Sporting Digest: Rallying

LOMBARD LONDON-SYDNEY MARATHON Leading positions (after eighth, Istanbul to Ankara): 1 G Lorimer and G Smith (Ford Escort) 1hr 12min 28sec; 2 F Tuthill and A Showell (Porsche 911) 1:13.11; 3 C Short and N Starkey 1:13.38; 4 T Dayly and B Brill (Ford Mustang) 1:14.17; 5 T Hunter and P Bowden (Porsche 911) 1:14.31; 6 R Dunkerton and H Mansson (Ford Falcon) 1:14.35.