2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Last updated November 27, 2025

The 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] Contested as the 2005 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship,^[2] it was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Championship.^[2] The championship, which was administered by Formula Ford Australia Inc.,^[2] was the 36th Australian national series for Formula Fords and the 13th to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.^[3]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship. All teams were Australian-registered.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Van Diemen RF02	2	Daniel Pappas	1
	Van Diemen RF04	3	David Sieders	All
	Van Diemen RF04	4	Dean Fiore	All
Project Motorsports	Spectrum 010	5	Lee Holdsworth	All
	Spectrum 010b	7	Jason Liefting	All
	Spectrum 09b	9	Trent Harrison	8
Bosch Batteries	Spectrum 010	8	Anthony Preston	All
Barrie Pinder	Van Diemen RF01	10	Barrie Pinder	1
Mid Coast Ford	Van Diemen RF05	11	Joel Spychala	All
Toll Freight/Sandover Pinder	Van Diemen RF01	12	Michael Henderson	2
JB Motorsport	Van Diemen RF02	13	James Bergmuller	1, 3–6, 8
Audi Centre Melbourne	Van Diemen RF01	14	Leigh Pyke	1, 7
Nomad Racing	Spectrum 06B	14	Glenn McNally	2
Nomad Racing	Spectrum 010	74	Mark McNally	All
Ben Guest Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	14	Ben Guest	3, 6
Doulman Industries	Van Diemen RF94	15	Grant Doulman	All
HSE Mining/North City Holden	Van Diemen RF01	16	Mark Douglas	2
Resorts Racing	Van Diemen RF96	16	Sam Sewell	3, 5
Sime Tyres	Van Diemen RF93	17	Luke Wood	6
Fastlane Racing	Van Diemen RF92	20	Daniel Ricciardo	8
	Van Diemen RF04	32	Nathan Caratti	All
	Van Diemen RF05	36	Daniel Elliott	All
	Van Diemen RF90	92	John McCowan	2
Borland Racing Developments	Van Diemen RF04	21	Brett Hobson	All
	Van Diemen RF01	45	Ashley Walsh	5, 8
	Spectrum 010	62	Andrew Thompson	1–3
	Spectrum 010b	71	Paul Laskazeski	4, 6
Perkins Engineering	Van Diemen RF92	22	Jack Perkins	1, 7
J.A.R. Racing	Mygale SJ97	23	Jarrod Andrews	8
GK Martin	Spectrum 010b	24	John Martin	3, 8
Percat Auto	Mygale SJ97	25	Nick Percat	1
Adroit Internet Solutions	Spectrum 06b	25	Terry Kerr	8
Minda Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	25	Nick Percat	1, 7
Minda Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	92	Taz Douglas	4, 8
O'Brien Motorsport	Van Diemen RF03	26	Shannon O'Brien	1–3, 5–8
Stubbies Workwear Racing	Spectrum 09	27	Dane Rudolph	3
	Spectrum 09	27	Ben Morley	6
	Spectrum 06B	66	Derryn Harrison	6
Collex/Davies Craig	Van Diemen RF01	28	Cade Southall	8
K-Tec	Van Diemen RF94	31	Adrian Corp	2
Cisco Systems	Van Diemen RF03	31	Craig Kermond	8
Drew Milne	Van Diemen RF01	33	Drew Milne	1
Motorsports Training Australia	Van Diemen RF04	33	Tim Berryman	3
Auto Exclusive Perth/B-TYPE	Van Diemen RF90	35	Michael Epple	2
Escalate Management	Van Diemen RF93	37	Tony LeMessurier	1, 3–5
Escalate Management	Van Diemen RF95	37	Tristan Hughes	6, 8
Drew Price Racing	Spectrum 010b	39	Shane Price	All
Landscape Development	Van Diemen RF04	40	Todd Fiore	8
Marshall Tyres	Van Diemen RF95	41	Brad Lowe	6
Jayair/Sanden	Van Diemen RF04	41	Tim Blanchard	8
Toshiba Mobile Computers	Van Diemen RF03	42	Samantha Reid	1
Toshiba Mobile Computers	Swift SC94	90	David Reid	1
Power Solutions	Spectrum 07	45	Trent Ulmer	7
G-Force Motorsport	Mygale SJ04	46	Dale Wood	1, 3, 8
Chubb Fire/Intel Group	Van Diemen RF01	50	Graham Knuckey	1
NIZZA Recruitment Services	Vector MG096	61	Romain Krumins	5
Refrigerated Rentals & Sales	Van Diemen RF95	63	Martin Swindells	5
Donut King	Van Diemen RF01	72	Rachel Smeaton	3–5
Knowledge Plus	Mygale SJ97	84	Asher Johnston	1
Subway D.C./Mills Records	Van Diemen RF90	88	Justin Locke	2
Yellow Tail	Van Diemen RF01	91	Aiden Zanotto	1, 3–4
Tuart Ridge Wines	Van Diemen RF96	94	Jason Youd	2
Powerbuilt Tools	Van Diemen RF01	97	Andy Knight	1, 5
Nexus Racing	Van Diemen RF93	99	Damien Flack	5

