by Ray Bell » Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:15 pm
The highs and the lows...
He was heading into Sydney running second or third in the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon and suddenly Bianchi's Citroen was clobbered head-on by some jerks in a Mini. Paddy Hopkirk stopped to render assistance and Cowan went on to win in a most unlikely car.
In the next Marathon in 1977 Mercedes-Benz called on him and he won again. Along the way he dominated the Southern Cross Rally so he became a household name in Australian motor sport.
Some of his highs. But the low... reports are that his final years have been sad, a stroke and finally a fall which led to his death.
A lot of people are missing him now.
The highs and the lows...
He was heading into Sydney running second or third in the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon and suddenly Bianchi's Citroen was clobbered head-on by some jerks in a Mini. Paddy Hopkirk stopped to render assistance and Cowan went on to win in a most unlikely car.
In the next Marathon in 1977 Mercedes-Benz called on him and he won again. Along the way he dominated the Southern Cross Rally so he became a household name in Australian motor sport.
Some of his highs. But the low... reports are that his final years have been sad, a stroke and finally a fall which led to his death.
A lot of people are missing him now.