On 22 February a cavalcade of Minis descended on Belfast in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Paddy Hopkirk winning the Monte Carlo Rally – in a Mini Cooper of course!
The event started in the grounds of Stormont and then moved to the City Hall where Paddy received a certificate from the Lord Mayor appointing him a Belfast Ambassador. Then on to the Titanic Building where the Minis old and new were parked on display supported by other interesting cars from days past, while some drivers competed in an Autotest on the Slipway.
Paddy, now eighty years young and five times winner of the Circuit of Ireland Rally, was driving a replica of the Mini in which he won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964.
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