1980 Southern Cross Rally

The 1980 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Southern Cross International Rally was the fifteenth and final running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 18th and the 22nd of October 1980. The event covered 2,616 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Ross Dunkerton and Jeff Beaumont, driving a Datsun Stanza.

1980 Southern Cross Rally
Southern Cross International Rally
Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run18 – 22 October 1980
Stages35 (1,098.54 km; 682.60 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance2,616.19 km (1,625.63 miles)
Statistics
Crews45 at start, 24 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerAustralia Ross Dunkerton
Australia Jeff Beaumont
Australia Nissan Motor Australia

Results

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Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Overall Time
1 4   Nissan Motor Australia   Ross Dunkerton
  Jeff Beaumont
Datsun Stanza 13hr 56min 26sec
2 3   Ford Motor Company of Australia   Greg Carr
  Fred Gocentas
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 13hr 59min 26sec
3 1   Ford Motor Company of Australia   Ari Vatanen
  David Richards
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 14hr 23min 29sec
4 9   Gosford Dyno Tune Centre   Ian Hill
  Ann Heaney
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 14hr 58min 52sec
5 12   Kambrook Distributing P/L   David Jones
  Ian Pearson
Holden Commodore VB 15hr 33min 22sec
6 11   Frank Johnston   Frank Johnston
  Stephen Vanderbyl
Mazda 323 Rotary 15hr 36min 33sec
7 27   G.J Berne   John Berne
  David Peiti
Ford Escort RS 2000 Mark II 15hr 50min 7sec
8 13   Race & Rally Sales P/L   Gordon Leven
  Robert Wilson
Datsun 1600 SSS 16hr 4min 34sec
9 26   Bathurst Light Car Club   Graham Clark
  Arthur Davis
Datsun 180B 16hr 14min 43sec
10 20   Apex Batteries P/L   Gary Meehan
  Greg Gifford
Toyota Celica RA40 16hr 17min 36sec
11 22   Mazcars Croydon   Gary Mecak
  Ron Marks
Mazda 323 16hr 24min 27sec
12 21   Max Roberts   Max Roberts
  Tony Carroll
Datsun Stanza 16hr 37min 30sec
13 10   IMSC Monster   Nobuhiro Tajima
  Kiyoshi Kawamura
Datsun Stanza 16hr 44min 24sec
14 38   Wayne Pritchard   Wayne Pritchard
  Garry Pritchard
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 16hr 52min 1sec
15 33   Alan McLucas   Alan McLucas
  Derek Hunter
Datsun 180B SSS 17hr 5min 35sec
16 16   Citizen Watches Australia   Peter Nelson
  Grahame Moule
Datsun 1600 17hr 14min 16sec
17 36   Col Parry   Col Parry
  Philip Speer
Holden Commodore VB 17hr 18min 26sec
18 24   Stones Corner Motors   Hank Kabel
  Gary Kabel
Mazda 323 17hr 31min 7sec
19 15   Whalebone Wharf   Dan White
  Steve Griffiths
Ford Escort RS2000 Mark II 17hr 51min 29sec
20 32   John Murray   John Murray
  Jeff D'Albora
Holden Commodore VB 17hr 52min 4sec
21 41   Stephen Annabel   Stephen Annabel
  Fran Fifield
Mazda RX-3 17hr 56min 45sec
22 25   Christian Autosports Club   George Kahler
  Greg Weale
Mazda RX-7 18hr 54min 25sec
23 30   N.D.C. Tokyo   Takashi Yufune
  Yukiaki Aida
Datsun Sunny 19hr 37min 56sec
24 31   George Rugg   George Rugg
  -
Mitsubishi Galant 20hr 7min 45sec
Source:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Dan White. "1980 Route".
  2. ^ Dan White. "1980 - Dunkerton wins last Cross".
  3. ^ Dan White. "1980 Entries".