The 1978

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was a series of six

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events held across Australia. It was the eleventh season in the history of the competition. Greg Carr and navigator Fred Gocentas in the

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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

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and one event each for

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and

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. 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.

Round Four –
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1978 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1978 is as follows.

Greg Carr – Champion Driver 1978

John Dawson-Damer – Champion Navigator 1978

References

External links

Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results. 1978 in Australian motorsport, Rally Championship Rally competitions in Australia 1978 in rallying {{Australia-sport-stub