1977 Australian Rally Championship

March 2015 March 2015 1977 Australian Rally Championship 1976 1978 The 1977 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five rallying events held across Australia. It was the tenth season in the history of the competition. Ross Dunkerton and navigator Jeff Beaumont in the Datsun 260Z tied with George Fury and navigator Monty Suffern in the Datsun 710 Coupe for the 1977 Championship. Season review The tenth Australian Rally Championship was held over five events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.http://www.begavalleyrally.com.au/history/ Bega Valley Rally 13 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302071747/http://www.begavalleyrally.com.au/history/ 2 March 2014 dead dmy-all The 1977 season was a closely fought battle between the Datsuns of Dunkerton and Fury and at the end of the season they could not be separated and thus tied for the championship. The Rallies The five events of the 1977 season were as follows. Round Rally Date 1 North Eastern Rally (VIC) 2 Rally of the West (WA) 3 Lutwyche Village Rally (QLD) 4 Bega Valley Rally (NSW) 5 Endrust Forest Rally (SA) Round Two – Rally of the West Position Driver Navigator Car Points 1 Ross Dunkerton Jeff Beaumont Datsun 260Z41 2 George Fury Monty Suffern Datsun 710 Coupe52 3Clive SlaterAndy Van Kann Toyota Corolla TE2758 4Dean RainsfordAdrian MortimerSAAB 99 EMS71 5Doug StewartRod Van Der Straaten Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 82 6Brian SmallwoodGlen Thorp Mitsubishi Lancer95 Round Four – Bega Valley Rally Position Driver Navigator Car Points 1 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Ford Escort RS2000 35 2 George Fury Monty Suffern Datsun 710 Coupe 42 3 Darryl Rowney Robert Wilson Datsun 1600 43 4 Peter Gaudron Graeme Pigram Datsun 1600 44 5 Mark Hankinson Graham Moule Datsun 1600 46 6 David Balmain Terry Hanrahan Mitsubishi Lancer 52 1977 Drivers and Navigators Championships Final pointscore for 1977 is as follows.http://www.begavalleyrally.com.au/history/ Bega Valley Rally 13 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302071747/http://www.begavalleyrally.com.au/history/ 2 March 2014 dead dmy-all Ross Dunkerton and George Fury – Champion Drivers 1977 Position Driver Car Points 1= Ross Dunkerton Datsun 260Z 1= George Fury Datsun 710 Coupe 3 Doug Stewart 4 David Morrow 5 Greg Carr Ford Escort RS2000 6= Clive Slater 6= Bob Riley Jeff Beaumont and Monty Suffern – Champion Navigators 1977 Position Navigator Car Points 1= Jeff Beaumont Datsun 260Z 1= Monty Suffern Datsun 710 Coupe 3 George Shepheard 4 Neil Faulkner 5 Fred Gocentas Ford Escort RS2000 6 Brian Hope References External links Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results. Rally Championship Category:Rally competitions in Australia Category:1977 in rallying