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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 countryAustralia 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)
Statistics
Crews68 at start, 20 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Rauno Aaltonen
Australia Jeff Beaumont
Australia Nissan Motor Australia

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.

Results

Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points)
1 3 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Finland Rauno Aaltonen
Australia Jeff Beaumont
Datsun 710 SSS 79.84
2 4 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Sweden Harry Källström
Sweden Claes Billstam
Datsun 710 SSS 85.25
3 12 Australia Gerry Ball Tuning Service Australia Bob Watson
Australia Peter Godden
Datsun 710 SSS 113.81
4 9 Japan Colt Motor Sports Club Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka
Australia Garry Connelly
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 115.51
5 8 Australia Ford Motor Company of Australia Australia Greg Carr
Australia Wayne Gregson
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 152.31
6 5 Australia Nissan Motor Australia Kenya Shekhar Mehta
Australia Adrian Mortimer
Datsun PB210 159.45
7 23 Australia Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre Australia Ian Hill
Australia Graham Roser
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 193.81
8 27 Australia Gosford Dyno-Tune Centre Australia Ross Jackson
Australia Peter Berriman
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 213.90
9 28 Australia Rallyequip Japan Singeru Kanno
Japan Kiyoshi Kawamura
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 232.86
10 13 New Zealand Masport NZ Limited New Zealand Blair Robson
New Zealand Chris Porter
Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II 267.71
11 14 Japan H. Yoshimoto Japan Hisao Kunimasa
Japan Mikihiko Kawai
Subaru Leone 293.24
12 33 Australia Brian Hilton Australia Brian Hilton
Australia Barry Lake
Peugeot 504 TI 318.51
13 76 Australia Stephen Taylor Australia Stephen Taylor
Australia Gregory Pepper
Mitsubishi Galant 326.14
14 54 Australia Cascade Motors Australia Gordon Leven
Australia Phil Bonsar
Datsun 180B SSS 352.37
15 60 Japan Hideya Satoh Japan Hideya Satoh
Australia Barry Jarman
Isuzu Gemini PF50 370.70
16 64 Australia New England Sporting Car Club Australia Graeme Taylor
Australia Kevin Pearson
Ford Escort 1600 Mark II 375.84
17 49 Australia Rallyequip Japan Kenji Sato
Japan Yasunobu Ninomiya
Toyota Corolla Coupe TE30 405.93
18 65 Japan Eiji Bessho Japan Eiji Bessho
Japan Shiro Kawabe
Isuzu Gemini PF50 409.68
19 77 Australia I.R. Fowler Australia Rex Fowler
Australia Patrick Roberts
Datsun 1600 429.49
20 53 Australia Subaru Queensland Dealer Group Australia Tony Jewels
Australia David Kortland
Subaru Leone 434.18
Source:[2] [3] [4]

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.