1976 Southern Cross Rally

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1976 Southern Cross Rally
Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Rally base Sydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run9 14 October 1976
Stages48 (2,132.50 km; 1,325.07 miles)
Stage surface Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance3,334.41 km (2,071.91 miles)
Statistics
Crews88 at start, 22 at finish
Overall 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

The 1976 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the eleventh running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 9th and the 14th of October 1976. The event covered 3,334 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie. [1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and Fred Gocentas, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

Results

PosNoEntrantDriversCarPenalties (Points)
16 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 157
29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Ferguson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Faulkner
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 203
34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Australia Flag of Kenya.svg Shekhar Mehta
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Mortimer
Datsun 710 SSS 205
419 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 271
514 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Flag of Japan.svg Kenjiro Shinozuka
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Connelly
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 324
616 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Australia Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Inge Walfridsson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Godden
Datsun 710 SSS 348
734 Flag of Australia (converted).svg I.W. Hill Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Hill
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Roser
Mitsubishi Lancer 391
827 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Bond Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Bond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Richards
Mitsubishi Lancer 418
931 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Murray Coote Flag of Australia (converted).svg Murray Coote
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Marsden
Datsun 1200 437
1028 Flag of Australia (converted).svg A. Crawford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Janson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Paterson
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 453
1164 Flag of Australia (converted).svg B.E. Clark Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Clark
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Hardy
Mitsubishi Galant 561
1246 Flag of Japan.svg Mitso Ayabe Flag of Japan.svg Mitso Ayabe
Flag of Japan.svg Shigeru Imai
Toyota Trueno 670
1348 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Meehan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Meehan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Fell
Toyota Corolla 688
142 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Motor Company of Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Clark
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Porter
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 855
1525 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Reddiex Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Reddiex
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Sked
Citroën CX2200 1069
1658 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dr. J. Munro Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Munro
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wal Harris
Datsun 180B 1146
1751 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Balmain Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Balmain
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Guenter Nowacki
Mitsubishi Lancer 1355
1853 Flag of Japan.svg Hideya Satoh Flag of Japan.svg Hideya Satoh
Flag of Japan.svg Tarao Mitsuaki
Mitsubishi Lancer 1805
1965 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Tezuna Flag of Japan.svg Akira Tezuna
Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Iwashita
Mitsubishi Lancer 1942
2069 Flag of Australia (converted).svg W.C. Adams Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Adams
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith Snowball
Holden Torana LJ XU-1 2530
2120 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brut Team Alfa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evan Green
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bryson
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT 2905
2276 Flag of Japan.svg Team Route 6 Japan Flag of Japan.svg Hisashi Shimura
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuo Takahashi
Honda Civic 4935
Source: [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Dan White. "1976 Route".
  2. Dan White. "1976 - Cowan's last win".
  3. Dan White. "1976 Entries".
  4. "Cowan wins Fifth Rally in a Row". The Sydney Morning Herald . 14 October 1976.