1993 London–Sydney Marathon Explained

1993 London–Sydney Marathon
Native Name:	Lombard London–Sydney Marathon
Rallybase:	London Sydney
Startdate:	17 April
Enddate:	16 May 1993
Stages:	44
Overallkm:	16000
Surface:	Tarmac and Gravel
Driver1:	Francis Tuthill Anthony Showell
Teamsstart:	106
Teamsfinish:	86

The 1993 London–Sydney Marathon, officially Lombard London–Sydney Marathon was the third running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 17 April and 16 May 1993. The event covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell in a Porsche 911.

Background

Nick Brittan, who was a competitor in the original event in 1968, decided to organise a modern London to Sydney Marathon featuring pre-1970 cars to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original event being held in 1968 through his company, Trans World Events, who would go on to organise similar endurance events over the next decade.^[1] He managed to persuaded 25 of the original 1968 competitors to take part in the 1993 event which included the 1968 winner, Andrew Cowan, who had the Hillman Hunter that he won the 1968 event in, on loan to him by the Scottish Automobile Club Museum and former British Rally Champion Roger Clark.The route would see competitors cross Europe and Asia in the first eleven days of the event before the cars would be airlifted from Turkey to India with competitors driving through the country for the next seven days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally. The event was to have three major differences comparing to the original event in 1968. Firstly, the changing political climate in the Middle East meant that several countries such as Iran and Afghanistan were now out of bounds, although in Europe, Turkey and Australia much of the original route was retraced from the original. Secondly, the old scheduled open road sections would be replaced with more modern timed special stages for safety reasons. Finally, with the demise of the great passenger liners there would be no great voyage across the Indian Ocean from India to Australia, Brittan and TWE instead hired two Antonov An-124 cargo planes to take the vehicles from India to Australia.^[1]

