1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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The 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford cars. [1] It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title. [2] It was the 30th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and seventh to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. [3]

The championship was won by Greg Ritter driving a Mygale SJ98 Ford.

Calendar

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

Round [4] Circuit [4] State [4] Date [4]
1 Eastern Creek New South Wales 28 March
2 Barbagallo Raceway Western Australia 2 May
3 Phillip Island Victoria 16 May
4 Sandown Victoria 27 June
5 Queensland Raceway Queensland 11 July
6 Calder Park Victoria 25 July
7 Winton Victoria 22 August
8 Oran Park New South Wales 5 September

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race. [5]

Results

Position [4] Driver [4] No. [4] Car [4] Entrant [6] Eas.Bar.Phi.San.Que.Cal.Win.Ora.Total [4]
1 Greg Ritter 4 Mygale SJ98 Ford Inspired Racing223230343023018198
2 Steve Owen 9 Spectrum 07 Ford Garry Rogers Valvoline / Cummins 20442836404024196
3 Alex Davison 7 Van Diemen RF98 Ford OAMPS Insurance / Wynn's Australia186401022303040196
4Stuart Kostera22 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing1401020-221626135
5 Christian Murchison 5 Van Diemen RF98 Ford Fastlane Racing3122420203068123
6Justin Cotter70 Spectrum 06B Ford Factory Enterprises-13036612--85
7 Leanne Ferrier 42 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing-126222-93283
8Tyler Mecklem16 Van Diemen RF91 Ford TDK Australia15241644-11276
9Ashley Seward10 Spectrum 06b Ford Ashley Seward418-181048163
10 Owen Kelly 14 Spectrum 07 Ford Owen Kelly--91221421462
11 Stewart McColl 38 Spectrum 06b Ford Stewart McColl302-4--12-48
12LeRoy Stevenson8 Spectrum 07 Ford
Van Diemen RF91 Ford
L Stevenson & Fastlane Racing126822---39
13Simon Wheeler86 Van Diemen RF98 Ford Fastlane Racing-6---1016133
14Kerry Wade15 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Kerry Wade---6-184230 [7]
15Ty Hanger18 Spectrum 06b Ford Ty Hanger15---2--522
16Tom Ceveri67 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Mike Ceveri--8-22--12
17 Andrew Jones 81 Van Diemen RF96 Ford Kym Jones [8] ------10-10
18Drew Kruck36 Van Diemen RF94 Ford D Kruck8-------8
Will Power 74 Swift SC92F Ford Robert Power----8---8
20Jim McKinnon25 Spectrum 07 Ford George Stockman [8] 2.5----1--3.5
21Scott March27 Spectrum 07 Ford George Stockman [8] ------2-2
Christian Jory17 Spectrum 06b Ford Trading Post-2------2
Robert Jones20 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Car-Tek Racing Pty Ltd-11-----2
24Sam Oliver80 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Sam Oliver---1----1
Phil Hellebrekers71 Spectrum 07 Ford Phil Hellebrekers-----1--1

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References

  1. 1999 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7-11 to 7-12
  2. 1999 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 2-30
  3. Records, Titles and Awards, 2000 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1999 Australian Ford Ford Championship Records & Stats Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 24 September 2009. Archived 26 September 2009.
  5. 1 2 1999 Formula Ford Handbook, Formula Ford Association Inc., February 1999
  6. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  7. 1999 Final Pointscore, Formula Ford Association Inc, 15 September 1999
  8. 1 2 3 Program, Winton Motor Raceway, Sunday, August 22, 1999
  9. Aaron Noonan, It's Mygale, 1999 Shell Championship Series Review Magazine, pages 108-109