1973 Southern Cross Rally

The 1973 Southern Cross Rally, officially the Sun-Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally was the eighth running of the Southern Cross Rally. The rally took place between the 3rd and the 7th of October 1973. The event covered 3,245 kilometres from Sydney to Port Macquarie.^[1] It was won by Andrew Cowan and John Bryson, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GSR.

1973 Southern Cross Rally The Sun-Total Oil Southern Cross International Rally
Host country	Australia
Rally base	Sydney Port Macquarie
Dates run	3 – 7 October 1973
Stages	40 (1,822.70 km; 1,132.57 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance	3,245.70 km (2,016.78 miles)
Statistics
Crews	71 at start, 38 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Andrew Cowan John Bryson Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd

Results

Pos	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Penalties (Points)
1	5	Mitsubishi Motor Corporation Australia	Andrew Cowan   John Bryson	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	193.25
2	16	Mitsubishi Motor Corporation Australia	Barry Ferguson   Wayne Gregson	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	219
3	3	Mitsubishi Motor Corporation Australia	Doug Chivas   Peter Meyer	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	225.75
4	9	Mitsubishi Motor Corporation Australia	Joginder Singh   Garry Connelly	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR	247.25
5	74	Garry & Warren Smith-Holden Dealer Team	Colin Bond   George Shepheard	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	264
6	8	Nissan Motor Company (Australia)	Frank Kilfoyle   Mike Osborne	Datsun 180B SSS	281.50
7	22	Bob Riley	Bob Riley   Adrian Van Loon	Mitsubishi Galant	366
8	17	Nissan Motor Company (Australia)	Bob Watson   Jeff Beaumont	Datsun 240Z	372
9	21	Tynan Motors P/L	Charlie Lund   Nigel Collier	Mazda RX-3	570.50
10	30	W.E. Evans	Bill Evans   Mike Mitchell	Datsun 1200	726.25
11	41	Ross Dunkerton	Ross Dunkerton   John Large	Datsun 180B SSS	818.50
12	31	Des West	Des West   Richard McMaster	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	819.50
13	28	Shoesmiths	Allan Lawson   Murray Coote	Datsun 1200	951
14	42	Provincial Motors	Jim Laing-Peach   Barry Lake	Subaru Leone GSR	1237.50
15	43	B.G. Bell	Brian Bell   Dr. Brian McGuirk	Datsun 1600	1340.75
16	2	Nissan Motor Company (Australia)	Shekhar Mehta   Roger Bonhomme	Datsun 240Z	1936
17	53	D.E. Beasley	David Beasley   Geoff Sykes	Datsun 1600	2152.75
18	59	Barry Smith Toyota	Gary Meehan   Graham Gillies	Toyota Corolla	2827.75
19	27	Helmut Goetz	Helmut Goetz   Peter McFadzean	Datsun 180B SSS	3519.75
20	71	Bega Valley Team	Neil Weston   Peter Berriman	Datsun 1600	3576.75
21	50	Dr. J. Munro	John Munro   Wal Harris	Datsun 1600	3741.75
22	32	Col Parry	Col Parry   S. Pearce	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	3952.25
23	44	Bega Valley Team	Mark Hankinson   Max Roberts	Datsun 1600	4121
24	70	C.L. O'Brien	Charles O'Brien   Des Dunstan	Holden Torana LJ GTR	4205.25
25	58	N.K. Morris	Keith Morris   John Fell	Datsun 1600	4267.75
26	39	Bega Valley Team	Bob Moore   Ron Wiebe	Mitsubishi Galant	4347.75
27	54	Maurie Quincey	Lynne Jarman   Lyn Stanley	Honda Civic	4378.25
28	37	Bennett Honda	Geoff Ross   Bruce Partridge	Honda Civic	4767.75
29	48	Christian Autosports Club	George Kahler   Richard Denny	Mazda RX-2 Coupe	4800.75
30	57	Erl Calver	Erl Calver   Merv Gillies	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	4825.50
31	56	Bennett Honda	John Blanchard   Fritz Suendermann	Honda Civic	5239.75
32	67	S. Mulholland	Gwyn Mulholland   Wally Pywell	Datsun 1600	5922.25
33	46	Tynan Motors P/L	Brian McIlvenna   Polly Ashworth	Mazda 1200	6095.25
34	45	Robert Kahl	Robert Kahl   James Kahl	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	7930
35	52	North Shore Sporting Car Club	Richard Hill   Sonja Kable-Cumming	Leyland P76	8121.25
36	72	Ron Cross	Ron Cross   Barbara Hellwig	Holden Torana LJ XU-1	8972.75
37	73	Dennis Lloyd	Dennis Lloyd   Colin Mate	Morris Cooper S	12046.75
38	68	K.W. Leslie	Keith Leslie   John Humphreys	Morris Cooper S	14849.50
Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

1. Dan White. "1973 Route".
2. Dan White. "1973 - Cowan and Lancer revel in the wet".
3. Dan White. "1973 Entries".
4. Dan White. "1973 Results".