2004 London–Sydney Marathon

The 2004 London–Sydney Marathon was the fifth running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 5 June and 4 July 2004. The event covered 9,300 miles (15,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Joe McAndrew and Murray Cole in a Honda Integra Type-R.

Background In 2004, Nick Brittan and his company, Trans World Events, who had organise long-distance endurance rallies for the last decade including the last two London–Sydney Marathons in 1993 and in 2000 decided to organise another London-Sydney Marathon but this time featuring pre-1978 classic cars and modern FIA Group N showroom cars, limited to two wheel drive and naturally aspirated engines up to 2000cc.London Sydney Marathon 2004 , TWE Rally The route would see competitors cross Europe in the first twelve days of the event before the cars would be airlifted by the Antonov An-124 cargo planes hired by TWE from Turkey to India with competitors driving through India for the next eight days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally.

Results Category Drivers Car Overall Time 1 Modern Showroom 25 Joe McAndrew Murray Cole Honda Integra Type-R 10hr 39min 39sec 2 Modern Showroom 37 Mike Montgomery Roy Wilson Honda Integra Type-R 10hr 57min 30sec 3 Modern Showroom 34 Shane Murland John Benton Honda Integra Type-R 11hr 9min 21sec 4 Modern Showroom 26 Graham Lorimer Nick Starkey Toyota RunX 11hr 13min 40sec 5 Modern Showroom 32 Ian Begg Allan Dippie Toyota Corolla GT 11hr 27min 54sec 6 Classic 2 Anthony Ward Mark Solloway Ford Escort RS 1600 11hr 28min 51sec 7 Modern Showroom 28 Steve Blunt Bob Duck Toyota RunX 11hr 41min 7sec 8 Modern Showroom 35 Brian Hilton Joshua Hilton Toyota Corolla GT 11hr 57min 42sec 9 Classic 16 Peter Cochrane Cameron Wearing Ford Mustang 12hr 15min 10sec 10 Modern Showroom 36 Peter Taylor Trevor Stilling Toyota Corolla GT 12hr 24min 22sec 11 Modern Showroom 27 Jimmy McRae Bruce Lyle Toyota RunX 12hr 26min 43sec 12 Modern Showroom 39 David Winstanley Terri Metcalfe MG ZR 12hr 27min 44sec 13 Classic 20 Bob Almond Paul Benko Datsun 1800 12hr 34min 34sec 14 Classic 10 Garry Leeson Rex Leeson Ford Falcon XR GT 12hr 40min 51sec 15 Modern Showroom 31 Peter Lockhart Moira Lockhart Proton Satria GTi 12hr 42min 36sec 16 Classic 7 David Cavenagh Cath Woodman Porsche 911 Carrera 12hr 43min 44sec 17 Modern Showroom 29 Vidar Christensen Oddvar Moy Peugeot 306 S-16 12hr 48min 42sec 18 Modern Showroom 33 Steve Coad Paul Wilson Holden Astra 13hr 19min 24sec 19 Classic 15 Theo du Toit Andre Bezuidenhout Porsche 911 S 13hr 22min 25sec 20 Classic 18 Paul Darrouzet Paul Williamson Ford Capri Perana 13hr 25min 50sec 21 Classic 17 Gerald Brandstetter Helmut Artacker Ford Escort RS 2000 14hr 1min 9sec 22 Classic 9 Franz Pretorius Roelof Coertse Porsche 911 14hr 56min 50sec 23 Classic 19 Jiri Motal Ota Kramaz Škoda 1100 MB 15hr 10min 13sec 24 Modern Showroom 38 Freddie Preston David Harrison Suzuki Ignis Sport 15hr 27min 54sec 25 Classic 14 Phil Hooper Terry Kingsley Leyland P76 15hr 32min 15sec 26 Classic 12 Lloyd Hughes Hugh Hodgkinson Porsche 911 S 16hr 10min 44sec 27 Classic 6 Mark Laucke Rosina Laucke Porsche 911 16hr 19min 31sec 28 Classic 11 Chip Johns Jim Hurman Ford Falcon Sprint 18hr 0min 2sec Source:

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