1978 Southern Cross Rally

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.

1978 Southern Cross Rally
Southern Cross International Rally
Round 15 of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
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Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run14 – 18 October 1978
Stages34 (1,505.81 km; 935.67 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance2,727.81 km (1,694.98 miles)
Statistics
Crews57 at start, 22 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerAustralia George Fury
Australia Monty Suffern
Australia Nissan Motor Australia

Results

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Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Time)
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]

References

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  1. ^ Dan White. "1978 Route".
  2. ^ Dan White. "1978 - Fury's first".
  3. ^ Dan White. "1978 Entries".