1975 Southern Cross Rally

The 1975 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the tenth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 8th and the 12th of October 1975. The event covered 3,367 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and Fred Gocentas, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

1975 Southern Cross Rally
Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host country Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run8 – 12 October 1975
Stages48 (1,348.19 km; 837.73 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance3,367.73 km (2,092.61 miles)
Results
Overall winner Andrew Cowan
Fred Gocentas
Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
Crews79 at start, 30 at finish

Results
Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points)
1 4 Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Andrew Cowan
Fred Gocentas		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 189
2 6 Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Barry Ferguson
Lindsay Adcock		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 201
3 3 Gerry Ball Tuning Service Greg Carr
Wayne Gregson		 Datsun 180B SSS 215
4 8 Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd Doug Stewart
John Dawson-Damer		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 277
5 20 De Bortoli's Wines P/L Bruce Hodgson
Chris Heaney		 Ford Escort RS 1600 Mark I 368
6 30 Subaru Pty Ltd James Laing-Peach
Barry Lake		 Subaru Leone A22 373
7 21 Takashi Hirabayashi Takashi Hirabayashi
Yoshimasa Nakahara		 Subaru Leone A22 397
8 32 Bruce Cheesman Bruce Chessman
Alan Horsley		 Mitsubishi Lancer 405
9 23 Shigeru Kanno Shigeru Kanno
Kiyoshi Kawamura		 Mitsubishi Lancer 442
10 35 Noriyuki Koseki Noriyuki Koseki
Takao Ishii		 Subaru Leone A22 440
11 48 Gary Mecak Gary Mecak
John Trumpmanis		 Mazda RX-3 461
12 49 Susumu Enjitsu Susumu Enjitsu
Osamu Nishimura		 Mitsubishi Lancer 501
Source:[2] [3]
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References
  1. Dan White. "1975 Route".
  2. Dan White. "1975 - Cowan dominant again".
  3. Dan White. "1975 Entries".
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