1993 London–Sydney Marathon

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The 1993 London–Sydney Marathon, officially Lombard London–Sydney Marathon was the third running of the LondonSydney Marathon. The rally took place between 17 April and 16 May 1993. The event covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell in a Porsche 911.

1993 London–Sydney Marathon
Lombard London–Sydney Marathon
Host countryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Australia Australia
Rally baseLondon
Sydney
Dates run17 April – 16 May 1993
Stages44
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance16,000 km (9,900 miles)
Statistics
Crews106 at start, 86 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Francis Tuthill
United Kingdom Anthony Showell

Background

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Nick Brittan, who was a competitor in the original event in 1968, decided to organise a modern London to Sydney Marathon featuring pre-1970 cars to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original event being held in 1968 through his company, Trans World Events, who would go on to organise similar endurance events over the next decade.[1] He managed to persuaded 25 of the original 1968 competitors to take part in the 1993 event which included the 1968 winner, Andrew Cowan, who had the Hillman Hunter that he won the 1968 event in, on loan to him by the Scottish Automobile Club Museum and former British Rally Champion Roger Clark. The route would see competitors cross Europe and Asia in the first eleven days of the event before the cars would be airlifted from Turkey to India with competitors driving through the country for the next seven days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally. The event was to have three major differences comparing to the original event in 1968. Firstly, the changing political climate in the Middle East meant that several countries such as Iran and Afghanistan were now out of bounds, although in Europe, Turkey and Australia much of the original route was retraced from the original. Secondly, the old scheduled open road sections would be replaced with more modern timed special stages for safety reasons. Finally, with the demise of the great passenger liners there would be no great voyage across the Indian Ocean from India to Australia, Brittan and TWE instead hired two Antonov An-124 cargo planes to take the vehicles from India to Australia.[1]

