rally Argentina () is an Argentine rally competition that has been a round of the World Rally Championship, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the South American Rally Championship and the Argentine Rally Championship. It is held in the ...

marked the best-ever result for a Polish driver in the series. After the Rally Poland returned to the WRC calendar for the 2009 season, Hołowczyc signed to make a one-off return in a Ford Focus WRC run by Stobart M-Sport Ford. He finished sixth in the 2009 Rally Poland and scored Poland's second WRC points ever. Hołowczyc took part in the

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally () or simply "The Dakar" (), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than convent ...

and finished 60th (2005), 6th (2009), 5th (2011), 10th (2012), 6th (

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) and 3rd (

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). He also took part but did not finish the Rally due to car failure in 2006, 2010 and due to crash in 2007 and 2013. Also, he won the Baja Poland in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, and the Silk Way Rally in 2011.

Racing record

Complete WRC results

Complete PWRC results

Complete Dakar Rally results

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Awards

For his sport achievements, he has received: * Silver Cross of Merit in 2000; * Golden Cross of Merit in 2005.

References

External links

* http://www.holowczyc.pl * http://www.kimrally.pl/kierowcy/holowczyc.php * https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/1212-krzysztof-holowczyc/1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Holowczyc, Krzysztof 1962 births Living people World Rally Championship drivers Polish rally drivers Dakar Rally drivers European Rally Championship drivers Civic Platform MEPs MEPs for Poland 2004–2009 Sportspeople from Olsztyn FIA European Rallycross Championship drivers M-Sport drivers