1978 Southern Cross Rally

1978 Southern Cross Rally Southern Cross International Rally 15 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers Rallye Sanremo Rally de Catalunya AUS Australia Sydney Port Macquarie 14 18 October 1978 34 1505.81 2727.81 Tarmac and Gravel AUS George Fury AUS Monty Suffern AUS Nissan Motor Australia 57 22 The 1978 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Southern Cross International Rally was the thirteenth running of the Southern Cross Rally and the fifteenth round of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. The rally took place between the 14th and the 18th of October 1978. The event covered 2,727 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2015/01/1978-route.html Dan White 1978 Route It was won by George Fury and Monty Suffern, driving a Datsun Stanza. Results Pos Position No Car number Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Time) 1 6 AUS Nissan Motor Australia AUS George Fury AUS Monty Suffern Datsun Stanza 1hr 25min 17sec 2 7 AUS Ford Motor Company of Australia AUS Colin Bond AUS John Dawson-Damer Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 1hr 37min 12sec 3 8 AUS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team AUS Wayne Bell AUS George Shepheard Holden Gemini PF60 1hr 58min 32sec 4 5 AUS Nissan Motor Australia AUS Ross Dunkerton AUS Adrian Mortimer Datsun Stanza 2hr 17min 42sec 5 23 AUS Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip AUS Frank Neale AUS Phil Dodd Mitsubishi Lancer 3hr 18min 50sec 6 14 JPN Team Crystal Rallyequip JPN Shigeru Kanno JPN Kiyoshi Kawamura Mitsubishi Lancer 3hr 37min 39sec 7 22 JPN Team Crystal Rallyequip JPN Shinya Yamauchi JPN Toshiaki Fukui Toyota Levin TE25 3hr 38min 10sec 8 12 AUS Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip AUS Ian Hill AUS Ann Heaney Mitsubishi Lancer 4hr 0min 6sec 9 9 AUS Gosford Dyno Tune-Rallyequip AUS Mike Bell AUS Peter Pattenden Mitsubishi Lancer 4hr 22min 35sec 10 9 JPN Team Crystal Rallyequip JPN Mitsuo Ayabe JPN Mamoru Namiki Toyota Levin TE47 4hr 33min 16sec 11 33 AUS Bob Moore AUS Bob Moore AUS Graeme Pigram Mitsubishi Galant 4hr 55min 33sec 12 15 AUS Bruce Cheeseman AUS Bruce Cheeseman AUS Allan Horsley Mitsubishi Lancer 5hr 1min 38sec 13 42 AUS Stephen Blair AUS Stephen Blair AUS Ross Ferguson Datsun 180B SSS 5hr 30min 19sec 14 24 AUS Stones Corner Motors AUS Henk Kabel AUS Simon Kabel Mazda 323 6hr 0min 26sec 15 25 AUS Apex Batteries Pty Ltd AUS Garry Meehan AUS Graham Roser Toyota Celica RA40 6hr 8min 30sec 16 50 JPN Team Crystal Rallyequip JPN Toshihisa Akimoto JPN Katsuhisa Torita Mitsubishi Lancer 6hr 8min 48sec 17 53 AUS Route 6 Japan AUS Wayne Griffiths JPN Tooru Tsunoda Honda Civic 6hr 22min 26sec 18 37 JPN Minoru Yoneda JPN Minoru Yoneda JPN Yoichiro Yamazaki Isuzu Gemini PF60 6hr 29min 15sec 19 32 JPN Team Crystal Rallyequip JPN Masakazu Wakamatsu JPN Takashi Yufube Datsun Bluebird H510 6hr 55min 31sec 20 35 PHI Arthur Tuason PHI Arthur Tuason PHI Bou Saycon Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II 6hr 59min 39sec 21 39 AUS Pacific Ford AUS John Bryson AUS Sonya Kable-Cumming Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II 7hr 16min 7sec 22 53 PHI Juan Pascual PHI Juan Pascual PHI Ernesto Echauz Toyota Corolla TE20 8hr 24min 6sec Source:http://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2013/11/1978-furys-first.html Dan White 1978 - Fury's firsthttp://southerncrossrally.blogspot.com/2014/10/1978-entries.html Dan White 1978 Entries References Category:Rally competitions in Australia Southern Cross Rally Southern Cross Rally