# 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. 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

| Pos | No | 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 |
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