1977 Australian Rally Championship

The 1977 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five rallying events held across Australia. It was the tenth season in the history of the competition.

Ross Dunkerton and navigator Jeff Beaumont in the Datsun 260Z tied with George Fury and navigator Monty Suffern in the Datsun 710 Coupe for the 1977 Championship.

Season review

The tenth Australian Rally Championship was held over five events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.[1] The 1977 season was a closely fought battle between the Datsuns of Dunkerton and Fury and at the end of the season they could not be separated and thus tied for the championship.

The Rallies

The five events of the 1977 season were as follows.

Round Rally Date
1 North Eastern Rally (VIC)
2 Rally of the West (WA)
3 Lutwyche Village Rally (QLD)
4 Bega Valley Rally (NSW)
5 Endrust Forest Rally (SA)

Round Two – Rally of the West
Position Driver Navigator Car Points
1 Ross Dunkerton Jeff Beaumont Datsun 260Z 41
2 George Fury Monty Suffern Datsun 710 Coupe 52
3 Clive Slater Andy Van Kann Toyota Corolla TE27 58
4 Dean Rainsford Adrian Mortimer SAAB 99 EMS 71
5 Doug Stewart Rod Van Der Straaten Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 82
6 Brian Smallwood Glen Thorp Mitsubishi Lancer 95

Round Four – Bega Valley Rally
Position Driver Navigator Car Points
1 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Ford Escort RS2000 35
2 George Fury Monty Suffern Datsun 710 Coupe 42
3 Darryl Rowney Robert Wilson Datsun 1600 43
4 Peter Gaudron Graeme Pigram Datsun 1600 44
5 Mark Hankinson Graham Moule Datsun 1600 46
6 David Balmain Terry Hanrahan Mitsubishi Lancer 52

1977 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1977 is as follows.[2]

Ross Dunkerton and George Fury – Champion Drivers 1977
Position Driver Car Points
1= Ross Dunkerton Datsun 260Z
1= George Fury Datsun 710 Coupe
3 Doug Stewart
4 David Morrow
5 Greg Carr Ford Escort RS2000
6= Clive Slater
6= Bob Riley

Jeff Beaumont and Monty Suffern – Champion Navigators 1977
Position Navigator Car Points
1= Jeff Beaumont Datsun 260Z
1= Monty Suffern Datsun 710 Coupe
3 George Shepheard
4 Neil Faulkner
5 Fred Gocentas Ford Escort RS2000
6 Brian Hope

References
  1. "Bega Valley Rally". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. "Bega Valley Rally". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  • Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results.


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