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

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.

Results

Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Time)
1 6 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Australia George Fury
Australia Monty Suffern		 Datsun Stanza 1hr 25min 17sec
2 7 Australia Ford Motor Company of Australia Australia Colin Bond
Australia John Dawson-Damer		 Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 1hr 37min 12sec
3 8 Australia Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Australia Wayne Bell
Australia George Shepheard		 Holden Gemini PF60 1hr 58min 32sec
4 5 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Australia Ross Dunkerton
Australia Adrian Mortimer		 Datsun Stanza 2hr 17min 42sec
5 23 Australia Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip Australia Frank Neale
Australia Phil Dodd		 Mitsubishi Lancer 3hr 18min 50sec
6 14 Japan Team Crystal Rallyequip Japan Shigeru Kanno
Japan Kiyoshi Kawamura		 Mitsubishi Lancer 3hr 37min 39sec
7 22 Japan Team Crystal Rallyequip Japan Shinya Yamauchi
Japan Toshiaki Fukui		 Toyota Levin TE25 3hr 38min 10sec
8 12 Australia Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip Australia Ian Hill
Australia Ann Heaney		 Mitsubishi Lancer 4hr 0min 6sec
9 9 Australia Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip Australia Mike Bell
Australia Peter Pattenden		 Mitsubishi Lancer 4hr 22min 35sec
10 9 Japan Team Crystal Rallyequip Japan Mitsuo Ayabe
Japan Mamoru Namiki		 Toyota Levin TE47 4hr 33min 16sec
11 33 Australia Bob Moore Australia Bob Moore
Australia Graeme Pigram		 Mitsubishi Galant 4hr 55min 33sec
12 15 Australia Bruce Cheeseman Australia Bruce Cheeseman
Australia Allan Horsley		 Mitsubishi Lancer 5hr 1min 38sec
13 42 Australia Stephen Blair Australia Stephen Blair
Australia Ross Ferguson		 Datsun 180B SSS 5hr 30min 19sec
14 24 Australia Stones Corner Motors Australia Henk Kabel
Australia Simon Kabel		 Mazda 323 6hr 0min 26sec
15 25 Australia Apex Batteries Pty Ltd Australia Garry Meehan
Australia Graham Roser		 Toyota Celica RA40 6hr 8min 30sec
16 50 Japan Team Crystal Rallyequip Japan Toshihisa Akimoto
Japan Katsuhisa Torita		 Mitsubishi Lancer 6hr 8min 48sec
17 53 Australia Route 6 Japan Australia Wayne Griffiths
Japan Tooru Tsunoda		 Honda Civic 6hr 22min 26sec
18 37 Japan Minoru Yoneda Japan Minoru Yoneda
Japan Yoichiro Yamazaki		 Isuzu Gemini PF60 6hr 29min 15sec
19 32 Japan Team Crystal Rallyequip Japan Masakazu Wakamatsu
Japan Takashi Yufube		 Datsun Bluebird H510 6hr 55min 31sec
20 35 Philippines Arthur Tuason Philippines Arthur Tuason
Philippines Bou Saycon		 Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II 6hr 59min 39sec
21 39 Australia Pacific Ford Australia John Bryson
Australia Sonya Kable-Cumming		 Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II 7hr 16min 7sec
22 53 Philippines Juan Pascual Philippines Juan Pascual
Philippines Ernesto Echauz		 Toyota Corolla TE20 8hr 24min 6sec
Source:[2][3]

References

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