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\"\"<\/a>The Endurance Rally Association has announced\u00a0that Philip Young, Rally Director and founder of the ERA, has died following complications arising from a motorcycle accident in Burma. He was 67 years old.<\/p>\n

A prolific ambassador of the historic rally movement, Philip was a larger-than-life character who pushed motorsport boundaries, organizing marathon and endurance rallies all over the globe. A founder of the Historic Rally Car Register, Philip set a world record for driving from Cape Town to London in ten-and-a-half days, and is best known for one of his greatest achievements \u2013 the revival of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, one of the world\u2019s most epic motoring adventures. His final milestone was gaining permission for 70 rally crews to be the first to cross the land border from Thailand into Burma.<\/p>\n

Philip died in a Bangkok hospital on Wednesday\u00a0March 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to read the first part of our exclusive 2-part interview with Young.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Endurance Rally Association has announced\u00a0that Philip Young, Rally Director and founder of the ERA, has died following complications arising from a motorcycle accident in Burma. He was 67 years old. A prolific ambassador of the historic rally movement, Philip was a larger-than-life character who pushed motorsport boundaries, organizing marathon and endurance rallies all over the globe. 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