1993 London–Sydney Marathon

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

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.London Sydney Marathon 1993 , TWE Rally 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.

Results Drivers Car Penalties (Time) 1 51 Francis Tuthill Anthony Showell Porsche 911 13hr 36min 11sec 2 3 Ian Vaughan Barry Lake Ford Falcon XT GT 13hr 50min 31sec 3 66 Mike Kirkland Crispin Sassoon Peugeot 504 13hr 58min 10sec 4 2 Roger Clark Tony Moy Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 58min 42sec 5 64 Graham Lorimer Gary Smith Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 59min 32sec 6 49 Colin Short Nick Starkey Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 10min 28sec 7 77 David Horsey Michael Kearns Peugeot 504 14hr 11min 28sec 8 22 Bruce Hodgson Ronald Lawton Ford Falcon XT GT 14hr 14min 23sec 9 45 Dean Rainsford Ben Rainsford Ford Mustang 14hr 18min 10sec 10 78 Steve Ashton Dr. Rosemary Nixon Datsun P510 14hr 21min 35sec 11 26 Richard Anderson Michael Ryan Alfa Romeo Giulia 14hr 35min 7sec 12 10 Patrick Vanson Bernard Consten Peugeot 504 14hr 48min 7sec 13 7 Evan Green Gavin Green Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 59min 35sec 14 105 Philip Hooper Adrian Stafford Porsche 911 S 15hr 17min 39sec 15 88 Howard Laughton Keith Carling Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 15hr 41min 6sec 16 48 Bob Almond Lance Fisher Datsun 1600 15hr 41min 35sec 17 57 Ross Alexander John Garathy Holden Monaro 15hr 52min 9sec 18 47 George Bevan Graeme Furness Volvo 144S 16hr 0min 11sec 19 99 Franz Stangl Stanley Illman Porsche 911 16hr 3min 41sec 20 44 Howard Paterson Ian North Volvo Amazon 16hr 27min 34sec 21 23 Peter Sugden Stuart McCrudden Ford Cortina Mark II 16hr 31min 53sec 22 91 Roger Ealand Margaret Ealand Volvo 123 GT 16hr 34min 44sec 23 56 John Hunt John Williams Holden Monaro 16hr 44min 22sec 24 8 Victor Shavelev Alexandr Dolbish Moskvitch Y08 16hr 47min 42sec 25 25 Peter Hall Mary Hall Ford Escort Mark I 16hr 56min 9sec 26 92 Rowan Quill Bob Morrow Ford Falcon XT GT 16hr 59min 30sec 27 50 Marco Cajani Antonello Macellari Alfa Romeo Giulia TI 17hr 3min 31sec 28 19 George Reynolds Desmond West Volkswagen Beetle 17hr 8min 0sec 29 82 Graham Goodall John Platt Austin-Healey 3000 17hr 29min 32sec 30 83 Wim Konigsveld Go Wammes Rover P5B 17hr 30min 50sec 31 85 Yoshifumi Ogawa Bertrand Renaudineau Datsun P510 17hr 45min 36sec 32 27 Vyvian Hirons Brendon Lindsey Alfa Romeo GTV 18hr 11min 20sec 33 15 David van Lennep Paul Van Dourne DAF 55 18hr 14min 53sec 34 67 Nigel Egginton Bruno Fulcher Holden Monaro 18hr 23min 21sec 35 103 Michael Cotter Graham Adams Datsun 1600 18hr 38min 12sec 36 75 John Griffiths Neville Marriner Ford Cortina Mark II 18hr 50min 6sec 37 43 Gordon Ketelbey Kim Ketelbey Ford Mustang 20hr 41min 54sec 38 4 Doug Morris Bruce Stapleton Morgan Plus 8 21hr 19min 43sec 39 40 Max Harvey Martyn Griffiths Porsche 911 S 21hr 25min 36sec 40 69 Ian Mitchell David Harris Ford Escort Mark I 21hr 32min 51sec 41 29 Trevor Eastwood David Hartley Holden Monaro 22hr 33min 32sec 42 41 Ross Lamb John Malcolm Holden HR 22hr 