RAC Rally Of The Tests
Mini Magazine|January 2020
Roaring victory for Paddy Hopkirk’s Cooper S
Steve Entwistle,Tony Jardine and Neil Johnson
RAC Rally Of The Tests

When 1964 Monte Carlo Rally winner Paddy Hopkirk agreed to loan his Mini Cooper S 6 EMO to Steve Entwistle for the RAC Rally of the Tests, he did it on one condition. “They’d better win!” And after finishing third and second of previous Tests, Steve and navigator Mark Appleton made it onto the top step of the podium with a superb victory on the 2019 event.

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