The 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. [1] The title, which was the sixth Australian Formula Ford Championship, [2] was won by Adam Macrow driving a Spectrum 06. [2]
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 | Sandown | Victoria | 1 February |
| 2 | Lakeside | Queensland | 29 March |
| 3 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 19 April |
| 4 | Winton | Victoria | 3 May |
| 5 | Mallala | South Australia | 24 May |
| 6 | Barbagallo | Western Australia | 31 May |
| 7 | Calder Park | Victoria | 21 June |
| 8 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 2 August |
Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race. [4]
| Position [3] | Driver [3] | No. | Car [3] | Entrant | San [3] | Lak [3] | Phi [3] | Win [3] | Mal [3] | Bar [3] | Cal [3] | Ora [3] | Total [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Macrow | 8 | Spectrum 06 | Team Arrow | 40 | 32 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 211 |
| 2 | Christian Jones | 6 | Spectrum 06b | OAMPS Insurance Group | 6 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 20 | 183 |
| 3 | Tim Leahey | 35 | Van Diemen RF98 | Fastlane Racing | 12 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 180 |
| 4 | Greg Ritter | 5 | Van Diemen RF98 | Garry Rogers Valvoline / Cummins | 10 | 10 | - | 28 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 109 |
| 5 | Christian Murchison | 18 | Van Diemen RF98 | Fastlane Racing | - | - | 16 | - | 28 | 40 | - | 14 | 98 |
| 6 | Dugal McDougall | 16 | Mygale SJ98 | Apache Constructors | 30 | 40 | - | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 93 |
| 7 | Alex Davison | 40 | Van Diemen RF95 | Wynns Australia P/L | 6 | 1 | - | - | 16 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 69 |
| 8 | Craig Zerner | 4 | Spectrum 06b | George Stockman | 8 | 14 | 14 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 62 |
| 9 | Steve Owen | 27 | Spectrum 06b | Team Arrow | 14 | - | 28 | - | 4 | - | 12 | - | 58 |
| 10 | Ashley Seward | 81 | Spectrum 06b | Ashley Seward | 16 | - | 14 | - | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 57 |
| 11 | Iccy Harrington | 45 | Mygale SJ98 | Apache Constructors | - | - | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 42 |
| 12 | Aaron McNally | 7 | Van Diemen RF97 | Aaron McNally | 28 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 |
| Justin Cotter | 9 | Van Diemen RF95 | Factory Enterprises | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 8 | 18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Owen Kelly | 47 | Spectrum 06b | S H Racing | - | - | 4 | 18 | - | 1 | 10 | - | 33 |
| 15 | Kerry Wade | 12 | Van Diemen RF94 | Kerry Wade | - | - | - | 3 | - | 24 | - | - | 27 |
| Tyler Mecklem | 95 | Van Diemen RF91 | TDK Australia | - | - | - | - | 16 | 1 | 10 | - | 27 | |
| 17 | Christian Jory | 90 | Swift SC93F | Christian Jory | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Ty Hanger | 55 | Swift SC93F | Ty Hanger | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 16 | |
| 19 | Will Power | 46 | Swift SC92F | Robert Power | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Robert Jones | 43 | Van Diemen RF94 | Car-Trek Racing | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Ray Stubber | 54 | Spectrum 06b | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 14 | ||
| 22 | Stuart Kostera | 21 | Van Diemen RF95 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| 23 | Christopher Dell | 57 | Van Diemen RF96B | Christopher Dell | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 24 | Robert Miller | 29 | Van Diemen RF95 | Robert Miller | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Michael Simpson | 25 | Van Diemen RF96 | Michael Simpson | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| 26 | Jim McKinnon | 70 | Van Diemen RF95 | Jim McKinnon | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| Leanne Ferrier | 42 | Van Diemen RF94 | Leanne Ferrier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| 28 | Chris Staff | 61 | Van Diemen RF92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 29 | Dean Lindstrom | 24 | Van Diemen RF91 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Ben Savage | 36 | Spectrum 06b | Team Arrow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 31 | Ryan McLeod | 96 | Van Diemen RF91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Note: Each car was required to use a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine. [5]
Note: Only half points were awarded for Race 2 of Round 8 as the race was stopped prematurely due to an accident. [6]
