2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship
The 2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] The championship was managed by the Formula Ford Association Inc. and was promoted as the 2004 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship.[1] It is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as the 12th Australian Formula Ford Championship.[2]
The championship was won by David Reynolds driving a Van Diemen RF04.[3]
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight round series with three races per round.[1]
Round [1] | Circuit [1] [4] | State | Date [1] | Round winner [3] | Car [4] |
1 | Wakefield Park Raceway | New South Wales | 20-22 February | Bryce Washington | Van Diemen RF04 |
2 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | New South Wales | 2-4 April | James Small | Van Diemen RF04 |
3 | Barbagallo Raceway | Western Australia | 11-13 June | Dean Fiore | Van Diemen RF04 |
4 | Queensland Raceway | Queensland | 2-4 July | Steve Owen | Spectrum 010 |
5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Victoria | 23-25 July | Jason Liefting | Spectrum 09B |
6 | Oran Park Motorsport Circuit | New South Wales | 13-15 August | Tim Macrow | Spectrum 010 |
7 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | South Australia | 20-22 August | Steve Owen | Spectrum 010 |
8 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | Victoria | 10-12 September | David Reynolds | Van Diemen RF04 |
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers at each race.[1] An additional point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.[1]
Standings
Position [3] | Driver [3] | No. [3] | Car [3] | Entrant [4] | R1 [3] | R2 [3] | R3 [3] | R4 [3] | R5 [3] | R6 [3] | R7 [3] | R8 [3] | Total [3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Reynolds | 6 | Van Diemen RF04 | Sonic Motorsport | 24 | 22 | 38 | 44 | 10 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 287 |
2 | Tim Macrow | 25 | Spectrum 010 | Bosch Batteries | 32 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 57 | 40 | 40 | 285 |
3 | Steve Owen | 26 | Spectrum 010 | Bosch Batteries | - | 22 | - | 61 | 40 | 30 | 54 | 40 | 247 |
4 | Brett Francis | 2 | Van Diemen RF03 | VIP Petfoods / BF Racing | 40 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 34 | 230 |
5 | James Small | 5 | Van Diemen RF04 | Sonic Motorsport | 23 | 53 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 170 |
6 | Dean Fiore | 18 | Van Diemen RF04 | Landscape Developments / Fleetcare | 10 | 14 | 60 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 18 | - | 167 |
7 | Bryce Washington | 3 | Van Diemen RF04 | ADRAD / Sonic Motorsport | 45 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 20 | - | 128 |
8 | Jason Liefting | 77 | Spectrum 09 Spectrum 09B [4] |
Project Sports | 14 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 46 | - | 15 | 6 | 122 |
9 | Michael Trimble | 5 | Van Diemen RF04 | Sonic Motorsport | 10 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 23 | - | 7 | 24 | 108 |
10 | David Sieders | 23 | Stealth Van Diemen RF94 | Sime Tyres | 16 | 2 | - | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 89 |
11 | Andrew Thompson | 62 | Spectrum 010 | Latitude Development Group | 14 | 24 | - | 3 | 8 | 6 | - | 18 | 73 |
12 | Anthony Preston | 8 | Van Diemen RF01 | Pettaras Press Racing | - | 18 | - | - | - | 38 | - | - | 56 |
13 | Shane Price | 39 | Spectrum 09 | Arrow Karts | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 18 | 10 | 46 |
14 | Shannon O'Brien | 79 | Van Diemen RF03 | Shannon O'Brien | 6 | - | 6 | 1 | 14 | - | 9 | 2 | 38 |
15 | Clayton Pyne | 10 | Van Diemen RF01 | Maxim Constructions | - | 6 | - | - | - | 24 | - | 6 | 36 |
16 | Mark McNally | 74 | Spectrum 010 | Nomad Racing | 17 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 25 |
17 | Joel Spychala | 11 | Stealth Van Diemen RF94 | Mid Coast Ford | - | 9 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 21 |
18 | Glenn Welch | 17 | Mygale SJ98 | S&D Welch Removals | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
Mark Douglas | 16 | Van Diemen RF01 | HSE Mining / North City Holden | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | |
20 | Todd Fiore | 40 | Stealth Van Diemen RF93 | Fastlane Racing | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
21 | James Davison | 44 | Van Diemen RF95 | Alex Davison | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
22 | Cade Southall | 28 | Van Diemen RF01 | Collex / Davies Craig | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 |
23 | Nathan Caratti | 32 | Van Diemen RF04 | Fastlane Racing | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
Aaron Caratti | 22 | Stealth Van Diemen RF92 | Aaron Caratti | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | |
25 | Ian Moncrieff | 45 | Van Diemen RF01 | Brisbane Bullets / VIP Petfoods | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
26 | Dominic Kennedy | 27 | Van Diemen RF01 | Minda Motorsport | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
27 | Paul Fiore | 30 | Stealth Van Diemen RF94 | Landscape Developments / Fleetcare | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Daniel Pappas | 9 | Stealth Van Diemen RF93 | QLD Group | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
29 | Tim Slade | 24 | Van Diemen RF01 | Ben Fitzgerald | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
William Hall | 55 | Spectrum 06 | Net Velocity | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Tristan Hughes | 37 | Stealth Van Diemen RF93 | Tony Lemessurier | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Brett Hobson | 50 | Spectrum 09c | CAMS Driver Development Program | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Robert Storey | 16 | Van Diemen RF92 | Fuchs Lubricants / Transtar Express | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Troy Woolston | 9 | Mygale SJ01 | James Small Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
All competing cars were required to comply with Formula Ford regulations as defined by CAMS.[1] These regulations specified the mandatory use of a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-06-23. Retrieved 2005-06-23.
- ^ Australian Titles, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2004 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship - Final Pointscore, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2004-10-13.
- ^ a b c d Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 2004 Retrieved 3 April 2019
- ^ Formula Ford, 2004 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-34