1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Encyclopedia
The 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford
racing cars. It was the 30th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and 7th to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship
name.
Race 1 of Round 1 at Eastern Creek was stopped prematurely due to an incident and only half points were awarded for that race.
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Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford
Formula Ford
Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing....
racing cars. It was the 30th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and 7th to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship
Australian Formula Ford Championship
The Australian Formula Ford Championship is a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It has been held annually since 1970, originally as a national series, and later as the 'Driver-to-Europe' series...
name.
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.- Round 1, Eastern CreekEastern Creek RacewayEastern Creek International Raceway is a motorsports circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek , New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway. It was built and is owned by the New South Wales Government and is operated by the...
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, 28 March - Round 2, Barbagallo RacewayBarbagallo RacewayBarbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...
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, 2 May - Round 3, Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitThe Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, 16 May - Round 4, SandownSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
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, 27 June - Round 5, Queensland RacewayQueensland RacewayQueensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....
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, 11 July - Round 6, Calder ParkCalder Park RacewayCalder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...
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, 25 July - Round 7, WintonWinton Motor RacewayWinton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.-History:The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958. In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and was completed in twelve months...
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, 22 August - Round 8. Oran ParkOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
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, 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.Race 1 of Round 1 at Eastern Creek was stopped prematurely due to an incident and only half points were awarded for that race.
Results
| Position | Driver | No | Car | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ritter Greg Ritter Greg Ritter is an Australian racing driver. He was the winner of the 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship. and shared the winning drive at the 2004 Betta Electrical 500-Career results:-External links:*... |
4 | Mygale Mygale Mygale is a French racing car constructor and contractor that specialises in the production of single seater chassis for use in formula racing. The company was established in 1989 by Bertrand Decoster and its factory is based in Magny Cours.... SJ98 Ford |
Inspired Racing | 22 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 198 |
| 2 | Steve Owen | 9 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 07 Ford |
Garry Rogers Valvoline / Cummins Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team presently competing in V8 Supercar.-The early years:Garry Rogers Motorsport has its origins in Garry Rogers' own exploits in Sports Sedans during the late 1960s and the 1970s. In the mid-1970s Rogers got more serious, running a BDA Escort... |
20 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 196 |
| 3 | Alex Davison Alex Davison Alex Davison, born 3 November 1979, in Melbourne, Australia, is best known as a racing driver. Davison currently races for Stone Brothers Racing driving a Ford Falcon in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.... |
7 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF98 Ford |
OAMPS Insurance / Wynn's Australia | 18 | 6 | 40 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 196 |
| 4 | Stuart Kostera | 22 | Stealth Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF94 Ford |
Fastlane Racing | 1 | 40 | 10 | 20 | - | 22 | 16 | 26 | 135 |
| 5 | Christian Murchison Christian Murchison Christian Murchison is a Singaporean race car driver.In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden Championship for two year consecutive years... |
5 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF98 Ford |
Fastlane Racing | 3 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 123 |
| 6 | Justin Cotter | 70 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 06B Ford |
Factory Enterprises | - | 1 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 85 |
| 7 | Leanne Ferrier Leanne Tander -Leanne Tander is an Australian racecar driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and V8 Supercars.- Career :... |
42 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF94 Ford |
Fastlane Racing | - | 12 | 6 | 2 | 22 | - | 9 | 32 | 83 |
| 8 | Tyler Mecklem | 16 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF91 Ford |
TDK Australia | 15 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 12 | 76 |
| 9 | Ashley Seward | 10 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 06b Ford |
Ashley Seward | 4 | 18 | - | 18 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 63 |
| 10 | Owen Kelly | 14 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 07 Ford |
Owen Kelly | - | - | 9 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 62 |
| 11 | Stewart McColl | 38 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 06b Ford |
Stewart McColl | 30 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 12 | - | 48 |
| 12 | LeRoy Stevenson | 8 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 07 Ford Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF91 Ford |
L Stevenson & Fastlane Racing | 1 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 39 |
| 13 | Simon Wheeler | 86 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF98 Ford |
Fastlane Racing | - | 6 | - | - | - | 10 | 16 | 1 | 33 |
| 14 | Kerry Wade | 15 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF94 Ford |
Kerry Wade | - | - | - | 6 | - | 18 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Ty Hanger | 18 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 06b Ford |
Ty Hanger | 15 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | 22 |
| 16 | Tom Ceveri | 67 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF95 Ford |
Mike Ceveri | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| 17 | Andrew Jones | 81 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF96 Ford |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| 18 | Drew Kruck | 36 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF94 Ford |
D Kruck | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Will Power Will Power William Steven Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, driving for Team Penske.-Australian Racing:... |
74 | Swift Swift Racing Cars Swift Cooper is a British race car constructor. The company was formed in 1986, when Frank Bradley bought the rights to the Swift name from Swift Engineering, and set up the company at Snetterton race course in Norfolk... SC92F Ford |
Robert Power | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | |
| 20 | Jim McKinnon | 25 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 07 Ford |
G Stockman | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3.5 |
| 21 | Scott March | 27 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 07 Ford |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Christian Jory | 17 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 06b Ford |
- | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Robert Jones | 20 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF94 Ford |
Car-Tek Racing Pty Ltd | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 24 | Sam Oliver | 80 | Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of... RF94 Ford |
Sam Oliver | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Phil Hellebrekers | 71 | Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee.... 07 Ford |
Phil Hellebrekers | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
External links
- Mygale Australia – Australian National Championships Retrieved from mygale.gforceweb.com.au on 24 September 2009