Rauno August Aaltonen, also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s.
Aaltonen in the late 1970s
Aaltonen at the 1965 1000 Lakes Rally
Aaltonen behind Timo Mäkinen at the 1000 Lakes
Aaltonen with co-driver Anssi Järvi
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship is an automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The championship has been organized since 1953 and has competed in different European countries, alternating between rallies on asphalt and gravel. It was the first supranational rally championship that was organized in the world and therefore the oldest one. In 2012 it had 60 editions and in 2013 it was renewed with the merger with the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
European Rally Championship
Timo Mäkinen and Rauno Aaltonen at the 1965 1000 Lakes Rally
1965 champion Rauno Aaltonen, 1968 champion Pauli Toivonen and Timo Mäkinen