Championship calendar

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

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	17-20 March	V8 Supercar Championship Series	Eastern Creek Wanneroo Sandown Queensland Mallala Adelaide Oran Park
2	Wanneroo Raceway	6-8 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
3	Eastern Creek Raceway	27-29 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
4	Eastern Creek Raceway	8-10 July	HPDC V8 Supercar Series
5	Queensland Raceway	22-24 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
6	Oran Park Raceway	12-14 August	V8 Supercar Championship Series
7	Mallala Motor Sport Park	19-21 August	HPDC V8 Supercar Series
8	Sandown Raceway	9-11 September	V8 Supercar Championship Series

Season summary


Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round Winner
1	1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Daniel Elliott	David Sieders	Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing	Daniel Elliott
	2			Daniel Elliott	Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
	3			Daniel Elliott	Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
2	1	Wanneroo Raceway	Daniel Elliott	Daniel Elliott	Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing	Daniel Elliott
	2			Daniel Elliott	Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
	3			Daniel Elliott	Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
3	1	Eastern Creek Raceway	David Sieders	Shannon O'Brien	Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport	David Sieders
	2			Joel Spychala	Jason Liefting	Project Motorsports
	3			Anthony Preston	Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
4	1	Eastern Creek Raceway	David Sieders	Jason Liefting	David Sieders	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Shane Price
	2			David Sieders	Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
	3			Shane Price	Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
5	1	Queensland Raceway	Daniel Elliott	Shannon O'Brien	Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport	Shannon O'Brien
	2			Daniel Elliott	Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
	3			Shannon O'Brien	Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
6	1	Oran Park Raceway	Brad Lowe	Shannon O'Brien	Brad Lowe	Marshall Tyres	Shannon O'Brien
	2			Brad Lowe	Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
	3			Grant Doulman	Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
7	1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Shane Price	Shannon O'Brien	Shane Price	Drew Price Racing	David Sieders
	2			Daniel Elliott	Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
	3			David Sieders	David Sieders	Sonic Motor Racing Services
8	1	Sandown Raceway	John Martin	Nathan Caratti	John Martin	GK Martin P/L	John Martin
	2			Dean Fiore	John Martin	GK Martin P/L
	3			David Sieders	Shane Price	Drew Price Racing

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 with an additional point awarded to the driver earning pole position for Race 1 at each round.^[5]

