1977 Southern Cross Rally

1977 Southern Cross Rally Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally 16 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers Rallye Sanremo Rally de Catalunya AUS Australia Sydney Port Macquarie 8 13 October 1977 35 1495.32 2683.93 Tarmac and Gravel FIN Rauno Aaltonen AUS Jeff Beaumont AUS Nissan Motor Australia 68 20 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.http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2015/01/1977-route.html Dan White 1977 Route It was won by Rauno Aaltonen and Jeff Beaumont, driving a Datsun 710 SSS. Results Pos Position No Car number Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Time) 1 3 AUS Nissan Motor Australia FIN Rauno Aaltonen AUS Jeff Beaumont Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 20min 24sec 2 4 AUS Nissan Motor Australia SWE Harry Källström SWE Claes Billstam Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 25min 25sec 3 12 AUS Gerry Ball Tuning Service AUS Bob Watson AUS Peter Godden Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 54min 21sec 4 9 JPN Colt Motor Sports Club JPN Kenjiro Shinozuka AUS Garry Connelly Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 1hr 55min 51sec 5 8 AUS Ford Motor Company of Australia AUS Greg Carr AUS Wayne Gregson Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 2hr 32min 31sec 6 5 AUS Nissan Motor Australia KEN Shekhar Mehta AUS Adrian Mortimer Datsun PB210 2hr 39min 45sec 7 23 AUS Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre AUS Ian Hill AUS Graham Roser Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 14min 21sec 8 27 AUS Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre AUS Ross Jackson AUS Peter Berriman Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 34min 30sec 9 28 AUS Rallyequip JPN Singeru Kanno JPN Kiyoshi Kawamura Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 53min 26sec1013 NZL Masport NZ Limited NZL Blair Robson NZL Chris Porter Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 4hr 28min 11sec 11 14 JPN H. Yoshimoto JPN Hisao Kunimasa JPN Mikihiko Kawai Subaru Leone 4hr 53min 24sec 12 33 AUS Brian Hilton AUS Brian Hilton AUS Barry Lake Peugeot 504 TI 5hr 18min 51sec 13 76 AUS Stephen Taylor AUS Stephen Taylor AUS Gregory Pepper Mitsubishi Galant 5hr 26min 14sec 14 54 AUS Cascade Motors AUS Gordon Leven AUS Phil Bonsar Datsun 180B SSS 5hr 52min 37sec 15 60 JPN Hideya Satoh JPN Hideya Satoh AUS Barry Jarman Isuzu Gemini PF50 6hr 11min 10sec 16 64 AUS New England Sporting Car Club AUS Graeme Taylor AUS Kevin Pearson Ford Escort 1600 Mark II 6hr 16min 24sec 17 49 AUS Rallyequip JPN Kenji Sato JPN Yasunobu Ninomiya Toyota Corolla Coupe TE30 6hr 46min 33sec 18 65 JPN Eiji Bessho JPN Eiji Bessho JPN Shiro Kawabe Isuzu Gemini PF50 6hr 50min 8sec 19 77 AUS I.R. Fowler AUS Rex Fowler AUS Patrick Roberts Datsun 1600 7hr 9min 49sec 20 53 AUS Subaru Queensland Dealer Group AUS Tony Jewels AUS David Kortland Subaru Leone 7hr 14min 18sec Source:http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2013/11/1977-aaltonen-finally-wins-for-datsun.html Dan White 1977 - Aaltonen wins for Datsunhttp://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2014/04/1977-entries.html Dan White 1977 Entrieshttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110871632 How They Finished The Canberra Times 13 October 1977 References Category:Rally competitions in Australia Southern Cross Rally Southern Cross Rally