1977 Southern Cross Rally Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally | |||
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Round 16 of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
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Host country | Australia | ||
Rally base | Sydney Port Macquarie | ||
Dates run | 8 – 13 October 1977 | ||
Stages | 35 (1,495.32 km; 929.15 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Tarmac and Gravel | ||
Overall distance | 2,683.93 km (1,667.72 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews | 68 at start, 20 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Rauno Aaltonen Jeff Beaumont Nissan Motor Australia |
The 1977 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the twelfth running of the Southern Cross Rally and the sixteenth round of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. The rally took place between the 8th and the 13th of October 1977. The event covered 2,683 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie. [1] It was won by Rauno Aaltonen and Jeff Beaumont, driving a Datsun 710 SSS.
Pos | No | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Penalties (Time) |
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1 | 3 | Nissan Motor Australia | Rauno Aaltonen Jeff Beaumont | Datsun 710 SSS | 1hr 20min 24sec |
2 | 4 | Nissan Motor Australia | Harry Källström Claes Billstam | Datsun 710 SSS | 1hr 25min 25sec |
3 | 12 | Gerry Ball Tuning Service | Bob Watson Peter Godden | Datsun 710 SSS | 1hr 54min 21sec |
4 | 9 | Colt Motor Sports Club | Kenjiro Shinozuka Garry Connelly | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 1hr 55min 51sec |
5 | 8 | Ford Motor Company of Australia | Greg Carr Wayne Gregson | Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II | 2hr 32min 31sec |
6 | 5 | Nissan Motor Australia | Shekhar Mehta Adrian Mortimer | Datsun PB210 | 2hr 39min 45sec |
7 | 23 | Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre | Ian Hill Graham Roser | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 3hr 14min 21sec |
8 | 27 | Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre | Ross Jackson Peter Berriman | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 3hr 34min 30sec |
9 | 28 | Rallyequip | Singeru Kanno Kiyoshi Kawamura | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 3hr 53min 26sec |
10 | 13 | Masport NZ Limited | Blair Robson Chris Porter | Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II | 4hr 28min 11sec |
11 | 14 | H. Yoshimoto | Hisao Kunimasa Mikihiko Kawai | Subaru Leone | 4hr 53min 24sec |
12 | 33 | Brian Hilton | Brian Hilton Barry Lake | Peugeot 504 TI | 5hr 18min 51sec |
13 | 76 | Stephen Taylor | Stephen Taylor Gregory Pepper | Mitsubishi Galant | 5hr 26min 14sec |
14 | 54 | Cascade Motors | Gordon Leven Phil Bonsar | Datsun 180B SSS | 5hr 52min 37sec |
15 | 60 | Hideya Satoh | Hideya Satoh Barry Jarman | Isuzu Gemini PF50 | 6hr 11min 10sec |
16 | 64 | New England Sporting Car Club | Graeme Taylor Kevin Pearson | Ford Escort 1600 Mark II | 6hr 16min 24sec |
17 | 49 | Rallyequip | Kenji Sato Yasunobu Ninomiya | Toyota Corolla Coupe TE30 | 6hr 46min 33sec |
18 | 65 | Eiji Bessho | Eiji Bessho Shiro Kawabe | Isuzu Gemini PF50 | 6hr 50min 8sec |
19 | 77 | I.R. Fowler | Rex Fowler Patrick Roberts | Datsun 1600 | 7hr 9min 49sec |
20 | 53 | Subaru Queensland Dealer Group | Tony Jewels David Kortland | Subaru Leone | 7hr 14min 18sec |
Source: [2] [3] [4] |
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