1977 Southern Cross Rally

1977 Southern Cross Rally; Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
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Host country	Australia
Rally base	Sydney ; Port Macquarie
Dates run	8 – 13 October 1977
Stages	35 (1,495.32 km; 929.15 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance	2,683.93 km (1,667.72 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Rauno Aaltonen ; Jeff Beaumont; Nissan Motor Australia
Crews	68 at start, 20 at finish

The 1977 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the twelfth running of the Southern Cross Rally and the sixteenth round of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. The rally took place between the 8th and the 13th of October 1977. The event covered 2,683 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Rauno Aaltonen and Jeff Beaumont, driving a Datsun 710 SSS.

Results

Pos	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Penalties (Time)
1	3	Nissan Motor Australia	Rauno Aaltonen Jeff Beaumont	Datsun 710 SSS	1hr 20min 24sec
2	4	Nissan Motor Australia	Harry Källström Claes Billstam	Datsun 710 SSS	1hr 25min 25sec
3	12	Gerry Ball Tuning Service	Bob Watson Peter Godden	Datsun 710 SSS	1hr 54min 21sec
4	9	Colt Motor Sports Club	Kenjiro Shinozuka Garry Connelly	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	1hr 55min 51sec
5	8	Ford Motor Company of Australia	Greg Carr Wayne Gregson	Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II	2hr 32min 31sec
6	5	Nissan Motor Australia	Shekhar Mehta Adrian Mortimer	Datsun PB210	2hr 39min 45sec
7	23	Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre	Ian Hill Graham Roser	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	3hr 14min 21sec
8	27	Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre	Ross Jackson Peter Berriman	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	3hr 34min 30sec
9	28	Rallyequip	Singeru Kanno Kiyoshi Kawamura	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	3hr 53min 26sec
10	13	Masport NZ Limited	Blair Robson Chris Porter	Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II	4hr 28min 11sec
11	14	H. Yoshimoto	Hisao Kunimasa Mikihiko Kawai	Subaru Leone	4hr 53min 24sec
12	33	Brian Hilton	Brian Hilton Barry Lake	Peugeot 504 TI	5hr 18min 51sec
13	76	Stephen Taylor	Stephen Taylor Gregory Pepper	Mitsubishi Galant	5hr 26min 14sec
14	54	Cascade Motors	Gordon Leven Phil Bonsar	Datsun 180B SSS	5hr 52min 37sec
15	60	Hideya Satoh	Hideya Satoh Barry Jarman	Isuzu Gemini PF50	6hr 11min 10sec
16	64	New England Sporting Car Club	Graeme Taylor Kevin Pearson	Ford Escort 1600 Mark II	6hr 16min 24sec
17	49	Rallyequip	Kenji Sato Yasunobu Ninomiya	Toyota Corolla Coupe TE30	6hr 46min 33sec
18	65	Eiji Bessho	Eiji Bessho Shiro Kawabe	Isuzu Gemini PF50	6hr 50min 8sec
19	77	I.R. Fowler	Rex Fowler Patrick Roberts	Datsun 1600	7hr 9min 49sec
20	53	Subaru Queensland Dealer Group	Tony Jewels David Kortland	Subaru Leone	7hr 14min 18sec
Source:[2] [3] [4]

References

Dan White. "1977 Route".
Dan White. "1977 - Aaltonen wins for Datsun".
Dan White. "1977 Entries".
"How They Finished". The Canberra Times. 13 October 1977.

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[1] Dan White. "1977 Route".

[2] Dan White. "1977 - Aaltonen wins for Datsun".

[3] Dan White. "1977 Entries".

[4] "How They Finished". The Canberra Times. 13 October 1977.