2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship

2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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The 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars. ^[1] Managed by Australian Formula Ford Management Pty. Ltd., it was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Championship. ^[1] It was the 38th national series for Formula Fords to be contested in Australia and the 15th series to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. ^[2]

The championship was won by Tim Blanchard driving a Mygale SJ07A.

Calendar

The Mygale SJ06 Ford of Taz Douglas at the Sandown round of the championship.

The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round. ^[1]

Round	Circuit	State	Date
1	Adelaide Parklands Circuit	South Australia	1–4 March
2	Barbagallo Raceway	Western Australia	23–25 March
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Victoria	18–20 May
4	Eastern Creek International Raceway	New South Wales	9–11 June
5	Queensland Raceway	Queensland	19–22 July
6	Sandown International Motor Raceway	Victoria	14–16 September
7	Symmons Plains International Raceway	Tasmania	16–18 November
8	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Victoria	29- November - 1 December

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 a bonus point awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round. ^[1]

Championship results

Position [3]	Driver [3]	No. [3]	Car [3]	Entrant [4]	Ade.	Bat.	Win.	Eas.	Que.	San.	Sym.	Phi.	Pen.	Total [3]
1	Tim Blanchard	3	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services	55	40	61	44	32	16	44	54	-	346
2	Ashley Walsh	45	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star	30	37	11	61	60	41	24	33	-	297
3	James Moffat	5	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services	46	54	26	36	34	9	24	46	-	275
4	Kristian Lindbom	8	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star	38	34	40	10	36	18	54	22	-	252
5	Glen Wood	4	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services	20	26	28	28	11	48	22	18	-	201
6	Joshua Scott	89	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star	12	40	12	22	42	27	17	16	-	188
7	Nick Percat	16	Spectrum 011b Ford Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Walkinshaw Racing	16	2	42	-	6	38	48	20	-5	167
8	Taz Douglas	92	Mygale SJ06 Ford	Hitachi Earthmoving	4	6	12	20	18	2	1	12	-	75
9	Sam Sewell	62	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Affordable Mower Spares	1	-	1	1	22	11	22	8	-	66
10	Tobia Kipper	55	Spectrum 011b Ford	Makotrac International Racetrack	-	-	14	24	-	12	9	4	-	63
11	Grant Doulman	15	Spirit WL06 Ford	Doulman Automotive	20	-	6	-	4	6	-	10	-	46
12	Brad Lowe	41	Spirit WL06 Ford	Anglo Motorsport	16	-	-	12	-	4	-	-	-	32
13	Adam Graham	66	Spectrum 011 Ford	Minda Motorsport	-	-	-	-	10	20	-	2	-	32
14	Luke Wood	17	Spirit WL06 Ford	Anglo Motorsport	10	9	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	29
15	Michael Pereira	36	Van Diemen RF05 Ford	Orrcon - Pioneer Electronics	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	-	26
16	Jonathan Grant	2	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Centenary Classic gojonogo.com	5	16	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	25
18	Blake Varney	77	Spectrum 011b Ford	Autobarn Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	15	-	23
17	John Magro	20	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Magro Farming Company / Team BRM	-	16	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	18
22	James Bergmuller	13	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	JB Motorsport	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	14	-	17
19	Daniel Cotton	25	Spectrum 011 Ford	Cotton Painters	-	-	4	5	1	2	4	-	-	16
20	Trent Ulmer	40	Spectrum 011 Ford	COMCORP Global Products	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
21	Ben Morley	43	Spectrum 011 Ford	Icon Motorsport	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
23	Samantha Reid	42	Van Diemen RF03 Ford	Toshiba Mobile Computers	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Trent Harrison	30	Mygale SJ08A Ford	Monza Motors- Mygale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
25	Tony Lemessurier	11	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Escalate Management	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	James Crozier	21	Spectrum 011 Ford	E-Steel (Aust.) P/L	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Paul Pittam	99	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	LJ Hooker Gawler / Team BRM	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
28	Daniel Pappas	11	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Escalate Management/King Gee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Lee Farrell	20	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	Team BRM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

• Note 1: All cars were required to use a 1600cc Ford Duratec engine. ^[5]
• Note 2: A 5-point penalty was imposed on Nick Percat at Eastern Creek (Round 4) due to a breach of the Sporting Regulations. ^[3]

References

1. 2007 AFFC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org on 2 February 2011
2. AFFC Records & Statistics Archived 2006-12-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 2 February 2011
3. 2007 AFFC Final Pointscore Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au via webarchive.org on 2 February 2011
4. www.natsoft.biz, as archived at web.archive.org
5. 2007 Australian Formula Ford Technical Regulations from www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org

External links

• Thumbnail images of the 2007 Championship from www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org