1993 London–Sydney Marathon

The 1993 London–Sydney Marathon, officially Lombard London–Sydney Marathon was the third running of the LondonSydney 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.

1993 London–Sydney Marathon
Lombard London–Sydney Marathon
Host countryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Australia Australia
Rally baseLondon
Sydney
Dates run17 April 16 May 1993
Stages44
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance16,000 km (9,900 miles)
Results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Francis Tuthill
United Kingdom Anthony Showell
Crews106 at start, 86 at finish

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

Pos No Drivers Car Penalties (Time)
1 51 United Kingdom Francis Tuthill
United Kingdom Anthony Showell
Porsche 911 13hr 36min 11sec
2 3 Australia Ian Vaughan
Australia Barry Lake
Ford Falcon XT GT 13hr 50min 31sec
3 66 Kenya Mike Kirkland
United Kingdom Crispin Sassoon
Peugeot 504 13hr 58min 10sec
4 2 United Kingdom Roger Clark
United Kingdom Tony Moy
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 58min 42sec
5 64 United Kingdom Graham Lorimer
New Zealand Gary Smith
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 59min 32sec
6 49 United Kingdom Colin Short
United Kingdom Nick Starkey
Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 10min 28sec
7 77 Kenya David Horsey
United Kingdom Michael Kearns
Peugeot 504 14hr 11min 28sec
8 22 Australia Bruce Hodgson
Australia Ronald Lawton
Ford Falcon XT GT 14hr 14min 23sec
9 45 Australia Dean Rainsford
Australia Ben Rainsford
Ford Mustang 14hr 18min 10sec
10 78 Australia Steve Ashton
Australia Dr. Rosemary Nixon
Datsun P510 14hr 21min 35sec
11 26 Australia Richard Anderson
Australia Michael Ryan
Alfa Romeo Giulia 14hr 35min 7sec
12 10 France Patrick Vanson
France Bernard Consten
Peugeot 504 14hr 48min 7sec
13 7 Australia Evan Green
Australia Gavin Green
Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 59min 35sec
14 105 Australia Philip Hooper
Australia Adrian Stafford
Porsche 911 S 15hr 17min 39sec
15 88 Australia Howard Laughton
Australia Keith Carling
Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 15hr 41min 6sec
16 48 Australia Bob Almond
Australia Lance Fisher
Datsun 1600 15hr 41min 35sec
17 57 Australia Ross Alexander
Australia John Garathy
Holden Monaro 15hr 52min 9sec
18 47 Australia George Bevan
Australia Graeme Furness
Volvo 144S 16hr 0min 11sec
19 99 Austria Franz Stangl
South Africa Stanley Illman
Porsche 911 16hr 3min 41sec
20 44 United Kingdom Howard Paterson
United Kingdom Ian North
Volvo Amazon 16hr 27min 34sec
21 23 United Kingdom Peter Sugden
United Kingdom Stuart McCrudden
Ford Cortina Mark II 16hr 31min 53sec
22 91 United Kingdom Roger Ealand
Australia Margaret Ealand
Volvo 123 GT 16hr 34min 44sec
23 56 New Zealand John Hunt
Australia John Williams
Holden Monaro 16hr 44min 22sec
24 8 Russia Victor Shavelev
Russia Alexandr Dolbish
Moskvitch Y08 16hr 47min 42sec
25 25 United Kingdom Peter Hall
United Kingdom Mary Hall
Ford Escort Mark I 16hr 56min 9sec
26 92 Australia Rowan Quill
Australia Bob Morrow
Ford Falcon XT GT 16hr 59min 30sec
27 50 Italy Marco Cajani
Italy Antonello Macellari
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI 17hr 3min 31sec
28 19 Australia George Reynolds
Australia Desmond West
Volkswagen Beetle 17hr 8min 0sec
29 82 United Kingdom Graham Goodall
United Kingdom John Platt
Austin-Healey 3000 17hr 29min 32sec
30 83 Netherlands Wim Konigsveld
Netherlands Go Wammes
Rover P5B 17hr 30min 50sec
31 85 Japan Yoshifumi Ogawa
France Bertrand Renaudineau
Datsun P510 17hr 45min 36sec
32 27 Australia Vyvian Hirons
Australia Brendon Lindsey
Alfa Romeo GTV 18hr 11min 20sec
33 15 Netherlands David van Lennep
Netherlands Paul Van Dourne
DAF 55 18hr 14min 53sec
34 67 Papua New Guinea Nigel Egginton
Papua New Guinea Bruno Fulcher
Holden Monaro 18hr 23min 21sec
35 103 United Kingdom Michael Cotter
United Kingdom Graham Adams
Datsun 1600 18hr 38min 12sec
36 75 United Kingdom John Griffiths
United Kingdom Neville Marriner
Ford Cortina Mark II 18hr 50min 6sec
37 43 Australia Gordon Ketelbey
Australia Kim Ketelbey
Ford Mustang 20hr 41min 54sec
38 4 United Kingdom Doug Morris
United Kingdom Bruce Stapleton
Morgan Plus 8 21hr 19min 43sec
39 40 United Kingdom Max Harvey
United Kingdom Martyn Griffiths
Porsche 911 S 21hr 25min 36sec
40 69 United Kingdom Ian Mitchell
United Kingdom David Harris
