1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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The 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. [1] It was 28th national series to be held in Australia for Formula Fords and the fifth to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. [2] The championship, which was promoted as the Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Western Australian Garth Tander, driving a Van Diemen RF95. [3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight-round series [3] with two races per round. [4]

Round [3] Circuit [3] State [3] Date [3]
1 Calder Victoria 15 March
2 Phillip Island Victoria 13 April
3 Sandown Victoria 27 April
4 Eastern Creek New South Wales 27 May
5 Lakeside Queensland 15 June
6 Barbagallo Western Australia 6 July
7 Mallala South Australia 13 July
8 Oran Park New South Wales 3 August

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race as per the following table.

Position [5] 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points [5] 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Results

Position [6] Driver [6] No. [4] [7] Car [4] [7] Entrant [4] [7] Cal [6] Phi [6] San [6] Eas [6] Lak [6] Bar [6] Mal [6] Ora [6] Total [6]
1 Garth Tander 17 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Fastlane Racing4020403214324030248
2 Marcos Ambrose 4 Van Diemen RF97 Ford Marcos Ambrose2616284040223036238
3 Todd Kelly 12 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Todd Kelly-3232103040121166
4Craig Zerner35 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Craig Zerner32-2026--1020108
5 Greg Ritter 36 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Greg Ritter1424-626-26197
6 Christian Jones 27 Spectrum 06 Ford George Stockman-18--2813161287
=Aaron McNally74 Van Diemen RF97 Ford Aaron McNally6141210-1812687
8 Adam Macrow 71 Spectrum 06 Ford Team Arrow18212101422-60
9Justin Cotter7 Mygale SJ95 Ford Justin Cotter1241414---448
10 Phillip Scifleet 77 Spectrum 06 Ford Phillip Scifleet3-122-121241
11John Blanchard3 Mygale SJ97 Ford Apache Constructors-24-14----38
12Scott Bargwanna9 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Scott Bargwanna--18-2--1434
13Kerry Wade14 Van Diemen RF94 Ford  12----20--32
=Brett Burvill73 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Fastlane Racing10-----22-32
15Ray Stubber54 Spectrum 06 Ford  -----20--20
16Dugal McDougall8 Mygale SJ97 Ford Apache Constructors2---16---18
17 Damien White 31 Spectrum 06 Ford Team Arrow-142-----16
18 Christian Murchison 52 Van Diemen RF95 & RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing-----410-14
=Ken Smith73 Van Diemen RF92 Ford Fastlane Racing------14-14
20Ashley Cutchie15Swift SC96K Ford Swift Racing Cars----12---12
=Cameron Schearer48 Mygale SJ95 Ford Apache Constructors1---110--12
22Wayne Stoddard46Vector MG96 Ford W Stoddard10-------10
= Rodney Forbes 25 Van Diemen RF92 Ford R Forbes-------1010
24Dean Lindstrom19 Van Diemen RF91 Ford  -62-----8
=Michael Simpson38 Van Diemen RF96 Ford M Simpson-8------8
=Tim Leahey75 Van Diemen RF96B Ford Tim Leahey------8-8
27Scott Marsh42Swift SC92F Ford S Marsh-4-2----6
28Andrew Reid26Swift SC97K Ford Inspired Racing----1-4-5
29Murray Ditton41 Spectrum 06 Ford Murray Ditton--4-----4
=Owen Ow55 Van Diemen RF94 Ford  -----4--4
31Christopher Dell57 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Christopher Dell----2---2
32Sam Oliver80 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Prix Max--1-----1

References

  1. Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1997, pages 7-10 to 7-11
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1997 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 1 August 2012
  4. 1 2 3 4 1997 Results Calendar & Archive Retrieved from www.racetime.com.au on 7 July 2000 (individual race result pages no longer accessible)
  5. 1 2 1997 Ford Motorsport/Slick 50 Australian Ford Ford Championship Final Pointscore, Formula Ford Assoc. Inc., 11-08-1997
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1997 Formula Ford Pointscore, Motor Racing Australia, January/February 1998, page 69
  7. 1 2 3 Entry list, Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Round 7, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, 13 July 1997