Championship standings


Pos.	Driver	ADE			BAR			EAS1			EAS2			QUE			ORA			MAL			SAN			Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Daniel Elliott	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	10	Ret	Ret	3	2	2	2	6	2	3	2	2	6	7	6	10	307
2	Shane Price	5	4	2	5	4	9	7	3	1	3	1	1	Ret	7	5	10	15	7	1	1	Ret	4	2	1	260
3	David Sieders	3	7	5	6	5	8	3	5	2	1	2	2	7	4	6	15	Ret	16	3	3	1	8	5	Ret	236
4	Dean Fiore	4	3	6	Ret	9	6	2	2	14	Ret	6	Ret	3	5	4	9	7	17	Ret	6	2	2	3	7	192
5	Shannon O'Brien	11	9	14	3	6	7	1	DSQ	Ret				1	1	1	2	1	1	12	5	4	Ret	DNS	DNS	168
6	Jason Liefting	15	8	9	4	3	3	5	1	Ret	2	4	4	6	Ret	Ret	4	16	10	9	13	3	11	Ret	Ret	154
7	Nathan Caratti	8	5	4	Ret	13	5	17	DSQ	11	4	7	12	4	3	3	13	9	8	5	15	Ret	6	10	Ret	115
8	Mark McNally	14	14	11	2	2	2	12	Ret	12	6	Ret	9	Ret	8	7	8	6	Ret	4	4	Ret	9	16	12	106
9	Brett Hobson	2	2	3	9	11	17	Ret	12	6	5	5	7	5	Ret	DNS	16	Ret	13	Ret	10	9	Ret	DNS	Ret	95
10	John Martin							13	8	3													1	1	4	71
11	Lee Holdsworth	16	17	13	8	10	11	10	11	5	Ret	3	5	11	Ret	8	17	12	9	7	7	7				67
12	Joel Spychala	10	12	Ret	7	8	10	6	6	8	7	9	8	9	6	9	11	11	14	Ret	14	10	15	18	19	59
13	Paul Laskaseski										Ret	8	6				3	4	2							52
14	Grant Doulman	21	Ret	19	10	12	Ret	16	DNS	16	8	Ret	11	10	10	10	5	5	5	6	9	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	48
15	Brad Lowe																1	3	4							47
=	Dale Wood	12	13	Ret				11	9	7													5	4	2	47
17	Andrew Thompson	6	6	7	Ret	7	4	9	Ret	9																46
18	Ben Guest							8	7	4							7	8	6							42
19	Anthony Preston	Ret	10	8	Ret	15	12	18	10	19	9	Ret	10	8	17	Ret	14	13	12	Ret	8	5	19	13	6	33
20	Jack Perkins	13	15	12																Ret	12	8	3	15	5	28
21	Cade Southall																						DNS	11	3	14
22	Daniel Pappas	7	11	10																						7
=	Terry Kerr																						10	7	11	7
24	Tristan Hughes													14	9	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	10	17	11	Ret	Ret	9	5
25	Trent Ulmer																			8	11	12				4
=	Taz Douglas																						13	8	18	4
=	Todd Fiore																						Ret	DNS	8	4
28	Andy Knight	9	Ret	15										12	Ret	DNS										2
=	Ben Morley																12	10	11							2
=	Tim Blanchard																						14	9	Ret	2
31	Tony LeMessurier	20	19	21				19	17	18	10	11	14													1
=	James Bergmuller	25	Ret	Ret				Ret	Ret	Ret	11	10	13	17	12	12	18	Ret	Ret				Ret	DNS	Ret	1
-	Asher Johnston	17	20	16																						0
-	Samantha Reid	18	23	20																						0
-	Graham Knuckey	19	22	Ret																						0
-	David Reid	22	21	18																						0
-	Leigh Pyke	23	18	17																11	Ret	14				0
-	Drew Milne	24	24	23																						0
-	Barrie Pinder	Ret	25	22																						0
-	Aiden Zanotto	Ret	16	Ret																						0
-	Nick Percat	Ret	Ret	Ret																Ret	16	13				0
-	Justin Locke				11	Ret	DNS																			0
-	Michael Epple				12	Ret	DNS																			0
-	Adrian Corp				13	17	13																			0
-	Jason Youd				14	Ret	16																			0
-	Glenn McNally				15	16	14																			0
-	Mark Douglas				Ret	14	Ret																			0
-	Michael Henderson				Ret	DNS	DNS																			0
-	John McCowan				Ret	Ret	15																			0
-	Sam Sewell							15	15	17				13	15	Ret										0
-	Aidan Zanotto							14	14	13																0
-	Dane Rudolph							20	13	15																0
-	Tim Berryman							21	16	Ret																0
-	Rachel Smeaton							22	18	20	12	Ret	15	19	16	14										0
-	Trent Usher													15	13	11										0
-	Damien Flack													16	11	13										0
-	Roman Krumins													18	14	Ret										0
-	Martin Swindells													Ret	DSQ	Ret										0
-	Ashley Walsh													Ret	DNS	DNS							12	14	Ret	0
-	Derryn Harrison																19	17	18							0
-	Luke Wood																21	14	15							0
-	Jarrod Andrews																						21	20	17	0
-	Brett Holdsworth																						20	21	15	0
-	Daniel Ricciardo																						17	Ret	16	0
-	Craig Kermond																						16	17	13	0
-	Trent Harrison																						18	19	14	0
Pos.	Driver	ADE			BAR			EAS1			EAS2			QUE			ORA			MAL			SAN			Pts
Pos.	Driver																									Pts

Notes

All cars were required to comply with Formula Ford regulations as published by CAMS.^[2] These regulations specified the use of a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.^[6]
Shannon O'Brien was excluded from Round 3 and suspended from Round 4 for technical infringements.^[5]
Shane Price was penalised 10 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 3.^[5]
Nathan Caratti was penalised 2 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 4. ^[5]
Anthony Preston was penalised 2 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 4.^[5]
The table shows nett points after these penalties were applied.^[5]

References

↑ CAMS Australian Championships, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 2005, Page 17-2
1 2 3 4 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
1 2 Records, Titles and Awards, Australian Formula Ford Championship, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
1 2 Grant Rowley, Formula Ford 2005: Chasing Tails, The Annual - Australian Motor Sport, Number 1/2005, pages 66–75
1 2 3 4 5 6 2005 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
↑ Specifications of Automobiles, Formula Ford, 2005 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-23

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[1] CAMS Australian Championships, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 2005, Page 17-2

[Regs-2] 1 2 3 4 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[CAMS_2006-3] 1 2 Records, Titles and Awards, Australian Formula Ford Championship, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5

[Rowley-4] 1 2 Grant Rowley, Formula Ford 2005: Chasing Tails, The Annual - Australian Motor Sport, Number 1/2005, pages 66–75

[formulaford.com.au-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 2005 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[6] Specifications of Automobiles, Formula Ford, 2005 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-23

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