1978 Australian Rally Championship


The 1978 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia. It was the eleventh season in the history of the competition.
Greg Carr and navigator Fred Gocentas in the Ford Escort RS1800 won the 1978 Championship, finally breaking the dominance of the Datsuns for the past three years.

Season review

The eleventh Australian Rally Championship was held over six events across Australia, the season consisting of two events for New South Wales and one event each for Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. The 1978 season was again a closely fought battle which resulted in a tie at the finish of the last event of the season between the Datsun of Dunkerton and the Escort of Carr. However the championship was awarded to Carr on a countback as he had three wins to Dunkerton's one.

The Rallies

The six events of the 1978 season were as follows.
RoundRallyDate
1Rally of the West
2Lutwyche Village Rally
3Donlee Rally
4Bega Valley Rally
5Endrust Forest Rally
6Marchal Rally

Round Four – [Bega Valley Rally]

1978 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1978 is as follows.

Greg Carr">Greg Carr (rally driver)">Greg Carr – Champion Driver 1978

John Dawson-Damer – Champion Navigator 1978