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Former RAC Rally Champion Pentti Airikkala Dies At 64


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London, October 1, 2009: After fighting cancer for nearly 6 years left-foot braking proponent, and former RAC Rally Champion Pentti Airikkala has died in the U.K. Penti was a "bigger than life" character who went on to build a highly-successful Rally school after he retired from active competition. During his teaching/coaching career he tutored a number of today's Rally stars including current Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala.