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Paddy Hopkirk, the legendary Mini rally driver whose feats extended to Australia, has died at the age of 89. While Hopkirk is arguably best-known as the winner of the 1964 Rallye Monte- Carlo, he achieved notable results Down Under in both rallying and circuit racing. The Northern Irishman was not part of the famous top nine sweep in the Bathurst enduro of 1966, but did finish third in class and sixth outright the year before, as part of the works British Motor Corporation (BMC) team. In 1968, he finished second in the London-Sydney Marathon, but had a far more significant impact when he helped save the life of a rival who was involved in an accident near Nowra, on the New South Wales South Coast.
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