1974 Southern Cross Rally

The 1974 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Sun-Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the ninth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 9th and the 13th of October 1974. The event covered 3,506 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and John Bryson, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

1974 Southern Cross Rally
The Sun-Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run9 – 13 October 1974
Stages48 (1,919.60 km; 1,192.78 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance3,506.37 km (2,178.76 miles)
Statistics
Crews61 at start, 7 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Andrew Cowan
Australia John Bryson
Australia Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd

Results

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Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points)
1 9   Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd   Andrew Cowan
  John Bryson
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 209
2 1   Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd   Joginder Singh
  Garry Connelly
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 272
3 22   Tatsuo Yaginuma   Tatsuo Yaginuma
  Haruo Okada
Toyota Trueno 441
4 18   Nissan Motor Australia   George Fury
  Monty Suffern
Datsun 180B SSS 1051
5 14   Nissan Motor Australia   Yoshio Iwashita
  Nobuhiro Yasuoka
Datsun 710 SSS 2021
6 31   Robert Jackson   Robert Jackson
  Ross Jackson
Holden Torana LJ XU-1 2528
7 38   Dr. J. Munro   John Munro
  Wal Harris
Datsun 1600 3708
Source:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Dan White. "1974 Route".
  2. ^ Dan White. "1974 - Cowan leads the Magnificent Seven".
  3. ^ Dan White. "1974 Entries".