1977 Southern Cross Rally
Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Round 16 of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
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Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run8 – 13 October 1977
Stages35 (1,495.32 km; 929.15 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance2,683.93 km (1,667.72 miles)
Statistics
Crews68 at start, 20 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Rauno Aaltonen
Australia Jeff Beaumont
Australia 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.

Results

Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Time)
1 3 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Finland Rauno Aaltonen
Australia Jeff Beaumont		 Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 20min 24sec
2 4 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Sweden Harry Källström
Sweden Claes Billstam		 Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 25min 25sec
3 12 Australia Gerry Ball Tuning Service Australia Bob Watson
Australia Peter Godden		 Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 54min 21sec
4 9 Japan Colt Motor Sports Club Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka
Australia Garry Connelly		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 1hr 55min 51sec
5 8 Australia Ford Motor Company of Australia Australia Greg Carr
Australia Wayne Gregson		 Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 2hr 32min 31sec
6 5 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Kenya Shekhar Mehta
Australia Adrian Mortimer		 Datsun PB210 2hr 39min 45sec
7 23 Australia Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre Australia Ian Hill
Australia Graham Roser		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 14min 21sec
8 27 Australia Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre Australia Ross Jackson
Australia Peter Berriman		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 34min 30sec
9 28 Australia Rallyequip Japan Singeru Kanno
Japan Kiyoshi Kawamura		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 53min 26sec
10 13 New Zealand Masport NZ Limited New Zealand Blair Robson
New Zealand Chris Porter		 Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 4hr 28min 11sec
11 14 Japan H. Yoshimoto Japan Hisao Kunimasa
Japan Mikihiko Kawai		 Subaru Leone 4hr 53min 24sec
12 33 Australia Brian Hilton Australia Brian Hilton
Australia Barry Lake		 Peugeot 504 TI 5hr 18min 51sec
13 76 Australia Stephen Taylor Australia Stephen Taylor
Australia Gregory Pepper		 Mitsubishi Galant 5hr 26min 14sec
14 54 Australia Cascade Motors Australia Gordon Leven
Australia Phil Bonsar		 Datsun 180B SSS 5hr 52min 37sec
15 60 Japan Hideya Satoh Japan Hideya Satoh
Australia Barry Jarman		 Isuzu Gemini PF50 6hr 11min 10sec
16 64 Australia New England Sporting Car Club Australia Graeme Taylor
Australia Kevin Pearson		 Ford Escort 1600 Mark II 6hr 16min 24sec
17 49 Australia Rallyequip Japan Kenji Sato
Japan Yasunobu Ninomiya		 Toyota Corolla Coupe TE30 6hr 46min 33sec
18 65 Japan Eiji Bessho Japan Eiji Bessho
Japan Shiro Kawabe		 Isuzu Gemini PF50 6hr 50min 8sec
19 77 Australia I.R. Fowler Australia Rex Fowler
Australia Patrick Roberts		 Datsun 1600 7hr 9min 49sec
20 53 Australia Subaru Queensland Dealer Group Australia Tony Jewels
Australia David Kortland		 Subaru Leone 7hr 14min 18sec
Source:[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Dan White. "1977 Route".
  2. ↑ Dan White. "1977 - Aaltonen wins for Datsun".
  3. ↑ Dan White. "1977 Entries".
  4. ↑ "How They Finished". The Canberra Times. 13 October 1977.
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