Results

		Drivers	Car	Penalties (Time)
1	51	Francis Tuthill Anthony Showell	Porsche 911	13hr 36min 11sec
2	3	Ian Vaughan Barry Lake	Ford Falcon XT GT	13hr 50min 31sec
3	66	Mike Kirkland Crispin Sassoon	Peugeot 504	13hr 58min 10sec
4	2	Roger Clark Tony Moy	Ford Escort Mark I	13hr 58min 42sec
5	64	Graham Lorimer Gary Smith	Ford Escort Mark I	13hr 59min 32sec
6	49	Colin Short Nick Starkey	Ford Escort Mark I	14hr 10min 28sec
7	77	David Horsey Michael Kearns	Peugeot 504	14hr 11min 28sec
8	22	Bruce Hodgson Ronald Lawton	Ford Falcon XT GT	14hr 14min 23sec
9	45	Dean Rainsford Ben Rainsford	Ford Mustang	14hr 18min 10sec
10	78	Steve Ashton Dr. Rosemary Nixon	Datsun P510	14hr 21min 35sec
11	26	Richard Anderson Michael Ryan	Alfa Romeo Giulia	14hr 35min 7sec
12	10	Patrick Vanson Bernard Consten	Peugeot 504	14hr 48min 7sec
13	7	Evan Green Gavin Green	Ford Escort Mark I	14hr 59min 35sec
14	105	Philip Hooper Adrian Stafford	Porsche 911 S	15hr 17min 39sec
15	88	Howard Laughton Keith Carling	Mercedes-Benz 280 SE	15hr 41min 6sec
16	48	Bob Almond Lance Fisher	Datsun 1600	15hr 41min 35sec
17	57	Ross Alexander John Garathy	Holden Monaro	15hr 52min 9sec
18	47	George Bevan Graeme Furness	Volvo 144S	16hr 0min 11sec
19	99	Franz Stangl Stanley Illman	Porsche 911	16hr 3min 41sec
20	44	Howard Paterson Ian North	Volvo Amazon	16hr 27min 34sec
21	23	Peter Sugden Stuart McCrudden	Ford Cortina Mark II	16hr 31min 53sec
22	91	Roger Ealand Margaret Ealand	Volvo 123 GT	16hr 34min 44sec
23	56	John Hunt John Williams	Holden Monaro	16hr 44min 22sec
24	8	Victor Shavelev Alexandr Dolbish	Moskvitch Y08	16hr 47min 42sec
25	25	Peter Hall Mary Hall	Ford Escort Mark I	16hr 56min 9sec
26	92	Rowan Quill Bob Morrow	Ford Falcon XT GT	16hr 59min 30sec
27	50	Marco Cajani Antonello Macellari	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI	17hr 3min 31sec
28	19	George Reynolds Desmond West	Volkswagen Beetle	17hr 8min 0sec
29	82	Graham Goodall John Platt	Austin-Healey 3000	17hr 29min 32sec
30	83	Wim Konigsveld Go Wammes	Rover P5B	17hr 30min 50sec
31	85	Yoshifumi Ogawa Bertrand Renaudineau	Datsun P510	17hr 45min 36sec
32	27	Vyvian Hirons Brendon Lindsey	Alfa Romeo GTV	18hr 11min 20sec
33	15	David van Lennep Paul Van Dourne	DAF 55	18hr 14min 53sec
34	67	Nigel Egginton Bruno Fulcher	Holden Monaro	18hr 23min 21sec
35	103	Michael Cotter Graham Adams	Datsun 1600	18hr 38min 12sec
36	75	John Griffiths Neville Marriner	Ford Cortina Mark II	18hr 50min 6sec
37	43	Gordon Ketelbey Kim Ketelbey	Ford Mustang	20hr 41min 54sec
38	4	Doug Morris Bruce Stapleton	Morgan Plus 8	21hr 19min 43sec
39	40	Max Harvey Martyn Griffiths	Porsche 911 S	21hr 25min 36sec
40	69	Ian Mitchell David Harris	Ford Escort Mark I	21hr 32min 51sec
41	29	Trevor Eastwood David Hartley	Holden Monaro	22hr 33min 32sec
42	41	Ross Lamb John Malcolm	Holden HR	22hr 37min 14sec
43	55	Alastair Caldwell Vernon Pascoe	Mercedes-Benz 280 SL	22hr 50min 15sec
44	63	Bruce Hogarth Tony Wurf	Ford Falcon XT	23hr 9min 38sec
45	31	Eric Leerdam Jan van der Hayden	Peugeot 404	23hr 13min 49sec
46	72	Andras Jojart Janos Balazs	Porsche 911 RS	23hr 22min 20sec
47	62	Vince Bloink Robert Sainsbury	Peugeot 504	23hr 27min 37sec
48	102	Lambros Kouriefs Hugh Savage	Holden EH	23hr 46min 54sec
49	98	Terry Lawrie Richard Pierce	Holden Monaro HK	24hr 9min 11sec
50	80	Pat Cole Doug Briscoe	Mercedes-Benz 230 SL	24hr 54min 21sec
51	37	Sandy Dalgarno Sandy Taylor	Ford Cortina Lotus Mark I	25hr 2min 48sec
52	81	Tim Pearce Miles Pearce	Rover 2000 TC Mark I	25hr 35min 56sec
53	84	Richard Martin-Hurst Bill Meade	Rover P5B	25hr 38min 7sec
54	87	John Hills Trevor Chivers	Triumph 2000 Mark I	25hr 41min 5sec
55	74	Lawrie Beacham Jim Rosenow	Ford Falcon XT GT	26hr 9min 48sec
56	9	Paddy McClintock David Dunn	Peugeot 404	28hr 37min 14sec
57	104	George Geshos John McLean	Volkswagen Beetle	28hr 43min 51sec
58	65	Rob van de Beek Eismos Bergsma	Ford Mustang GT500	28hr 59min 10sec
59	13	Freddie Preston George Hampson	Rover 2000 TC Mark I	29hr 14min 26sec
60	68	David Ryan Gregory Stevenson	Holden Monaro	hr min sec
61	16	David Harrison Martin Proudlock	Ford Cortina Mark II	30hr 41min 16sec
62	32	Roy Dixon Angus Watt	Ford Zephyr Mark II	30hr 58min 7sec
63	5	Gerry Lister Kevin Edwards	Volvo 144S	31hr 22min 30sec
64	38	Gunther Stamm Corinna Stamm	MG MGB	31hr 32min 11sec
65	96	John Hamilton Giles Chapman	Hillman Hunter	32hr 17min 59sec
66	94	Barry Rowe Harry Hawkes	MG MGB GT	33hr 3min 58sec
67	1	Andrew Cowan Johnstone Syer	Hillman Hunter	33hr 18min 35sec
68	36	Roger Pearce Sam Beukes	MG MGB GT	33hr 28min 15sec
69	12	Sidney Dickson Sue Loweree	AMC Rambler	35hr 26min 39sec
70	101	Thomas Grace Peter Woodward	Austin 1800	36hr 0min 2sec
71	106	Mark Minarelli John Rudajs	Ford Falcon XT GT	36hr 35min 16sec
72	73	Terry Daly Bob Brill	Ford Mustang	36hr 57min 54sec
73	60	Georgina Chaseling Virginia Bevan	Volvo 122S	37hr 3min 54sec
74	70	Tom Barr Smith Darkie Barr Smith	Rover P6B	37hr 44min 54sec
75	86	Norbert Wyzenbeek Stuart Wilkins	Porsche 911L	39hr 59min 44sec
76	90	Michael Blakiston Christopher Jones	Ford Escort Mark I	40hr 41min 7sec
77	42	Karel Simek Oto Lendecky	Škoda 1100 MB	42hr 14min 10sec
78	46	Jiri Kotek Jiri Sedivy	Škoda 1100 MB	42hr 16min 37sec
79	59	Ben Seehusen Andrew Dodd	Volkswagen Beetle	42hr 45min 51sec
80	17	Derek Bell Terry Kingsley	Volvo 144S	47hr 16min 21sec
81	93	Barry Gardner Jill Diamond	Triumph 2000 Mark I	52hr 30min 33sec
82	71	Ron Verschuur Bruce McAllister	MG MGB	53hr 17min 51sec
83	35	Peter Finnigan Neil Marjoram	Ford Cortina Lotus Mark II	65hr 18min 38sec
84	95	David Hall Jacky Hall	Volvo PV 544	68hr 12min 33sec
85	33	Ron Hodgson Gerald Brooks	Mercedes-Benz 220 SE	70hr 46min 6sec
86	52	Yasuhisa Tokugawa Fumio Kamei	Ford Escort Mark I	81hr 16min 36sec
Source:^[2] ^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.twerally.co.uk/lls/llshome.html London Sydney Marathon 1993
2. Entry List, 1993 Lombard London-Sydney Marathon Official Programme, 1993, pages 8-9
3. The Book-The 1993 Lombard London-Sydney Marathon, 1993, pages 110-111