1976 Australian Rally Championship

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The 1976 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia. It was the ninth season in the history of the competition.

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Ross Dunkerton and navigator Jeff Beaumont in the Datsun 240Z were the winners of the 1976 Championship.

Season review

The ninth Australian Rally Championship was held over six events across Australia, the season consisting of two events for Victoria and one each for Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. [1] The 1976 season saw the domination of the Datsun 240Z of Dunkerton for the second year running, winning convincingly with navigator Jeff Beaumont (four wins and a second). Their main opposition came from Dean Rainsford and Graham West in the Porsche Carrera. The results of the season could have been different had it not been for the controversy over the eligibility of George Fury's Datsun 710 Coupe. This car was FIA homologated and as such was eligible for the international Southern Cross Rally, but deemed to be ineligible for the ARC. [2]

The Rallies

The six events of the 1976 season were as follows.

RoundRallyDate
1Rally of the West (WA)
2SEV Marchal Rally (VIC)
3 Bega Valley Rally (NSW)
4Rally Renault (SA)
5North Eastern Rally (VIC)
6Warana Rally (QLD)

Round Three – Bega Valley Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPoints
1 Ross Dunkerton Jeff Beaumont Datsun 240Z 34
2Dean RainsfordGraham West Porsche Carrera RS 36
3Adrian TaylorJohn Souminen Honda Civic 55
4David JonesIan Pearson Mitsubishi Galant 68
5=Ed MulliganFred Gocentas Holden Torana L34 71
5=Peter GaudronGraeme Pigram Datsun 1600 71

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Round Six – Lutwyche Village Warana Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPoints
1Murray CooteBrian Marsden Datsun 1600
2 Ross Dunkerton Jeff Beaumont Datsun 260Z
3Henk KabelSimon Kabel Mazda RX3
4Ron MarksGraham Gillies Lancia Stratos
5David JonesIan Pearson Mitsubishi Galant
6Jim ReddiexGreg Sked Citroen CX 2200

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1976 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1976 is as follows. [5]

Ross Dunkerton – Champion Driver 1976

PositionDriverCarPoints
1 Ross Dunkerton Datsun 240Z
2Dean Rainsford Porsche Carrera RS
3David Jones Mitsubishi Galant
4Danny Bignell
5Murray Coote
6 Evan Green

Jeff Beaumont – Champion Navigator 1976

PositionNavigatorCarPoints
1Jeff Beaumont Datsun 240Z
2Graham West Porsche Carrera RS
3Ian Pearson Mitsubishi Galant
4Brian Marsden
5Simon Kabel
6John Bryson

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ 1976 Warana Rally Official Results
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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