1979 Southern Cross Rally

1979 Southern Cross Rally
Southern Cross International Rally
Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run13 – 17 October 1979
Stages38 (1,563.72 km; 971.65 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance2,733.73 km (1,698.66 miles)
Statistics
Crews40 at start, 17 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerAustralia George Fury
Australia Monty Suffern
Australia Nissan Motor Australia

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

[edit]
Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Overall Time
1 6 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Australia George Fury
Australia Monty Suffern
Datsun Stanza 20hr 36min 9sec
2 4 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Australia Ross Dunkerton
Australia Jeff Beaumont
Datsun Stanza 20hr 49min 20sec
3 2 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Finland Rauno Aaltonen
Australia Adrian Mortimer
Datsun Stanza 21hr 53min 53sec
4 5 Australia Ford Motor Company of Australia Australia Colin Bond
Australia John Dawson-Damer
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 22hr 5min 19sec
5 15 Australia Frank Johnston Australia Frank Johnston
Australia Stephen Vanderbyl
Mazda RX-3 23hr 18min 13sec
6 16 Japan Nobuhiro Tajima Japan Nobuhiro Tajima
Japan Shoichu Hara
Toyota Levin TE25 23hr 32min 26sec
7 10 Australia J. Parry Australia Doug Stewart
Australia Col Parry
Holden Commodore VB 23hr 41min 35sec
8 18 Australia Cascade Motors Australia Gordon Leven
Australia Robert Wilson
Datsun 1600 SSS 23hr 46min 30sec
9 9 Australia Autosport Australia Geoff Portman
Australia Ross Runnalls
Ford Cortina TE 24hr 5min 36sec
10 20 Australia Ron Marks Australia Ron Marks
Australia Chris Heaney
Datsun 120Y 24hr 36min 41sec
11 55 Australia Australian Sporting Car Club Australia Steve Blair
Australia Ross Ferguson
Datsun Stanza 24hr 37min 9sec
12 17 Australia Leon Progmet Australia Gary Mecak
Australia Graham Gillies
Mazda RX-2 24hr 44min 29sec
13 43 Australia Edward Knowles Australia Edward Knowles
Australia David Officer
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 25hr 27min 18sec
14 30 Australia P.R. Bramble Australia Paul Bramble
Australia Arthur Evans
Mitsubishi Galant 25hr 40min 43sec
15 34 Australia Deepwater Sporting Car Club Australia Ron Cremen
Australia Alan Brooke
Datsun 120Y 25hr 57min 11sec
16 24 Japan Eiichi Suzuki Japan Eiichi Suzuki
Japan Takashi Yafune
Mitsubishi Lancer 26hr 12min 39sec
17 50 Australia North Shore Sporting Car Club Australia Jim Casey
Australia Les Oliver
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 26hr 37min 43sec
Source:[2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dan White. "1979 Route".
  2. ^ Dan White. "1979 - Fury makes it a double".
  3. ^ Dan White. "1979 Entries".