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

    From Martin Harran@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 22 22:28:01 2022
    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."

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