1975 Southern Cross Rally

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1975 Southern Cross Rally
Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Rally base Sydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run8 12 October 1975
Stages48 (1,348.19 km; 837.73 miles)
Stage surface Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance3,367.73 km (2,092.61 miles)
Results
Overall winner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Cowan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Gocentas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
Crews79 at start, 30 at finish

The 1975 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the tenth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 8th and the 12th of October 1975. The event covered 3,367 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie. [1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and Fred Gocentas, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

Results

PosNoEntrantDriversCarPenalties (Points)
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Cowan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Gocentas
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 189
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Ferguson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lindsay Adcock
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 201
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerry Ball Tuning Service Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Carr
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gregson
Datsun 180B SSS 215
48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Stewart
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Dawson-Damer
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 277
520 Flag of Australia (converted).svg De Bortoli's Wines P/L Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Hodgson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Heaney
Ford Escort RS 1600 Mark I 368
630 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Subaru Pty Ltd Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Laing-Peach
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Lake
Subaru Leone A22 373
721 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Hirabayashi Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Hirabayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimasa Nakahara
Subaru Leone A22 397
832 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Cheesman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Chessman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Horsley
Mitsubishi Lancer 405
923 Flag of Japan.svg Shigeru Kanno Flag of Japan.svg Shigeru Kanno
Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Kawamura
Mitsubishi Lancer 442
1035 Flag of Japan.svg Noriyuki Koseki Flag of Japan.svg Noriyuki Koseki
Flag of Japan.svg Takao Ishii
Subaru Leone A22 440
1148 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Mecak Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Mecak
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Trumpmanis
Mazda RX-3 461
1249 Flag of Japan.svg Susumu Enjitsu Flag of Japan.svg Susumu Enjitsu
Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Nishimura
Mitsubishi Lancer 501
Source: [2] [3]

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References

  1. Dan White. "1975 Route".
  2. Dan White. "1975 - Cowan dominant again".
  3. Dan White. "1975 Entries".