1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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The 1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for Formula Ford racing cars. [1] It was the 24th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia, and the first to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. [2] Promoted as the 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, it was won by Craig Lowndes driving a Van Diemen RF93. [3]

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1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion Craig Lowndes, pictured in 2006 Craig Lowndes 2006 australian grand prix melbourne.jpg
1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion Craig Lowndes, pictured in 2006

The championship was contested over an eight round series with two heats per round. [4]

Round [3] Circuit [3] StateDate [3]
1 Amaroo Park New South Wales 28 February
2 Symmons Plains Tasmania 14 March
3 Phillip Island Victoria 4 April
4 Lakeside Queensland 18 April
5 Winton Victoria 16 May
6 Eastern Creek New South Wales 6 June
7 Mallala South Australia 4 July
8 Oran Park New South Wales 8 August

Results

Position [3] Driver [3] No. [5] Car [3] [6] Entrant [5] Ama [3] Sym [3] Phi [3] Lak [3] Win [3] Eas [3] Mal [3] Ora [3] Total [3]
1 Craig Lowndes 5 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Craig Lowndes 268303236322836228
2Stephen White4 Swift SC93F Ford Stephen White1730324022203216209
3Andrew Reid31 Swift SC93F Ford Linear Bearings-2230242026712141
4 Steven Richards 7 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Team Valvoline / Garry Rogers 1434--6164021131
5Gavin Monaghan10 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Gavin Monaghan30161628-61022128
6 Steven Ellery 15 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Eastern Creek Raceway 12-192640420112
7Con Toparis21 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Eastern Creek Raceway 34241029618-103
8Cameron Prince Van Diemen RF92 Ford 22428141---69
9Michael Dutton Swift SC92F Ford 20-10-818-1066
10David Hardman35 Van Diemen RF92 Ford David Hardman16415-30---65
11 Mark Noske 17 Swift SC93F Ford Mark Noske ---202-24854
12Leif Corben24 Van Diemen RF90 Ford ---21816--36
13Cameron Partington13 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Cameron Partington8104--14633
14Darren Edwards14 Swift SC93F Ford D Edwards-4--8-14-26
15Matthew Martin Swift SC90 Ford ---7-1-1422
16Dugal McDougall48 Van Diemen RF89 Ford Dugal McDougall------41317
17 Jason Bright 71 Spectrum 05 Ford Borland Racing Developments 59------14
18Ashley Cutchie32 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Peter Sorrell-1-8--1-10
=Gerard Manion Swift FB89 Ford --10-----10
=Gary Gosatti9 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Gary Gosatti-----4-610
21Paul Mulhearn Swift SC93F Ford 2-------2
=David Harrington58 Van Diemen RF89 Ford David Harrington-------2 [7] 2

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References

  1. Phil Branagan, Two winners - one champion, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 172 to 182
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship points table Retrieved from formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org on 6 November 2012
  4. 1993 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 302 to 303
  5. 1 2 Entry list, Race 2, Round 7, 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, July 4, 1993
  6. The use of the Ford Kent engine was mandatory in all cars.
  7. The formulaford.com.au points table does not indicate the round or rounds at which Harrington scored his two points. The race results in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94 show that his only top ten race finish was in Heat 2 of the Oran Park round.