1976 Southern Cross Rally

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 countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run9 – 14 October 1976
Stages48 (2,132.50 km; 1,325.07 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance3,334.41 km (2,071.91 miles)
Statistics
Crews88 at start, 22 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Andrew Cowan
Australia Fred Gocentas
Australia Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd

Results

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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

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  1. ^ Dan White. "1976 Route".
  2. ^ Dan White. "1976 - Cowan's last win".
  3. ^ Dan White. "1976 Entries".
  4. ^ "Cowan wins Fifth Rally in a Row". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 October 1976.