1976 Southern Cross Rally

The 1976 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the eleventh running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 9th and the 14th of October 1976. The event covered 3,334 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.^[1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and Fred Gocentas, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

1976 Southern Cross Rally Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host country	Australia
Rally base	Sydney Port Macquarie
Dates run	9 – 14 October 1976
Stages	48 (2,132.50 km; 1,325.07 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance	3,334.41 km (2,071.91 miles)
Statistics
Crews	88 at start, 22 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Andrew Cowan Fred Gocentas Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd

Results

Pos	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Penalties (Points)
1	6	Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd	Andrew Cowan Fred Gocentas	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	157
2	9	Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd	Barry Ferguson Neil Faulkner	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	203
3	4	Nissan Motor Australia	Shekhar Mehta Adrian Mortimer	Datsun 710 SSS	205
4	19	Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd	Doug Stewart John Dawson-Damer	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	271
5	14	Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd	Kenjiro Shinozuka Garry Connelly	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	324
6	16	Nissan Motor Australia	Per-Inge Walfridsson Peter Godden	Datsun 710 SSS	348
7	34	I.W. Hill	Ian Hill Graham Roser	Mitsubishi Lancer	391
8	27	David Bond	David Bond Ian Richards	Mitsubishi Lancer	418
9	31	Murray Coote	Murray Coote Brian Marsden	Datsun 1200	437
10	28	A. Crawford	Peter Janson Paul Paterson	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	453
11	64	B.E. Clark	Brian Clark Peter Hardy	Mitsubishi Galant	561
12	46	Mitso Ayabe	Mitso Ayabe Shigeru Imai	Toyota Trueno	670
13	48	Gary Meehan	Gary Meehan Martin Fell	Toyota Corolla	688
14	2	Ford Motor Company of Australia	Roger Clark Jim Porter	Ford Escort RS 1800 Mark II	855
15	25	Jim Reddiex	Jim Reddiex Greg Sked	Citroën CX2200	1069
16	58	Dr. J. Munro	John Munro Wal Harris	Datsun 180B	1146
17	51	David Balmain	David Balmain Guenter Nowacki	Mitsubishi Lancer	1355
18	53	Hideya Satoh	Hideya Satoh Tarao Mitsuaki	Mitsubishi Lancer	1805
19	65	Akira Tezuna	Akira Tezuna Yukio Iwashita	Mitsubishi Lancer	1942
20	69	W.C. Adams Racing	Bill Adams Keith Snowball	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	2530
21	20	Brut Team Alfa	Evan Green John Bryson	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT	2905
22	76	Team Route 6 Japan	Hisashi Shimura Kazuo Takahashi	Honda Civic	4935
Source:[2][3][4]

References

1. Dan White. "1976 Route".
2. Dan White. "1976 - Cowan's last win".
3. Dan White. "1976 Entries".
4. "Cowan wins Fifth Rally in a Row". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 October 1976.