Paddy Hopkirk

Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk (born Belfast, April 14 1933) is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland. Alongside Henry Liddon he won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper S car number 37, license plate/registration tag 33 EJB. They remain the only all British crew to have won the event.

He was elected as a life member of the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1967, and is also president of the Historic Rally Car Register, and a patron of disability charity WheelPower.

Paddy Hopkirk is also a brand of automotive accessories (for example, roof bars) named after the successful racing driver. "Paddy Hopkirk" products are currently made by JAC Products [ [http://www.jacproducts.com/aboutus/jacworldwide/index.htm JAC Products Web Site] showing Paddy Hopkirk Limited, UK and Mont Blanc Industri AB, Sweden] .

Bibliography

* Paddy Hopkirk and T R Entwistle, "The Longest Drive of All: Paddy Hopkirk's story of the London-Sydney motor rally" (1969), G.Chapman, 48pp, ISBN 0-225-48860-4
* Bill Price and Paddy Hopkirk, "The Paddy Hopkirk Story: A Dash of the Irish" (2005), J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 176pp, ISBN 1-844-25110-1