 He went on to steer an Austin-Healey to victory at his next international rally, the Österreichische Alpenfahrt, later that year.Hopkirk also travelled to Australia during his career to drive for the BMC Works Team in the annual Bathurst 500 race for standard production cars at the Mount Panorama Circuit.He drove at Bathurst in a from 1965–1967, obtaining a best result of 6th outright and 3rd in class in the 1965 Armstrong 500 when paired with another great rally driver, Timo Mäkinen of Finland.