Results

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Pos No Drivers Car Penalties (Time)
1 51   Francis Tuthill
  Anthony Showell
Porsche 911 13hr 36min 11sec
2 3   Ian Vaughan
  Barry Lake
Ford Falcon XT GT 13hr 50min 31sec
3 66   Mike Kirkland
  Crispin Sassoon
Peugeot 504 13hr 58min 10sec
4 2   Roger Clark
  Tony Moy
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 58min 42sec
5 64   Graham Lorimer
  Gary Smith
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 59min 32sec
6 49   Colin Short
  Nick Starkey
Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 10min 28sec
7 77   David Horsey
  Michael Kearns
Peugeot 504 14hr 11min 28sec
8 22   Bruce Hodgson
  Ronald Lawton
Ford Falcon XT GT 14hr 14min 23sec
9 45   Dean Rainsford
  Ben Rainsford
Ford Mustang 14hr 18min 10sec
10 78   Steve Ashton
  Dr. Rosemary Nixon
Datsun P510 14hr 21min 35sec
11 26   Richard Anderson
  Michael Ryan
Alfa Romeo Giulia 14hr 35min 7sec
12 10   Patrick Vanson
  Bernard Consten
Peugeot 504 14hr 48min 7sec
13 7   Evan Green
  Gavin Green
Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 59min 35sec
14 105   Philip Hooper
  Adrian Stafford
Porsche 911 S 15hr 17min 39sec
15 88   Howard Laughton
  Keith Carling
Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 15hr 41min 6sec
16 48   Bob Almond
  Lance Fisher
Datsun 1600 15hr 41min 35sec
17 57   Ross Alexander
  John Garathy
Holden Monaro 15hr 52min 9sec
18 47   George Bevan
  Graeme Furness
Volvo 144S 16hr 0min 11sec
19 99   Franz Stangl
  Stanley Illman
Porsche 911 16hr 3min 41sec
20 44   Howard Paterson
  Ian North
Volvo Amazon 16hr 27min 34sec
21 23   Peter Sugden
  Stuart McCrudden
Ford Cortina Mark II 16hr 31min 53sec
22 91   Roger Ealand
  Margaret Ealand
Volvo 123 GT 16hr 34min 44sec
23 56   John Hunt
  John Williams
Holden Monaro 16hr 44min 22sec
24 8   Victor Shavelev
  Alexandr Dolbish
Moskvitch Y08 16hr 47min 42sec
25 25   Peter Hall
  Mary Hall
Ford Escort Mark I 16hr 56min 9sec
26 92   Rowan Quill
  Bob Morrow
Ford Falcon XT GT 16hr 59min 30sec
27 50   Marco Cajani
  Antonello Macellari
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI 17hr 3min 31sec
28 19   George Reynolds
  Desmond West
Volkswagen Beetle 17hr 8min 0sec
29 82   Graham Goodall
  John Platt
Austin-Healey 3000 17hr 29min 32sec
30 83   Wim Konigsveld
  Go Wammes
Rover P5B 17hr 30min 50sec
31 85   Yoshifumi Ogawa
  Bertrand Renaudineau
Datsun P510 17hr 45min 36sec
32 27   Vyvian Hirons
  Brendon Lindsey
Alfa Romeo GTV 18hr 11min 20sec
33 15   David van Lennep
  Paul Van Dourne
DAF 55 18hr 14min 53sec
34 67   Nigel Egginton
  Bruno Fulcher
Holden Monaro 18hr 23min 21sec
35 103   Michael Cotter
  Graham Adams
Datsun 1600 18hr 38min 12sec
36 75   John Griffiths
  Neville Marriner
Ford Cortina Mark II 18hr 50min 6sec
37 43   Gordon Ketelbey
  Kim Ketelbey
Ford Mustang 20hr 41min 54sec
38 4   Doug Morris
  Bruce Stapleton
Morgan Plus 8 21hr 19min 43sec
39 40   Max Harvey
  Martyn Griffiths
Porsche 911 S 21hr 25min 36sec
40 69   Ian Mitchell
  David Harris
Ford Escort Mark I 21hr 32min 51sec
41 29   Trevor Eastwood
  David Hartley
Holden Monaro 22hr 33min 32sec
42 41   Ross Lamb
  John Malcolm
Holden HR 22hr 37min 14sec
43 55   Alastair Caldwell
  Vernon Pascoe
Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 22hr 50min 15sec
44 63   Bruce Hogarth
  Tony Wurf
Ford Falcon XT 23hr 9min 38sec
45 31   Eric Leerdam
  Jan van der Hayden
Peugeot 404 23hr 13min 49sec
46 72   Andras Jojart
  Janos Balazs
Porsche 911 RS 23hr 22min 20sec
47 62   Vince Bloink
  Robert Sainsbury
Peugeot 504 23hr 27min 37sec
48 102   Lambros Kouriefs
  Hugh Savage
Holden EH 23hr 46min 54sec
49 98   Terry Lawrie
  Richard Pierce
Holden Monaro HK 24hr 9min 11sec
50 80   Pat Cole
  Doug Briscoe
Mercedes-Benz 230 SL 24hr 54min 21sec
51 37   Sandy Dalgarno
  Sandy Taylor
Ford Cortina Lotus Mark I 25hr 2min 48sec
52 81   Tim Pearce
  Miles Pearce
Rover 2000 TC Mark I 25hr 35min 56sec
53 84   Richard Martin-Hurst
  Bill Meade
Rover P5B 25hr 38min 7sec
54 87   John Hills
  Trevor Chivers
Triumph 2000 Mark I 25hr 41min 5sec
55 74   Lawrie Beacham
  Jim Rosenow
Ford Falcon XT GT 26hr 9min 48sec
56 9   Paddy McClintock
  David Dunn
Peugeot 404 28hr 37min 14sec
57 104   George Geshos
  John McLean
Volkswagen Beetle 28hr 43min 51sec
58 65   Rob van de Beek
  Eismos Bergsma
Ford Mustang GT500 28hr 59min 10sec
59 13   Freddie Preston
  George Hampson
Rover 2000 TC Mark I 29hr 14min 26sec
60 68   David Ryan
  Gregory Stevenson
Holden Monaro hr min sec
61 16   David Harrison
  Martin Proudlock
Ford Cortina Mark II 30hr 41min 16sec
62 32   Roy Dixon
  Angus Watt
Ford Zephyr Mark II 30hr 58min 7sec
63 5   Gerry Lister
  Kevin Edwards
Volvo 144S 31hr 22min 30sec
64 38   Gunther Stamm
  Corinna Stamm
MG MGB 31hr 32min 11sec
65 96   John Hamilton
  Giles Chapman
Hillman Hunter 32hr 17min 59sec
66 94   Barry Rowe
  Harry Hawkes
MG MGB GT 33hr 3min 58sec
67 1   Andrew Cowan
  Johnstone Syer
Hillman Hunter 33hr 18min 35sec
68 36   Roger Pearce
  Sam Beukes
MG MGB GT 33hr 28min 15sec
69 12   Sidney Dickson
  Sue Loweree
AMC Rambler 35hr 26min 39sec
70 101   Thomas Grace
  Peter Woodward
Austin 1800 36hr 0min 2sec
71 106   Mark Minarelli
  John Rudajs
Ford Falcon XT GT 36hr 35min 16sec
72 73   Terry Daly
  Bob Brill
Ford Mustang 36hr 57min 54sec
73 60   Georgina Chaseling
  Virginia Bevan
Volvo 122S 37hr 3min 54sec
74 70   Tom Barr Smith
  Darkie Barr Smith
Rover P6B 37hr 44min 54sec
75 86   Norbert Wyzenbeek
  Stuart Wilkins
Porsche 911L 39hr 59min 44sec
76 90   Michael Blakiston
  Christopher Jones
Ford Escort Mark I 40hr 41min 7sec
77 42   Karel Simek
  Oto Lendecky
Škoda 1100 MB 42hr 14min 10sec
78 46   Jiri Kotek
  Jiri Sedivy
Škoda 1100 MB 42hr 16min 37sec
79 59   Ben Seehusen
  Andrew Dodd
Volkswagen Beetle 42hr 45min 51sec
80 17   Derek Bell
  Terry Kingsley
Volvo 144S 47hr 16min 21sec
81 93   Barry Gardner
  Jill Diamond
Triumph 2000 Mark I 52hr 30min 33sec
82 71   Ron Verschuur
  Bruce McAllister
MG MGB 53hr 17min 51sec
83 35   Peter Finnigan
  Neil Marjoram
Ford Cortina Lotus Mark II 65hr 18min 38sec
84 95   David Hall
  Jacky Hall
Volvo PV 544 68hr 12min 33sec
85 33   Ron Hodgson
  Gerald Brooks
Mercedes-Benz 220 SE 70hr 46min 6sec
86 52   Yasuhisa Tokugawa
  Fumio Kamei
Ford Escort Mark I 81hr 16min 36sec
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References

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  1. ^ a b London Sydney Marathon 1993 Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, TWE Rally
  2. ^ Entry List, 1993 Lombard London-Sydney Marathon Official Programme, 1993, pages 8-9
  3. ^ The Book-The 1993 Lombard London-Sydney Marathon, 1993, pages 110-111