Remembering Philip Young

The creator of competitive classic marathon rallying, Philip Young is unfortunately no more. He died at the age of 67 in a hospital in Bangkok on March 11 this year, due to complications from a head injury he suffered in a motorcycle accident in Burma (Myanmar) at the Road to Mandalay Rally. Ironically, this event will be remembered as Philip’s final milestone because once again, in his inimitable manner, he had managed to get permission for the 70 rally cars to become the first to cross the land border from Thailand into Burma.

Not many people know that Philip Young had a strong connection with India. One of Philip’s first rallies as a competitor was the 1977 London-Sydney Marathon. Sadly he had to drop out at Madras (now Chennai) when he missed the ferry to Australia. Interestingly, Philip participated in a BMC 1100 purchased from a scrapyard for some …

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