1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1985 Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the 16th Australian Formula Ford Series[2] and the first to be contested under the Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series name.

The series was won by Tomas Mezera driving a Reynard.[3]

Calendar

The Reynard FF83 of series winner Tomas Mezera. The car is pictured, in 2011, in its 1985 livery

The series was contested over nine rounds with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] Date[3] Round winner[3] Car[3]
1 Sandown 24 February Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
2 Mallala Motor Sport Park[1] 17 March Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
3 Surfers Paradise N/A N/A
4 Amaroo Park Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
5 Oran Park 14 July Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
6 Calder Park 11 August Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
7 Winton 1 September Tomas Mezera Elwyn 003
8 Sandown 15 September Geoff Walters Elwyn 003
9 Oran Park 22 September Richard Carter Matek M1

Round 3 was declared a "non-event" after all drivers were excluded from the results for failing to slow sufficiently following an accident.[3]

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round.[3]

Series standings

Position[5] Driver[5] Car[5] Entrant[1] San[5] Mal[5] Sur[5] Ama[5] Ora[5] Cal[5] Win[5] San[5] Ora[5] Total[5]
1 Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
Elwyn 003 		Dalcar Industries 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 120
2 Geoff Walters Elwyn 003 Logan Homes 15 15 - 15 1 10 4 20 15 95
3 Andrew Burden Lola T624A Bob Holden Motors 10 10 - - 12 6 1- - 12 60
4 Roger Martin PRS-02[1] Roger Martin Racing 8 6 - 1 15 12 15 - - 57
5 Alan Bisset Reynard Alan Bisset - 12 - 4 8 15 12 - - 51
6 Bradley Forgeard Van Diemen Bradley Forgeard 12 - - 10 - - 8 - 10 40
7 Barry Ward Galloway The Motor Shed - 8 - 6 6 2 - 15 - 37
8 Richard Carter Matek M1 - - - 12 2 - - - 20 34
9 David Stanley Elwyn 004[6] J. Crouchley[6] - - - 8 10 0 0 0 8 26
10 Stephen Moody Totem BM1 Stephen Moody - 4 - - - - - 12 3 19
=11 Laurie Bennett Wren Laurie Bennett[6] 6 - - - - - 6 - - 12
=11 Tony Newcombe Hawke Tony Newcombe[6] - - - - - - - 8 4 12
13 Tony Boot Totem BM1[1] Tony Boot 3 - - - - 8 - - - 11
=14 Richard Steigler Royale Richard Steigler[6] - - - - - 4 - - 6 10
=14 Robert Bennett Wren R. Bennett[6] - - - - - - - 10 - 10
16 Ian Edgar Elfin 620B Peter George[6] 2 3 - - - - - 4 - 9
=17 Martin Tighe Van Diemen - - - 2 - - - - 4 6
=17 Robert Simpson Agent DR2 Robert Simpson 1 2 - - - - - 3 - 6
=17 Tony Murphy Bowin P4[6] Tony Murphy[6] - - - - - - - 6 - 6
=20 Andrew Gubb Royale Andrew Gubb[6] - - - - - - 2 - 2 4
=20 Garry Jones Bowin P6 - - - - 4 - - - - 4
=20 Greg Kentwell Elwyn 003[6] Greg Kentwell[6] 4 - - - - - - - - 4
=23 Scott Elson Lola T440 Scott Elson[6] - - - - - 3 - - - 3
=23 Tim Murray Elwyn - - - 3 - - - - - 3
=23 Mark Poole Elfin Mark Poole - - - - 3 - - - - 3
=23 Aaron Blacksell Wren Aaron Blacksell[6] - - - - - - 3 - - 3
=23 Andrew Robbins Elfin 620B Andrew Robbins - 1 - - - - - 2 - 3
=28 Steve Giuliana Bormac - - - - - 1 - - - 1
=28 Colin McLean PRS Colin McLean[6] - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=28 Anthony Swan Elwyn - - - - - - - - 1 1

Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations in 1985 required cars to be powered by a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Programme, Mallala, Sunday, March 17, 1985
  2. ^ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Allen Wise, Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86, pages 296-299
  4. ^ a b c d e f Reynard Owners, www.reynardowners.com Archived 2017-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 July 2018
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Official Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, September 14 and 15 1985
  7. ^ Formula Ford, CAMS Manual of MotorSport 1985, page 270