1979 Southern Cross Rally

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1979 Southern Cross Rally
Southern Cross International Rally
Host country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Rally base Sydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run13 17 October 1979
Stages38 (1,563.72 km; 971.65 miles)
Stage surface Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance2,733.73 km (1,698.66 miles)
Results
Overall winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Monty Suffern
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Australia
Crews40 at start, 17 at finish

The 1979 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Southern Cross International Rally was the fourteenth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 13th and the 17th of October 1979. The event covered 2,733 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie. [1] It was won by George Fury and Monty Suffern, driving a Datsun Stanza.

Results

PosNoEntrantDriversCarOverall Time
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Monty Suffern
Datsun Stanza 20hr 36min 9sec
24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Dunkerton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Beaumont
Datsun Stanza 20hr 49min 20sec
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Australia Flag of Finland.svg Rauno Aaltonen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Mortimer
Datsun Stanza 21hr 53min 53sec
45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Motor Company of Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Bond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Dawson-Damer
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 22hr 5min 19sec
515 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Johnston Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Johnston
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Vanderbyl
Mazda RX-3 23hr 18min 13sec
616 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiro Tajima Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhiro Tajima
Flag of Japan.svg Shoichu Hara
Toyota Levin TE25 23hr 32min 26sec
710 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J. Parry Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Stewart
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Col Parry
Holden Commodore VB 23hr 41min 35sec
818 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cascade Motors Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gordon Leven
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Wilson
Datsun 1600 SSS 23hr 46min 30sec
99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Autosport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Portman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Runnalls
Ford Cortina TE 24hr 5min 36sec
1020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Marks Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Marks
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Heaney
Datsun 120Y 24hr 36min 41sec
1155 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Sporting Car Club Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Blair
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Ferguson
Datsun Stanza 24hr 37min 9sec
1217 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leon Progmet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Mecak
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Gillies
Mazda RX-2 24hr 44min 29sec
1343 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Edward Knowles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Edward Knowles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Officer
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 25hr 27min 18sec
1430 Flag of Australia (converted).svg P.R. Bramble Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Bramble
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arthur Evans
Mitsubishi Galant 25hr 40min 43sec
1534 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Deepwater Sporting Car Club Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Cremen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Brooke
Datsun 120Y 25hr 57min 11sec
1624 Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Yafune
Mitsubishi Lancer 26hr 12min 39sec
1750 Flag of Australia (converted).svg North Shore Sporting Car Club Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Casey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Les Oliver
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 26hr 37min 43sec
Source: [2] [3]

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References

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  2. Dan White. "1979 - Fury makes it a double".
  3. Dan White. "1979 Entries".