1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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 Racing 22 32 30 34 30 2 30 18 198
2 Steve Owen 9 Spectrum 07 Ford Garry Rogers Valvoline / Cummins 20 4 4 28 36 40 40 24 196
3 Alex Davison 7 Van Diemen RF98 Ford OAMPS Insurance / Wynn's Australia 18 6 40 10 22 30 30 40 196
4 Stuart Kostera 22 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing 1 40 10 20 - 22 16 26 135
5 Christian Murchison 5 Van Diemen RF98 Ford Fastlane Racing 3 12 24 20 20 30 6 8 123
6 Justin Cotter 70 Spectrum 06B Ford Factory Enterprises - 1 30 36 6 12 - - 85
7 Leanne Ferrier 42 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing - 12 6 2 22 - 9 32 83
8 Tyler Mecklem 16 Van Diemen RF91 Ford TDK Australia 15 24 16 4 4 - 1 12 76
9 Ashley Seward 10 Spectrum 06b Ford Ashley Seward 4 18 - 18 10 4 8 1 63
10 Owen Kelly 14 Spectrum 07 Ford Owen Kelly - - 9 1 22 14 2 14 62
11 Stewart McColl 38 Spectrum 06b Ford Stewart McColl 30 2 - 4 - - 12 - 48
12 LeRoy Stevenson 8 Spectrum 07 Ford
Van Diemen RF91 Ford 		L Stevenson & Fastlane Racing 1 26 8 2 2 - - - 39
13 Simon Wheeler 86 Van Diemen RF98 Ford Fastlane Racing - 6 - - - 10 16 1 33
14 Kerry Wade 15 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Kerry Wade - - - 6 - 18 4 2 30[7]
15 Ty Hanger 18 Spectrum 06b Ford Ty Hanger 15 - - - 2 - - 5 22
16 Tom Ceveri 67 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Mike Ceveri - - 8 - 2 2 - - 12
17 Andrew Jones 81 Van Diemen RF96 Ford Kym Jones [8] - - - - - - 10 - 10
18 Drew Kruck 36 Van Diemen RF94 Ford D Kruck 8 - - - - - - - 8
Will Power 74 Swift SC92F Ford Robert Power - - - - 8 - - - 8
20 Jim McKinnon 25 Spectrum 07 Ford George Stockman [8] 2.5 - - - - 1 - - 3.5
21 Scott March 27 Spectrum 07 Ford George Stockman [8] - - - - - - 2 - 2
Christian Jory 17 Spectrum 06b Ford Trading Post - 2 - - - - - - 2
Robert Jones 20 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Car-Tek Racing Pty Ltd - 1 1 - - - - - 2
24 Sam Oliver 80 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Sam Oliver - - - 1 - - - - 1
Phil Hellebrekers 71 Spectrum 07 Ford Phil Hellebrekers - - - - - 1 - - 1

Note:

  • All cars were required to use a designated Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.[5]
  • Race 1 of Round 1 at Eastern Creek was stopped prematurely due to an incident[9] and only half points were awarded for that race.[4]

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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1999 Australian Ford Ford Championship Records & Stats Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 24 September 2009. Archived 26 September 2009.
  5. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c Program, Winton Motor Raceway, Sunday, August 22, 1999
  9. ^ Aaron Noonan, It's Mygale, 1999 Shell Championship Series Review Magazine, pages 108-109