1975 Southern Cross Rally Explained

1975 Southern Cross Rally
Native Name:Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Rallybase:Sydney
Port Macquarie
Startdate:8
Enddate:12 October 1975
Stages:48
Stagekm:1348.19
Overallkm:3367.73
Surface:Tarmac and Gravel
Driver1: Andrew Cowan
Fred Gocentas
Team1: Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd
Teamsstart:79
Teamsfinish:30

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.

Results

EntrantDriversCarPenalties (Points)
14 Andrew Cowan
Fred Gocentas
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR189
26 Barry Ferguson
Lindsay Adcock
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR201
33 Gerry Ball Tuning Service Greg Carr
Wayne Gregson
Datsun 180B SSS215
48 Doug Stewart
John Dawson-Damer
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR277
520 Bruce Hodgson
Chris Heaney
Ford Escort RS 1600 Mark I368
630 Subaru Pty Ltd James Laing-Peach
Barry Lake
Subaru Leone A22373
721 Takashi Hirabayashi Takashi Hirabayashi
Yoshimasa Nakahara
Subaru Leone A22397
832 Bruce Cheesman Bruce Chessman
Alan Horsley
Mitsubishi Lancer405
923 Shigeru Kanno Shigeru Kanno
Kiyoshi Kawamura
Mitsubishi Lancer442
1035 Noriyuki Koseki Noriyuki Koseki
Takao Ishii
Subaru Leone A22440
1148 Gary Mecak Gary Mecak
John Trumpmanis
461
1249 Susumu Enjitsu Susumu Enjitsu
Osamu Nishimura
Mitsubishi Lancer501
Source:[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1975 Route. Dan White.
  2. Web site: 1975 - Cowan dominant again. Dan White.
  3. Web site: 1975 Entries. Dan White.