Ford Escort Mark I 21hr 32min 51sec
41 29 Australia Trevor Eastwood
Australia David Hartley
Holden Monaro 22hr 33min 32sec
42 41 Australia Ross Lamb
Australia John Malcolm
Holden HR 22hr 37min 14sec
43 55 New Zealand Alastair Caldwell
New Zealand Vernon Pascoe
Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 22hr 50min 15sec
44 63 Australia Bruce Hogarth
Australia Tony Wurf
Ford Falcon XT 23hr 9min 38sec
45 31 Netherlands Eric Leerdam
Netherlands Jan van der Hayden
Peugeot 404 23hr 13min 49sec
46 72 Hungary Andras Jojart
Hungary Janos Balazs
Porsche 911 RS 23hr 22min 20sec
47 62 Australia Vince Bloink
Australia Robert Sainsbury
Peugeot 504 23hr 27min 37sec
48 102 Australia Lambros Kouriefs
Australia Hugh Savage
Holden EH 23hr 46min 54sec
49 98 Australia Terry Lawrie
Australia Richard Pierce
Holden Monaro HK 24hr 9min 11sec
50 80 Australia Pat Cole
Australia Doug Briscoe
Mercedes-Benz 230 SL 24hr 54min 21sec
51 37 United Kingdom Sandy Dalgarno
United Kingdom Sandy Taylor
Ford Cortina Lotus Mark I 25hr 2min 48sec
52 81 United Kingdom Tim Pearce
United Kingdom Miles Pearce
Rover 2000 TC Mark I 25hr 35min 56sec
53 84 United Kingdom Richard Martin-Hurst
United Kingdom Bill Meade
Rover P5B 25hr 38min 7sec
54 87 United Kingdom John Hills
United Kingdom Trevor Chivers
Triumph 2000 Mark I 25hr 41min 5sec
55 74 Australia Lawrie Beacham
Australia Jim Rosenow
Ford Falcon XT GT 26hr 9min 48sec
56 9 Republic of Ireland Paddy McClintock
Republic of Ireland David Dunn
Peugeot 404 28hr 37min 14sec
57 104 Australia George Geshos
Australia John McLean
Volkswagen Beetle 28hr 43min 51sec
58 65 Netherlands Rob van de Beek
Netherlands Eismos Bergsma
Ford Mustang GT500 28hr 59min 10sec
59 13 United Kingdom Freddie Preston
United Kingdom George Hampson
Rover 2000 TC Mark I 29hr 14min 26sec
60 68 Australia David Ryan
Australia Gregory Stevenson
Holden Monaro hr min sec
61 16 United Kingdom David Harrison
United Kingdom Martin Proudlock
Ford Cortina Mark II 30hr 41min 16sec
62 32 United Kingdom Roy Dixon
United Kingdom Angus Watt
Ford Zephyr Mark II 30hr 58min 7sec
63 5 Australia Gerry Lister
Australia Kevin Edwards
Volvo 144S 31hr 22min 30sec
64 38 Germany Gunther Stamm
Germany Corinna Stamm
MG MGB 31hr 32min 11sec
65 96 Australia John Hamilton
Australia Giles Chapman
Hillman Hunter 32hr 17min 59sec
66 94 Australia Barry Rowe
United Kingdom Harry Hawkes
MG MGB GT 33hr 3min 58sec
67 1 United Kingdom Andrew Cowan
United Kingdom Johnstone Syer
Hillman Hunter 33hr 18min 35sec
68 36 South Africa Roger Pearce
South Africa Sam Beukes
MG MGB GT 33hr 28min 15sec
69 12 United States Sidney Dickson
United States Sue Loweree
AMC Rambler 35hr 26min 39sec
70 101 United Kingdom Thomas Grace
United Kingdom Peter Woodward
Austin 1800 36hr 0min 2sec
71 106 Australia Mark Minarelli
Australia John Rudajs
Ford Falcon XT GT 36hr 35min 16sec
72 73 Australia Terry Daly
New Zealand Bob Brill
Ford Mustang 36hr 57min 54sec
73 60 Australia Georgina Chaseling
Australia Virginia Bevan
Volvo 122S 37hr 3min 54sec
74 70 Australia Tom Barr Smith
Australia Darkie Barr Smith
Rover P6B 37hr 44min 54sec
75 86 Australia Norbert Wyzenbeek
Australia Stuart Wilkins
Porsche 911L 39hr 59min 44sec
76 90 Australia Michael Blakiston
Australia Christopher Jones
Ford Escort Mark I 40hr 41min 7sec
77 42 Czech Republic Karel Simek
Czech Republic Oto Lendecky
Škoda 1100 MB 42hr 14min 10sec
78 46 Czech Republic Jiri Kotek
Czech Republic Jiri Sedivy
Škoda 1100 MB 42hr 16min 37sec
79 59 Australia Ben Seehusen
Australia Andrew Dodd
Volkswagen Beetle 42hr 45min 51sec
80 17 United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom Terry Kingsley
Volvo 144S 47hr 16min 21sec
81 93 United Kingdom Barry Gardner
United Kingdom Jill Diamond
Triumph 2000 Mark I 52hr 30min 33sec
82 71 Australia Ron Verschuur
Australia Bruce McAllister
MG MGB 53hr 17min 51sec
83 35 United Kingdom Peter Finnigan
United Kingdom Neil Marjoram
Ford Cortina Lotus Mark II 65hr 18min 38sec
84 95 United Kingdom David Hall
United Kingdom Jacky Hall
Volvo PV 544 68hr 12min 33sec
85 33 United Kingdom Ron Hodgson
United Kingdom Gerald Brooks
Mercedes-Benz 220 SE 70hr 46min 6sec
86 52 Japan Yasuhisa Tokugawa
Japan Fumio Kamei
Ford Escort Mark I 81hr 16min 36sec
Source:[2][3]

References

  1. London Sydney Marathon 1993 Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, TWE Rally
  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
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