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Old 12-10-2009, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller View Post
Minis won Bathurst in 1966. In fact they had 9 of the top 10 places. The next year Ford had the GTHO Falcon - where HO stands for 'handling option' (or so I've been told). Once the big cars could also stop and turn the days of the mini were over.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6212/
The one I remember was when the mini came around the last bend and was able to just hold on against a bigger car it cant have been 1966 as I was born in 1965 and I remember watching it on TV. But that was interesting about the 9 of 10 top places!
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