1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Appearance
The 1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the 24th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia, and the first to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.[2] Promoted as the 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, it was won by Craig Lowndes driving a Van Diemen RF93.[3]
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight round series with two heats per round.[4]
Round [3] | Circuit [3] | State | Date [3] |
1 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 28 February |
2 | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 14 March |
3 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 4 April |
4 | Lakeside | Queensland | 18 April |
5 | Winton | Victoria | 16 May |
6 | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 6 June |
7 | Mallala | South Australia | 4 July |
8 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 8 August |
Results
Position [3] | Driver [3] | No. [5] | Car [3] [6] | Entrant [5] | Ama [3] | Sym [3] | Phi [3] | Lak [3] | Win [3] | Eas [3] | Mal [3] | Ora [3] | Total [3] |
1 | Craig Lowndes | 5 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Craig Lowndes | 26 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 228 |
2 | Stephen White | 4 | Swift SC93F Ford | Stephen White | 17 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 16 | 209 |
3 | Andrew Reid | 31 | Swift SC93F Ford | Linear Bearings | - | 22 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 141 |
4 | Steven Richards | 7 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Team Valvoline / Garry Rogers | 14 | 34 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 40 | 21 | 131 |
5 | Gavin Monaghan | 10 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Gavin Monaghan | 30 | 16 | 16 | 28 | - | 6 | 10 | 22 | 128 |
6 | Steven Ellery | 15 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Eastern Creek Raceway | 12 | - | 1 | 9 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 20 | 112 |
7 | Con Toparis | 21 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Eastern Creek Raceway | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | - | 103 |
8 | Cameron Prince | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | 2 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 69 | ||
9 | Michael Dutton | Swift SC92F Ford | 20 | - | 10 | - | 8 | 18 | - | 10 | 66 | ||
10 | David Hardman | 35 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | David Hardman | 16 | 4 | 15 | - | 30 | - | - | - | 65 |
11 | Mark Noske | 17 | Swift SC93F Ford | Mark Noske | - | - | - | 20 | 2 | - | 24 | 8 | 54 |
12 | Leif Corben | 24 | Van Diemen RF90 Ford | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | 16 | - | - | 36 | |
13 | Cameron Partington | 13 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Cameron Partington | 8 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 33 |
14 | Darren Edwards | 14 | Swift SC93F Ford | D Edwards | - | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | 14 | - | 26 |
15 | Matthew Martin | Swift SC90 Ford | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | 14 | 22 | ||
16 | Dugal McDougall | 48 | Van Diemen RF89 Ford | Dugal McDougall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | 17 |
17 | Jason Bright | 71 | Spectrum 05 Ford | Borland Racing Developments | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
18 | Ashley Cutchie | 32 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Peter Sorrell | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 |
= | Gerard Manion | Swift FB89 Ford | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
= | Gary Gosatti | 9 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Gary Gosatti | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 6 | 10 |
21 | Paul Mulhearn | Swift SC93F Ford | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
= | David Harrington | 58 | Van Diemen RF89 Ford | David Harrington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 [7] | 2 |
References
- ^ Phil Branagan, Two winners - one champion, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 172 to 182
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, page 14-5
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship points table Retrieved from formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org on 6 November 2012
- ^ 1993 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 302 to 303
- ^ a b Entry list, Race 2, Round 7, 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, July 4, 1993
- ^ The use of the Ford Kent engine was mandatory in all cars.
- ^ The formulaford.com.au points table does not indicate the round or rounds at which Harrington scored his two points. The race results in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94 show that his only top ten race finish was in Heat 2 of the Oran Park round.