1980 Southern Cross Rally

1980 Southern Cross Rally Southern Cross International Rally AUS Australia Sydney Port Macquarie 18 22 October 1980 35 1098.54 2616.19 Tarmac and Gravel AUS Ross Dunkerton AUS Jeff Beaumont AUS Nissan Motor Australia 45 24 The 1980 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Southern Cross International Rally was the fifteenth and final running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 18th and the 22nd of October 1980. The event covered 2,616 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2014/12/1980-route.html Dan White 1980 Route It was won by Ross Dunkerton and Jeff Beaumont, driving a Datsun Stanza. Results Pos Position No Car number Entrant Drivers Car Overall Time 1 4 AUS Nissan Motor Australia AUS Ross Dunkerton AUS Jeff Beaumont Datsun Stanza 13hr 56min 26sec 2 3 AUS Ford Motor Company of Australia AUS Greg Carr AUS Fred Gocentas Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 13hr 59min 26sec 3 1 AUS Ford Motor Company of Australia FIN Ari Vatanen GBR David Richards Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 14hr 23min 29sec 4 9 AUS Gosford Dyno Tune Centre AUS Ian Hill AUS Ann Heaney Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 14hr 58min 52sec 5 12 AUS Kambrook Distributing P/L AUS David Jones AUS Ian Pearson Holden Commodore VB 15hr 33min 22sec 6 11 AUS Frank Johnston AUS Frank Johnston AUS Stephen Vanderbyl Mazda 323 Rotary 15hr 36min 33sec 7 27 AUS G.J Berne AUS John Berne AUS David Peiti Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II 15hr 50min 7sec 8 13 AUS Race & Rally Sales P/L AUS Gordon Leven AUS Robert Wilson Datsun 1600 SSS 16hr 4min 34sec 9 26 AUS Bathurst Light Car Club AUS Graham Clark AUS Arthur Davis Datsun 180B 16hr 14min 43sec 10 20 AUS Apex Batteries P/L AUS Gary Meehan AUS Greg Gifford Toyota Celica RA40 16hr 17min 36sec 11 22 AUS Mazcars Croydon AUS Gary Mecak AUS Ron Marks Mazda 323 16hr 24min 27sec 12 21 AUS Max Roberts AUS Max Roberts AUS Tony Carroll Datsun Stanza 16hr 37min 30sec 13 10 JPN IMSC Monster JPN Nobuhiro Tajima JPN Kiyoshi Kawamura Datsun Stanza 16hr 44min 24sec 14 38 AUS Wayne Pritchard AUS Wayne Pritchard AUS Garry Pritchard Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 16hr 52min 1sec 15 33 AUS Alan McLucas AUS Alan McLucas UK Derek Hunter Datsun 180B SSS 17hr 5min 35sec 16 16 AUS Citizen Watches Australia AUS Peter Nelson AUS Grahame MouleDatsun 1600 17hr 14min 16sec 17 36 AUS Col Parry AUS Col Parry AUS Philip Speer Holden Commodore VB 17hr 18min 26sec 18 24 AUS Stones Corner Motors AUS Hank Kabel AUS Gary Kabel Mazda 323 17hr 31min 7sec 19 15 AUS Whalebone Wharf AUS Dan White AUS Steve Griffiths Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 17hr 51min 29sec 20 32 AUS John Murray AUS John Murray AUS Jeff D'Albora Holden Commodore VB 17hr 52min 4sec 21 41 AUS Stephen Annabel AUS Stephen Annabel AUS Fran Fifield Mazda RX-3 17hr 56min 45sec 22 25 AUS Christian Autosports Club AUS George Kahler AUS Greg Weale Mazda RX-7 18hr 54min 25sec 23 30 JPN N.D.C. Tokyo JPN Takashi Yufune JPN Yukiaki Aida Datsun Sunny 19hr 37min 56sec 24 31 AUS George Rugg AUS George Rugg AUS - Mitsubishi Galant 20hr 7min 45sec Source:http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2013/11/1980-dunkerton-wins-last-cross.html Dan White 1980 - Dunkerton wins last Crosshttp://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2016/03/1980-entries.html Dan White 1980 Entries References Category:Rally competitions in Australia Southern Cross Rally Category:1980 in Australian motorsport