1977 Southern Cross Rally

The 1977 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the twelfth running of the Southern Cross Rally and the sixteenth round of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. The rally took place between the 8th and the 13th of October 1977. The event covered 2,683 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.[1] It was won by Rauno Aaltonen and Jeff Beaumont, driving a Datsun 710 SSS.

1977 Southern Cross Rally
Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Round 16 of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers
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Host country Australia
Rally baseSydney
Port Macquarie
Dates run8 – 13 October 1977
Stages35 (1,495.32 km; 929.15 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance2,683.93 km (1,667.72 miles)
Results
Overall winner Rauno Aaltonen
Jeff Beaumont
Nissan Motor Australia
Crews68 at start, 20 at finish

Results
Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Time)
1 3 Nissan Motor Australia Rauno Aaltonen
Jeff Beaumont		 Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 20min 24sec
2 4 Nissan Motor Australia Harry Källström
Claes Billstam		 Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 25min 25sec
3 12 Gerry Ball Tuning Service Bob Watson
Peter Godden		 Datsun 710 SSS 1hr 54min 21sec
4 9 Colt Motor Sports Club Kenjiro Shinozuka
Garry Connelly		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 1hr 55min 51sec
5 8 Ford Motor Company of Australia Greg Carr
Wayne Gregson		 Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 2hr 32min 31sec
6 5 Nissan Motor Australia Shekhar Mehta
Adrian Mortimer		 Datsun PB210 2hr 39min 45sec
7 23 Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre Ian Hill
Graham Roser		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 14min 21sec
8 27 Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre Ross Jackson
Peter Berriman		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 34min 30sec
9 28 Rallyequip Singeru Kanno
Kiyoshi Kawamura		 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 3hr 53min 26sec
10 13 Masport NZ Limited Blair Robson
Chris Porter		 Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 4hr 28min 11sec
11 14 H. Yoshimoto Hisao Kunimasa
Mikihiko Kawai		 Subaru Leone 4hr 53min 24sec
12 33 Brian Hilton Brian Hilton
Barry Lake		 Peugeot 504 TI 5hr 18min 51sec
13 76 Stephen Taylor Stephen Taylor
Gregory Pepper		 Mitsubishi Galant 5hr 26min 14sec
14 54 Cascade Motors Gordon Leven
Phil Bonsar		 Datsun 180B SSS 5hr 52min 37sec
15 60 Hideya Satoh Hideya Satoh
Barry Jarman		 Isuzu Gemini PF50 6hr 11min 10sec
16 64 New England Sporting Car Club Graeme Taylor
Kevin Pearson		 Ford Escort 1600 Mark II 6hr 16min 24sec
17 49 Rallyequip Kenji Sato
Yasunobu Ninomiya		 Toyota Corolla Coupe TE30 6hr 46min 33sec
18 65 Eiji Bessho Eiji Bessho
Shiro Kawabe		 Isuzu Gemini PF50 6hr 50min 8sec
19 77 I.R. Fowler Rex Fowler
Patrick Roberts		 Datsun 1600 7hr 9min 49sec
20 53 Subaru Queensland Dealer Group Tony Jewels
David Kortland		 Subaru Leone 7hr 14min 18sec
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References
  1. Dan White. "1977 Route".
  2. Dan White. "1977 - Aaltonen wins for Datsun".
  3. Dan White. "1977 Entries".
  4. "How They Finished". The Canberra Times. 13 October 1977.
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