37min 14sec 43 55 Alastair Caldwell Vernon Pascoe Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 22hr 50min 15sec 44 63 Bruce Hogarth Tony Wurf Ford Falcon XT 23hr 9min 38sec 45 31 Eric Leerdam Jan van der Hayden Peugeot 404 23hr 13min 49sec 46 72 Andras Jojart Janos Balazs Porsche 911 RS 23hr 22min 20sec 47 62 Vince Bloink Robert Sainsbury Peugeot 504 23hr 27min 37sec 48 102 Lambros Kouriefs Hugh Savage Holden EH 23hr 46min 54sec 49 98 Terry Lawrie Richard Pierce Holden Monaro HK 24hr 9min 11sec 50 80 Pat Cole Doug Briscoe Mercedes-Benz 230 SL 24hr 54min 21sec 51 37 Sandy Dalgarno Sandy Taylor Ford Cortina Lotus Mark I 25hr 2min 48sec 52 81 Tim Pearce Miles Pearce Rover 2000 TC Mark I 25hr 35min 56sec 53 84 Richard Martin-Hurst Bill Meade Rover P5B 25hr 38min 7sec 54 87 John Hills Trevor Chivers Triumph 2000 Mark I 25hr 41min 5sec 55 74 Lawrie Beacham Jim Rosenow Ford Falcon XT GT 26hr 9min 48sec 56 9 Paddy McClintock David Dunn Peugeot 404 28hr 37min 14sec 57 104 George Geshos John McLean Volkswagen Beetle 28hr 43min 51sec 58 65 Rob van de Beek Eismos Bergsma Ford Mustang GT500 28hr 59min 10sec 59 13 Freddie Preston George Hampson Rover 2000 TC Mark I 29hr 14min 26sec 60 68 David Ryan Gregory Stevenson Holden Monaro hr min sec 61 16 David Harrison Martin Proudlock Ford Cortina Mark II 30hr 41min 16sec 62 32 Roy Dixon Angus Watt Ford Zephyr Mark II 30hr 58min 7sec 63 5 Gerry Lister Kevin Edwards Volvo 144S 31hr 22min 30sec 64 38 Gunther Stamm Corinna Stamm MG MGB 31hr 32min 11sec 65 96 John Hamilton Giles Chapman Hillman Hunter 32hr 17min 59sec 66 94 Barry Rowe Harry Hawkes MG MGB GT 33hr 3min 58sec 67 1 Andrew Cowan Johnstone Syer Hillman Hunter 33hr 18min 35sec 68 36 Roger Pearce Sam Beukes MG MGB GT 33hr 28min 15sec 69 12 Sidney Dickson Sue Loweree AMC Rambler 35hr 26min 39sec 70 101 Thomas Grace Peter Woodward Austin 1800 36hr 0min 2sec 71 106 Mark Minarelli John Rudajs Ford Falcon XT GT 36hr 35min 16sec 72 73 Terry Daly Bob Brill Ford Mustang 36hr 57min 54sec 73 60 Georgina Chaseling Virginia Bevan Volvo 122S 37hr 3min 54sec 74 70 Tom Barr Smith Darkie Barr Smith Rover P6B 37hr 44min 54sec 75 86 Norbert Wyzenbeek Stuart Wilkins Porsche 911L 39hr 59min 44sec 76 90 Michael Blakiston Christopher Jones Ford Escort Mark I 40hr 41min 7sec 77 42 Karel Simek Oto Lendecky Škoda 1100 MB 42hr 14min 10sec 78 46 Jiri Kotek Jiri Sedivy Škoda 1100 MB 42hr 16min 37sec 79 59 Ben Seehusen Andrew Dodd Volkswagen Beetle 42hr 45min 51sec 80 17 Derek Bell Terry Kingsley Volvo 144S 47hr 16min 21sec 81 93 Barry Gardner Jill Diamond Triumph 2000 Mark I 52hr 30min 33sec 82 71 Ron Verschuur Bruce McAllister MG MGB 53hr 17min 51sec 83 35 Peter Finnigan Neil Marjoram Ford Cortina Lotus Mark II 65hr 18min 38sec 84 95 David Hall Jacky Hall Volvo PV 544 68hr 12min 33sec 85 33 Ron Hodgson Gerald Brooks Mercedes-Benz 220 SE 70hr 46min 6sec 86 52 Yasuhisa Tokugawa Fumio Kamei Ford Escort Mark I 81hr 16min 36sec Source:Entry List, 1993 Lombard London-Sydney Marathon Official Programme, 1993, pages 8-9The Book-The 1993 Lombard London-Sydney Marathon, 1993, pages 110-111

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