2004 London–Sydney Marathon

2004 Marathon September 2022 2004 London–Sydney Marathon GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia London Sydney 5 June 4 July 2004 55 15000 Tarmac and Gravel NZL Joe McAndrew NZL Murray Cole 34 28 The 2004 London–Sydney Marathon was the fifth running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 5 June and 4 July 2004. The event covered 9,300 miles (15,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Joe McAndrew and Murray Cole in a Honda Integra Type-R. Background In 2004, Nick Brittan and his company, Trans World Events, who had organise long-distance endurance rallies for the last decade including the last two London–Sydney Marathons in 1993 and in 2000 decided to organise another London-Sydney Marathon but this time featuring pre-1978 classic cars and modern FIA Group N showroom cars, limited to two wheel drive and naturally aspirated engines up to 2000cc.London Sydney Marathon 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20070101052824/http://www.twerally.co.uk/lsm_04/lsm.html 1 January 2007, TWE Rally The route would see competitors cross Europe in the first twelve days of the event before the cars would be airlifted by the Antonov An-124 cargo planes hired by TWE from Turkey to India with competitors driving through India for the next eight days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally. Results Pos Position Category No Car number Drivers Car Overall Time 1 Modern Showroom 25 NZL Joe McAndrew NZL Murray Cole Honda Integra Type-R 10hr 39min 39sec 2 Modern Showroom 37 NZL Mike Montgomery NZL Roy Wilson Honda Integra Type-R 10hr 57min 30sec 3 Modern Showroom 34 NZL Shane Murland NZL John Benton Honda Integra Type-R 11hr 9min 21sec 4 Modern Showroom 26 NZL Graham Lorimer GBR Nick Starkey Toyota RunX 11hr 13min 40sec 5 Modern Showroom 32 NZL Ian Begg NZL Allan Dippie Toyota Corolla GT 11hr 27min 54sec 6 Classic 2 GBR Anthony Ward GBR Mark Solloway Ford Escort RS 1600 11hr 28min 51sec 7 Modern Showroom 28 GBR Steve Blunt GBR Bob Duck Toyota RunX 11hr 41min 7sec 8 Modern Showroom 35 AUS Brian Hilton AUS Joshua Hilton Toyota Corolla GT 11hr 57min 42sec 9 Classic 16 AUS Peter Cochrane AUS Cameron Wearing Ford Mustang 12hr 15min 10sec 10 Modern Showroom 36 AUS Peter Taylor AUS Trevor Stilling Toyota Corolla GT 12hr 24min 22sec 11 Modern Showroom 27 GBR Jimmy McRae GBR Bruce Lyle Toyota RunX 12hr 26min 43sec 12 Modern Showroom 39 GBR David Winstanley GBR Terri Metcalfe MG ZR 12hr 27min 44sec 13 Classic 20 AUS Bob Almond AUS Paul Benko Datsun 1800 12hr 34min 34sec 14 Classic 10 AUS Garry Leeson AUS Rex Leeson Ford Falcon XR GT 12hr 40min 51sec 15 Modern Showroom 31 AUS Peter Lockhart AUS Moira Lockhart Proton Satria GTi 12hr 42min 36sec 16 Classic 7 AUS David Cavenagh GBR Cath Woodman Porsche 911 Carrera 12hr 43min 44sec 17 Modern Showroom 29 NOR Vidar Christensen NOR Oddvar Moy Peugeot 306 S-16 12hr 48min 42sec 18 Modern Showroom 33 AUS Steve Coad AUS Paul Wilson Holden Astra 13hr 19min 24sec 19 Classic 15 ZAF Theo du Toit ZAF Andre Bezuidenhout Porsche 911 S 13hr 22min 25sec 20 Classic 18 AUS Paul Darrouzet AUS Paul Williamson Ford Capri Perana 13hr 25min 50sec 21 Classic 17 AUT Gerald Brandstetter AUT Helmut Artacker Ford Escort RS 2000 14hr 1min 9sec 22 Classic 9 ZAF Franz Pretorius ZAF Roelof Coertse Porsche 911 14hr 56min 50sec 23 Classic 19 CZE Jiri Motal CZE Ota Kramaz Škoda 1100 MB 15hr 10min 13sec 24 Modern Showroom 38 GBR Freddie Preston GBR David Harrison Suzuki Ignis Sport 15hr 27min 54sec 25 Classic 14 AUS Phil Hooper GBR Terry Kingsley Leyland P76 15hr 32min 15sec 26 Classic 12 AUS Lloyd Hughes AUS Hugh Hodgkinson Porsche 911 S 16hr 10min 44sec 27 Classic 6 AUS Mark Laucke AUS Rosina Laucke Porsche 911 16hr 19min 31sec 28 Classic 11 USA Chip Johns GBR Jim Hurman Ford Falcon Sprint 18hr 0min 2sec Source:https://www.nersresults.co.uk/html/2004/lsm/entry.html North East Rally Services London-Sydney Marathon 2004 Entry Listhttps://www.nersresults.co.uk/html/2004/lsm/final.pdf North East Rally Services London-Sydney Marathon 2004 Final Results References London-Sydney Marathon Category:London–Sydney Marathon Category:2004 in Australian motorsport Category:2004 in Brazilian motorsport