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 country 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)
Results
Overall winner Andrew Cowan
Fred Gocentas
Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
Crews88 at start, 22 at finish

Results
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]
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References
  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.
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