The 1976 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the eleventh running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 9th and the 14th of October 1976. The event covered 3,334 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and Fred Gocentas, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.
| 1976 Southern Cross Rally Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Australia |
| Rally base | Sydney Port Macquarie |
| Dates run | 9 – 14 October 1976 |
| Stages | 48 (2,132.50 km; 1,325.07 miles) |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and Gravel |
| Overall distance | 3,334.41 km (2,071.91 miles) |
| Statistics | |
| Crews | 88 at start, 22 at finish |
| Overall results | |
| Overall winner |  Andrew Cowan Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd |
Results edit
| Pos | No | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Penalties (Points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
|
Andrew Cowan Fred Gocentas
|
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 157 |
| 2 | 9 | Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
|
Barry Ferguson Neil Faulkner
|
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 203 |
| 3 | 4 | Nissan Motor Australia
|
 Shekhar Mehta Adrian Mortimer
|
Datsun 710 SSS | 205 |
| 4 | 19 | Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
|
Doug Stewart John Dawson-Damer
|
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 271 |
| 5 | 14 | Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
|
 Kenjiro Shinozuka Garry Connelly
|
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 324 |
| 6 | 16 | Nissan Motor Australia
|
 Per-Inge Walfridsson Peter Godden
|
Datsun 710 SSS | 348 |
| 7 | 34 | I.W. Hill
|
Ian Hill Graham Roser
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 391 |
| 8 | 27 | David Bond
|
David Bond Ian Richards
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 418 |
| 9 | 31 | Murray Coote
|
Murray Coote Brian Marsden
|
Datsun 1200 | 437 |
| 10 | 28 | A. Crawford
|
Peter Janson Paul Paterson
|
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 453 |
| 11 | 64 | B.E. Clark
|
Brian Clark Peter Hardy
|
Mitsubishi Galant | 561 |
| 12 | 46 | Mitso Ayabe
|
Mitso Ayabe Shigeru Imai
|
Toyota Trueno | 670 |
| 13 | 48 | Gary Meehan
|
Gary Meehan Martin Fell
|
Toyota Corolla | 688 |
| 14 | 2 | Ford Motor Company of Australia
|
Roger Clark Jim Porter
|
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II | 855 |
| 15 | 25 | Jim Reddiex
|
Jim Reddiex Greg Sked
|
Citroën CX2200 | 1069 |
| 16 | 58 | Dr. J. Munro
|
John Munro Wal Harris
|
Datsun 180B | 1146 |
| 17 | 51 | David Balmain
|
David Balmain Guenter Nowacki
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1355 |
| 18 | 53 | Hideya Satoh
|
Hideya Satoh Tarao Mitsuaki
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1805 |
| 19 | 65 | Akira Tezuna
|
Akira Tezuna Yukio Iwashita
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 1942 |
| 20 | 69 | W.C. Adams Racing
|
Bill Adams Keith Snowball
|
Holden Torana LJ XU-1 | 2530 |
| 21 | 20 | Brut Team Alfa
|
Evan Green John Bryson
|
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT | 2905 |
| 22 | 76 | Team Route 6 Japan
|
Hisashi Shimura Kazuo Takahashi
|
Honda Civic | 4935 |
| Source:[2][3][4] | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dan White. "1976 Route".
- ^ Dan White. "1976 - Cowan's last win".
- ^ Dan White. "1976 Entries".
- ^ "Cowan wins Fifth Rally in a Row". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 October 1976.