1975 Australian Rally Championship

The 1975 Australian Rally Championship was a series of seven rallying events held across Australia. It was the eighth season in the history of the competition.

Ross Dunkerton and navigator John Large in the Datsun 240Z were the winners of the 1975 Championship.

Season review

The eighth Australian Rally Championship was once again held over seven events across Australia. This season consisted of two events each for Victoria and New South Wales, and one each in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.[1] The 1975 season saw domination of the Datsun 240Z's, with Dunkerton and Large winning convincingly (three wins, two seconds and a third) from McLeod and Mortimer.

The Rallies

The seven events of the 1975 season were as follows.[2]

Round Rally Date
1 Mazda House 1000 Rally (NSW)
2 Toms Tyres 1600 Rally (WA)
3 Akademos Rally (VIC)
4 Bega Valley Rally (NSW)
5 Warana Rally (QLD)
6 Walker Trophy Rally (SA)
7 Alpine Rally (VIC)

Round One – Mazda House 1000 Rally
Position Driver Navigator Car Points
1 George Fury Roger Bonhomme Datsun 710 34
=2 Ross Dunkerton John Large Datsun 260Z 39
=2 Doug Stewart Brian Hope Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 39
4 Adrian Taylor John Suominen Honda Civic 49
5 Stewart McLeod Adrian Mortimer Datsun 260Z 51
6 Dean Rainsford Graham West Porsche 911 64

Round Two – Toms Tyres 1600 Rally
Position Driver Navigator Car Points
1 Ross Dunkerton John Large Datsun 260Z 44
2 John Edwards Bill Philip Datsun 260Z 63
3 Stewart McLeod Adrian Mortimer Datsun 260Z 64
4 Ed Mulligan George Shepheard Holden Torana L34 67
5 John Neal Dave Manners Torana GTR XU-1 92
6 Alan Stean Lyn Mathews Datsun 240Z 104

Round Three – Akademos Rally
=1 Ross Dunkerton John Large Datsun 260Z 48
=1 Stewart McLeod Adrian Mortimer Datsun 260Z 48
3 George Fury Monty Suffern Datsun 710 55
4 Colin Bond George Shepheard Holden Torana L34 61
5 Doug Stewart Lindsay Adcock Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 64
6 Dean Rainsford Bernie Peasley Porsche 911 77

Round Four – Bega Valley Rally
Position Driver Navigator Car Points
1 Colin Bond George Shepheard Holden Torana L34 65
2 Robert Jackson Ross Jackson Torana GTR XU-1 77
3 Ross Dunkerton John Large Datsun 260Z 87
4 Ed Mulligan Fred Gocentas Holden Torana L34 88
5 David Jones Ian Baldock Mitsubishi Galant 97
6 Barry Dyer Brian McGuirk Subaru Coupe 145

Round Five – Warana Rally
1 Ross Dunkerton John Large Datsun 260Z 49
2 Stewart McLeod Adrian Mortimer Datsun 260Z 50
3 Ed Mulligan Fred Gocentas Holden Torana L34 52
4 Alan Hall Bruce Mallett Mazda RX3 83
5 David Jones Ian Baldock Mitsubishi Galant 86
6 Peter Wickham Darryl Kelly Torana GTR XU-1 100

Round Six – Walker Trophy Rally
1 Dean Rainsford Graham West Porsche 911 45
2 Ross Dunkerton John Large Datsun 260Z 45.75
3 Stewart McLeod Adrian Mortimer Datsun 260Z 50.25
4 Bob Pike Graham Middleton Datsun 260Z 59.5
5 Jim Conaghty Kevin Attwood Mazda RX3 72.25
6 Dieter Thumm Barry Walmsley Ford Escort RS2000 72.5

Round Seven – Alpine Rally
1 Stewart McLeod Adrian Mortimer Datsun 260Z 121
2 David Bond Ian Richards Mitsubishi Lancer 143
3 Murray Coote Rod Browning Datsun 1200 148
4 Roger Jackson Fred Gocentas Torana GTR XU-1 159
5 Garry Harrowfield Trevor Boyd Datsun 1600
6 David Jones Ian Baldock Mitsubishi Galant 215

1975 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1975 is as follows.[3][4]

Ross Dunkerton – Champion Driver 1975
Position Driver Car Points
1 Ross Dunkerton Datsun 240Z 37.5
2 Stewart McLeod Datsun 240Z 30.5
3 George Fury Datsun 710 13
4 Colin Bond Holden Torana L34 12
5= Ed Mulligan Holden Torana L34 10
5= Dean Rainsford Porsche 911 10

John Large – Champion Navigator 1975
Position Navigator Car Points
1 John Large Datsun 240Z 37.5
2 Adrian Mortimer Datsun 240Z 30.5
3 George Shepheard Holden Torana L34 13
4= Fred Gocentas Holden Torana L34 10
4= Graham West Porsche 911 10
6 Roger Bonhomme Datsun 9

References
  1. "Bega Valley Rally". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. Australian Competition Yearbook 1976
  3. "Bega Valley Rally". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  4. Australian Competition Yearbook 1976
  • Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results.
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