1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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

  1. ^ Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1998, page 7-11
  2. ^ a b Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Records & Statistics for the 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 15 October 2009
  4. ^ a b 1998 AFFC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 June 2009
  5. ^ 1998 Australian Formula Ford Technical Regulations, www.ozemail.com.au/~formford, as archived at web.archive.org on 5 October 1999
  6. ^ 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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