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Midge Bosworth (born 23 June 1941) is a former Australian racing driver.
Bosworth raced in the 1960s and is most remembered for winning the 1965 Bathurst 500, co-driving with
Bosworth raced in the 1960s and is most remembered for winning the 1965 Bathurst 500, co-driving with Barry Seton
Barry Seton (known as 'Bo'), (born 5 October 1936), is an Australian racing driver. He won the Bathurst 500 (500-mile race, about 800 km) in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth driving a Ford Cortina GT500.Ford Cortina GT500. It was Bosworth's second, and last, start in the Bathurst 500, giving him the distinction along with
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(1967
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), of winning the event in his last drive at Mount Panorama
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.
Bosworth was only 24 when he won Bathurst in 1965. He held the honour of being the youngest driver to win the race for no less than 31 years, until Craig Lowndes
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won the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000
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in a Holden Commodore (VR)
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when he was 22."Youngest winners" in Normoyle, Steve (Ed.) ''The Great Race 1996'' (Chevron Publishing 1996, ISSN 1031-6124) p. 229.
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