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
11Stewart McColl38 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
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