1974 Entries

Manufacturer support for the Southern Cross was strong in 1974 with entries from Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault and Subaru.

Mitsubishi entered three new cars and used three from 1973 for Cowan, Singh, Stewart, Ferguson, Chivas and Riley. There was little difference in the 1600cc single overhead cam Lancers, with the five speed box, and the CD1 ignition. In addition eight other Lancers were in the event in the hands of Australian and Japanese crews.

Nissan enetred the new Datsun 710 SSS (with 1800cc SOHC 200 bhp engines) for Kallstrom and Kilfoyle, and a Datsun 180B SSS from the previous year for Fury. Assistance was extended to Iwashita in another 710.

Renault entered the fancied ‘Don Capasco Rally winning' Alpine Coupe for Watson.

The Subaru Team, chasing class wins, entered four sporty Subaru 1361cc GSR coupes for a mixture of Japanese and Australian crews led by Takaoka.

A Ford works alloy-engined Escort BDA was driven by Hodgson.

Noticeably absent were Bond and Shepheard in the Hoden Torana 5000 L34. To be competitive the crossmember needed to be strengthened and so it was, under CAMS Group C regulations. The Southern Cross Rally allowed such cars but they were not to be modified beyond FIA Group 2 – to keep some sort of equalisation. So, the car wasn’t entered. To rub salt into the wound most of the Group 2 cars did HAVE crossmember strengthening, but this was allowed if the crossmember was homologated as such and appeared on the FIA homologation papers for the car.

Note that cars did not necessarily start in number order.

