A road sign paying tribute to the six-times Bathurst 1000 winner and former Formula 1 driver Larry Perkins has been stolen from his hometown of Cowangie in northwest Victoria.

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Mr Perkins, known as 'The Kid from Cowangie', noticed the Mallee Highway sign – which featured the Bathurst winner and four of the Holden Commodores he raced – was taken sometime last week.

Perkins won the first of his six Bathurst 100 victories in 1982 with the Holden Dealer Team driving with Peter Brock, winning three in a row before three more victories with his

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