pople who won in a mini cooper rally car from 1962 to1965

[Racerknowles964]

first things first in 1962 Pat moss won the tulip rally and germany rally in 1963 Rauno Aaltonen won the alpine rally and in 1964 Paddy Hopkirk won the monte carlo and the tulip rally and last but not least 1965 Makinen won the 1.000 lakes rally in Island and Paddy Hopkirk won the Geneva,Czechoslovakia,poland,and Rauno Aaltonen won is well as paddy Hopkirk munich/Vienna/Budapest,RAC Rally Se you later Dudes

[Darren Galpin]

Additions/Corrections:
1962 - Bengt Soderstrom, Swedish Rally
1964 - Barrie Williams, Welsh International Rally
1964 - Timo Makinen won the Tulip Rally, not Hopkirk
1965 - Timo Makinen, Monte Carlo Rally, 1000 Lakes (in Finland)
1965 - Paddy Hopkirk, Circuit of Ireland
1965 - Rauno Aaltonen, Geneva Rally, Czech Rally, Polish Rally, RAC Rally

[Slippy Diff]

I named my dog Timo.

[Fred Gallagher]

Mine too!

The first one was Paddy. The obvious name for the third was Rauno but there was a bit of oposition to that at home so he was called Rory (...Gallagher, if you're old enough).

Fred

[Slippy Diff]

Originally Posted by Fred Gallagher

Mine too!

The first one was Paddy. The obvious name for the third was Rauno but there was a bit of oposition to that at home so he was called Rory (...Gallagher, if you're old enough).

Fred

People always say 'thats an interesting name, where is it from?" I reply that it is after Timo Makinen and they look back at you utterly confused.
Makinen was a big fella (like me) so I know how cramped he was inside those Healeys.

[Fred Gallagher]

Big, easy going like my Timo (Golden Retriever).

Now Rauno, always looking for the next advantage or opportunity, was very different. A bit like Rory, the Springer Spaniel, turned out.

Why do I think that we're about to be told that this is a motor sports forum?

[Slippy Diff]

My Timo is a yellow lab!! Have you seen the in car footage from the Targa Florio of Timo in a big Healey?

[Fred Gallagher]

Think I saw it some years ago. Castrol film?

Timo was one of the greats. Rauno too, but in a much more analytical way, a bit like my dogs. Sadly I don't live with them any longer.....

[Slippy Diff]

I think it was a Castrol film. Great footage.

[M Coupe]

Darren has added all the additional winners, Barrie Williams being the 1st ever winner of an International Rally in a Cooper S.

For interest, here is a picture of the Austin Cooper I currently own on it's way to 18th O/A on the 1963 Monte Carlo Rally.



This is me in the Navigators seat (on the 2002 Targa Rusticana) of the Ex-Works Morris Cooper which is used to great effect by Peter Barker (usually with ex-works navigator Willie Cave) on the large European historic Rallies.




A few of the old Works Rally cars are still being used to good effect.