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  • Re: Paddy Hopkirk death: Northern Ireland motorsport legend passes away

    From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Fri Jul 22 21:46:44 2022
    Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/61930544?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

    "He first competed in a Mini at the 1963 Monte Carlo Rally, where he
    finished sixth and a year later that famous success at Monte Carlo,
    alongside Henry Liddon, followed.

    They are the most recent all-British crew to have won the event and he
    also led BMC to the team win, with fellow Mini drivers Timo Makinen
    and Rauno Aaltonen pacing fourth and seventh.

    The victory made Hopkirk a household name - he received telegrams from
    the then UK Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home and the Beatles, was
    given the Freedom of the City of Belfast, and appeared along with his
    Mini on Sunday Night at the London Palladium."


    Sad to see this (although he *was* 89).

    Of course he did circuit racing as well and at Brands Hatch always seemed
    able to be able to get his Mini slightly more sideways than anybody else!

    RIP

    --
    Sir Tim

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  • From Calum@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Thu Jul 28 14:15:21 2022
    On 22/07/2022 22:46, Sir Tim wrote:

    Of course he did circuit racing as well and at Brands Hatch always seemed able to be able to get his Mini slightly more sideways than anybody else!

    Less impressively, I also had one of his stick-on blind spot mirrors on
    my car in the 70's.

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