1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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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]
Calendar
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 |
Points system
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]
Results
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]
References
- ↑ Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1998, page 7-11
- 1 2 Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Records & Statistics for the 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 15 October 2009
- 1 2 1998 AFFC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 June 2009
- ↑ 1998 Australian Formula Ford Technical Regulations, www.ozemail.com.au/~formford, as archived at web.archive.org on 5 October 1999
- ↑ Macrow and Spectrum win Formula Ford Championship Retrieved from members.ozemail.com.au on 26 June 2009
External links
- 1998 AFFC Entry List Retrieved from members.ozemail.com.au on 26 June 2009
- 1998 AFFC Media Releases (including round reports) Retrieved from members.ozemail.com.au on 26 June 2009
- Image of the Champion – Adam Macrow competing in the 1998 AFFC Retrieved from web.archive.org/web on 26 June 2009
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