1978 Southern Cross Rally Southern Cross International Rally | |||
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Round 15 of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
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Host country | Australia | ||
Rally base | Sydney Port Macquarie | ||
Dates run | 14 – 18 October 1978 | ||
Stages | 34 (1,505.81 km; 935.67 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Tarmac and Gravel | ||
Overall distance | 2,727.81 km (1,694.98 miles) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | George Fury Monty Suffern Nissan Motor Australia | ||
Crews | 57 at start, 22 at finish |
The 1978 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Southern Cross International Rally was the thirteenth running of the Southern Cross Rally and the fifteenth round of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. The rally took place between the 14th and the 18th of October 1978. The event covered 2,727 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie. [1] It was won by George Fury and Monty Suffern, driving a Datsun Stanza.
Pos | No | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Penalties (Time) |
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1 | 6 | Nissan Motor Australia | George Fury Monty Suffern | Datsun Stanza | 1hr 25min 17sec |
2 | 7 | Ford Motor Company of Australia | Colin Bond John Dawson-Damer | Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II | 1hr 37min 12sec |
3 | 8 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | Wayne Bell George Shepheard | Holden Gemini PF60 | 1hr 58min 32sec |
4 | 5 | Nissan Motor Australia | Ross Dunkerton Adrian Mortimer | Datsun Stanza | 2hr 17min 42sec |
5 | 23 | Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip | Frank Neale Phil Dodd | Mitsubishi Lancer | 3hr 18min 50sec |
6 | 14 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Shigeru Kanno Kiyoshi Kawamura | Mitsubishi Lancer | 3hr 37min 39sec |
7 | 22 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Shinya Yamauchi Toshiaki Fukui | Toyota Levin TE25 | 3hr 38min 10sec |
8 | 12 | Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip | Ian Hill Ann Heaney | Mitsubishi Lancer | 4hr 0min 6sec |
9 | 9 | Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip | Mike Bell Peter Pattenden | Mitsubishi Lancer | 4hr 22min 35sec |
10 | 9 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Mitsuo Ayabe Mamoru Namiki | Toyota Levin TE47 | 4hr 33min 16sec |
11 | 33 | Bob Moore | Bob Moore Graeme Pigram | Mitsubishi Galant | 4hr 55min 33sec |
12 | 15 | Bruce Cheeseman | Bruce Cheeseman Allan Horsley | Mitsubishi Lancer | 5hr 1min 38sec |
13 | 42 | Stephen Blair | Stephen Blair Ross Ferguson | Datsun 180B SSS | 5hr 30min 19sec |
14 | 24 | Stones Corner Motors | Henk Kabel Simon Kabel | Mazda 323 | 6hr 0min 26sec |
15 | 25 | Apex Batteries Pty Ltd | Garry Meehan Graham Roser | Toyota Celica RA40 | 6hr 8min 30sec |
16 | 50 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Toshihisa Akimoto Katsuhisa Torita | Mitsubishi Lancer | 6hr 8min 48sec |
17 | 53 | Route 6 Japan | Wayne Griffiths Tooru Tsunoda | Honda Civic | 6hr 22min 26sec |
18 | 37 | Minoru Yoneda | Minoru Yoneda Yoichiro Yamazaki | Isuzu Gemini PF60 | 6hr 29min 15sec |
19 | 32 | Team Crystal Rallyequip | Masakazu Wakamatsu Takashi Yufube | Datsun Bluebird H510 | 6hr 55min 31sec |
20 | 35 | Arthur Tuason | Arthur Tuason Bou Saycon | Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II | 6hr 59min 39sec |
21 | 39 | Pacific Ford | John Bryson Sonya Kable-Cumming | Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II | 7hr 16min 7sec |
22 | 53 | Juan Pascual | Juan Pascual Ernesto Echauz | Toyota Corolla TE20 | 8hr 24min 6sec |
Source: [2] [3] |
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