No.	Driver	Country/ State	Co-Driver	Country/ State	Car Year	Car	cc
1	Joginder Singh	Kenya	Garry Connelly	NSW	74	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
2	Harry Kallstrom	Sweden	Roger Bonhomme	Vic	74	Datsun 710	1889
3	Frank Kilfoyle	Vic	Ian Richards	Vic	74	Datsun 710	1889
4	Barry Ferguson	NSW	Lindsay Adock	NSW	74	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
5	Jean Louis Leyraud	NC	Richard Denny	NSW	73	BMW 2002	1998
6	Doug Chivas	NSW	Peter Meyer	NSW	73	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
7	Stewart McLeod	SA	Adrian Mortimer	SA	74	Datsun 260Z	2303
8	Bob Riley	NSW	Adrian van Loon	NSW	73	Mitsubishi Lancer	1507
9	Andrew Cowan	Scot	John Bryson	NSW	74	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
10	Bruce Hodgson	NSW	Fred Gocentas	ACT	73	Ford Escort RS 1600	1977
11	Bob Watson	Vic	Jeff Beaumont	Tas	72	Alpine A110	1796
12	Doug Stewart	NSW	Dave Johnson	NSW	73	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
13	Evan Green	NSW	Roy Denny	NSW	74	Leyland P76	4416
14	Yoshio Iwashita	Japan	Nobuhiro Yasuoka	Japan	73	Datsun 710	1889
15	Bill Evans	Vic	Mike Mitchell	Vic	74	Datsun 120Y	1171
16	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Japan	Iwao Kimata	Japan	73	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
17	Yohsio Takaoka	Japan	Graham Elliott	ACT	74	Subaru GSR Coupe	1361
18	George Fury	Vic	Monty Suffern	Vic	73	Datsun 180B SSS	1800
19	Shigero Kanna	Japan	Taskatsu Endo	Japan	73	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
20	James Laing-Peach	NSW	Barry Lake	NSW	74	Subaru GSR Coupe	1361
21	Allan Lawson	Qld	Tony Best	Qld	73	Toyota Celica	1588
22	Tatsuo Yaginuma	Japan	Harou Okada	Japan	73	Toyota Trueno	1588
23	Gordon Thomas	NZ	Steve Halloran	NSW	72	Mitsubishi Galant	1600
24	Brian Hilton	NSW	Bruce Mudd	NSW	74	Alfa Alfetta	1770
25	Kunio Ishiguro	Japan	Masahiro Tominaga	Japan	73	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
27	Garry Mecak	NSW	Brian McQuirk	NSW	72	Mazda RX3	2292
28	Rod Millen	NZ	Paul Swann	NZ	74	Mazda RX3	2292
29	Des West	NSW	Richard McMasters	NSW	73	Holden Torana XU1	3310
30	Hiroshi Watanabe	Japan	Koji Watanabe	Japan	74	Mitsubishi Lancer	1597
31	Robert Jackson	NSW	Ross Jackson	NSW	73	Holden Torana XU1	3310
32	Helmet Goetz	Vic	Peter MacFarlane	Vic	74	Holden Torana SLR	5000
33	Graham Thompson	ACT	Chris Coleman	ACT	70	Datsun 1600	1595
34	Gary Meehan	NSW	Graeme Gillies	NSW	69	Toyota Corolla	1166
35	Norm Bolitho	NSW	Peter Brown	NSW	74	Subaru GSR Coupe	1361
36	Malcolm Horsley	NSW	Keith Bateson	NSW	71	Datsun 240Z	2393
37	Brian McIllvena	NSW	Rowley Ashworth	NSW	74	Subaru GSR Coupe	1361
38	John Munro	Vic	Wal Harris	Vic	70	Datsun 1600	1595
39	Bryan Andrews	NZ	Alister Gibbes	NZ	73	Fiat 130	1200
40	Bill Adams	NSW	Graham Lockie	NSW	72	Holden Torana XU1	3310
41	Geoff Ross	NSW	James Williamson	NSW	73	Honda Civic	1100
42	David Morris	NZ	Maurice Hiesland	NZ	71	Vauxhall Viva	1975
43	Carolyn Wallace	NSW	Anne Dunne	NSW	71	Toyota Corolla	1166
44	Keith Leslie	NSW	John Humphreys	NSW	60	Morris Cooper S	1275
45	Dennis Lloyd	NSW	Colin Mate	NSW	68	Datsun 1600	1595
46	George Kahler	Qld	Bob Lumby	Qld	71	Mazda RX2	2292
47	Robert Kahl	NSW	James Kahl	NSW	72	Holden Torana XU1	3310
48	Hal Maloney	NSW	Kerry Anderson	NSW	74	Leyland P76	4416
49	Murray Coote	Qld	Brian Marsden	Qld	71	Datsun 1200	1171
50	Wayne Bell	NSW	Brian Mepham	NSW	73	Mitsubishi Galant	1600
51	Ean Hill	WA	Antony Rushton	WA	74	Holden Torana SLR	3300
52	Timothy Wood	Vic	Bruce Partridge	Vic	73	Honda Civic	1100
53	Brian Clark	NSW	Peter Hardy	NSW	71	Datsun 1600	1595
54	Gary Bevan	ACT	Bill Palmer	ACT	70	Datsun 1600	1595
55	Wally Pywell	ACT	Allan Cummine	ACT	74	Mitsubishi Lancer	1400
56	Jeffrey Gilholme	NSW	Allan Perry	NSW	71	Holden Torana XU1	3048
57	Stephen Taylor	NSW	Garry Pritchard	NSW	72	Ford Escort TC	1558
58	Peter Berriman	NSW	Neil Weston	NSW	70	Toyota Corolla	1166
59	Clem Harris	NSW	Chris Morris	NSW	66	Holden HD	2960
60	Tom Heyden	Qld	Janice Corbett	Qld	72	Mazda Capella	2292
61	Allan Pryde	Qld	Gerald Byrne	Qld	68	Holden Monaro	2850
62	Rodney Jones	NSW	Arthur Davis	NSW	72	Mazda RX2	2292
63	Dave Colless	NSW	Mike Sweeney	NSW	71	Mitsubishi Galant	1600
64	Colin Carr	NSW	Chris King	NSW	70	Ford Escort GT	1300