The 1979 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Southern Cross International Rally was the fourteenth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 13th and the 17th of October 1979. The event covered 2,733 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by George Fury and Monty Suffern, driving a Datsun Stanza.
| 1979 Southern Cross Rally Southern Cross International Rally | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Australia |
| Rally base | Sydney Port Macquarie |
| Dates run | 13 – 17 October 1979 |
| Stages | 38 (1,563.72 km; 971.65 miles) |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and Gravel |
| Overall distance | 2,733.73 km (1,698.66 miles) |
| Statistics | |
| Crews | 40 at start, 17 at finish |
| Overall results | |
| Overall winner | George Fury Monty Suffern Nissan Motor Australia |
Results edit
| Pos | No | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Overall Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nissan Motor Australia
|
George Fury Monty Suffern
|
Datsun Stanza | 20hr 36min 9sec |
| 2 | 4 | Nissan Motor Australia
|
Ross Dunkerton Jeff Beaumont
|
Datsun Stanza | 20hr 49min 20sec |
| 3 | 2 | Nissan Motor Australia
|
 Rauno Aaltonen Adrian Mortimer
|
Datsun Stanza | 21hr 53min 53sec |
| 4 | 5 | Ford Motor Company of Australia
|
Colin Bond John Dawson-Damer
|
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II | 22hr 5min 19sec |
| 5 | 15 | Frank Johnston
|
Frank Johnston Stephen Vanderbyl
|
Mazda RX-3 | 23hr 18min 13sec |
| 6 | 16 |  Nobuhiro Tajima
|
Nobuhiro Tajima Shoichu Hara
|
Toyota Levin TE25 | 23hr 32min 26sec |
| 7 | 10 | J. Parry
|
Doug Stewart Col Parry
|
Holden Commodore VB | 23hr 41min 35sec |
| 8 | 18 | Cascade Motors
|
Gordon Leven Robert Wilson
|
Datsun 1600 SSS | 23hr 46min 30sec |
| 9 | 9 | Autosport
|
Geoff Portman Ross Runnalls
|
Ford Cortina TE | 24hr 5min 36sec |
| 10 | 20 | Ron Marks
|
Ron Marks Chris Heaney
|
Datsun 120Y | 24hr 36min 41sec |
| 11 | 55 | Australian Sporting Car Club
|
Steve Blair Ross Ferguson
|
Datsun Stanza | 24hr 37min 9sec |
| 12 | 17 | Leon Progmet
|
Gary Mecak Graham Gillies
|
Mazda RX-2 | 24hr 44min 29sec |
| 13 | 43 | Edward Knowles
|
Edward Knowles David Officer
|
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II | 25hr 27min 18sec |
| 14 | 30 | P.R. Bramble
|
Paul Bramble Arthur Evans
|
Mitsubishi Galant | 25hr 40min 43sec |
| 15 | 34 | Deepwater Sporting Car Club
|
Ron Cremen Alan Brooke
|
Datsun 120Y | 25hr 57min 11sec |
| 16 | 24 | Eiichi Suzuki
|
Eiichi Suzuki Takashi Yafune
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | 26hr 12min 39sec |
| 17 | 50 | North Shore Sporting Car Club
|
Jim Casey Les Oliver
|
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II | 26hr 37min 43sec |
| Source:[2][3] | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dan White. "1979 Route".
- ^ Dan White. "1979 - Fury makes it a double".
- ^ Dan White. "1979 Entries".