1974 Southern Cross Rally Explained

1974 Southern Cross Rally
Native Name:The Sun-Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Rallybase:Sydney
Port Macquarie
Startdate:9
Enddate:13 October 1974
Stages:48
Stagekm:1919.60
Overallkm:3506.37
Surface:Tarmac and Gravel
Driver1: Andrew Cowan
John Bryson
Team1: Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
Teamsstart:61
Teamsfinish:7

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.

Results

EntrantDriversCarPenalties (Points)
19 Andrew Cowan
John Bryson
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR209
21 Joginder Singh
Garry Connelly
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR272
322 Tatsuo Yaginuma Tatsuo Yaginuma
Haruo Okada
Toyota Trueno441
418 Nissan Motor Australia George Fury
Monty Suffern
Datsun 180B SSS1051
514 Nissan Motor Australia Yoshio Iwashita
Nobuhiro Yasuoka
Datsun 710 SSS2021
631 Robert Jackson Robert Jackson
Ross Jackson
Holden Torana LJ XU-12528
738 Dr. J. Munro John Munro
Wal Harris
Datsun 16003708
Source:[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1974 Route. Dan White.
  2. Web site: 1974 - Cowan leads the Magnificent Seven. Dan White.
  3. Web site: 1974 Entries. Dan White.