1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

October 2019 October 2019 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series Australian Formula Ford Championship 1982 1981 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 1983 Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series Drivers' Champion: Jeff Summers The 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula Ford regulations.TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series - Round 1, Official Programme, Sandown, 11–14 February 1982 It was the thirteenth annual Australian national series for Formula Fords.Pedr Davis, The Macquarrie Dictionary of Motoring, page 170 The series was won by Jeff Summers driving an Elfin 620B.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83, pages 224-225 Schedule thumb|Warren Smith placed 3rd in the series driving a Lola T440 similar to the example pictured above The series was contested over eight rounds. Round Circuit Date Round winner Car1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 1 Sandown 14 February Jeff Summers Elfin 620B 2 Amaroo Park 11 April Garry Tully Elfin 620B 3 Surfers Paradise 16 May Chris Clearihan Bowin P4A 4 Oran Park 6 June Geoff Walters Elwyn 003 5 Amaroo Park 11 July Garry Tully Elfin 620B 6 Calder 1 August Jeff Summers Elfin 620B 7 Oran Park 22 August Jon McGinn Bowin P6F 8 Sandown 12 September Warren Smith Lola T440 Round 2 was to be held at an Oran Park meeting in March but, after that meeting was cancelled, an additional round was scheduled at a meeting at the same circuit in August. Points system Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first ten places at each round. Series standings Position Driver Car Entrant San Ama Sur Ora Ama Cal OraThe table published at www.formulaford.com.au shows Round 7 points (Oran Park, August) as Round 2, possibly because of the cancellation of the planned Round 2 at Oran Park in March and the subsequent scheduling of an August round at that circuit. That table thus shows Round 2 points (Amaroo Park, April) as Round 3, Round 3 points (Surfers Paradise, May) as Round 4, etc San Total 1 Jeff Summers Elfin 620B J Summers 20 - 15 8 15 20 6 15 99 2 Garry Tully Elfin 620B G Tully 10 20 1 10 20 - 3 2 66 3 Warren Smith Lola T440 Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale - 2 10 6 12 - 15 20 65 4 Jon McGinn Birrana F73 Bowin P6F J McGinn Edward Vieusseux RacingCastrol 400 Sandown Programme - 12 September 1982, Supplement to Racing Car News, September 1982, page 31 6 - - 12 - 12 20 4 54 5 Geoff Walters Elwyn 003 G Walters - 10 2 20 8 - 10 - 50 6 Chris Davison Elfin 620B C Davison 4 - - 15 10 - 8 8 45 7 Warwick Rooklyn Mawer 004 W Rooklyn 3 15 - - 3 8 12 - 41 8 Laurie Bennett Wren L Bennett 15 12 - - 6 4 2 1 40 9 Bruce Connolly Galloway B ConnollyOfficial Programme, Calder, 1 August 1982 - - - - 2 15 - 10 27 10 Chris Clearihan Bowin P4A C Clearihan 1 1 20 - - - - - 22 11 Don Bretland Van Diemen RF77 D Bretland 8 8 - - 4 - - - 20 12 Tim Murray Elwyn T Murray 12 - 6 - - - - - 18 = Gary Brabham Birrana GT Brabham - - - - - 6 - 12 18 14 David Roberts PRS RH01 D Roberts - 4 4 4 - - - - 12 = Alan Swindells Bowin P6F A Swindells - - 12 - - - - - 12 16 David Stanley Image Mk3 D Stanley - - 8 2 1 - - - 11 17 Neil Cunningham Van Diemen Alan Gow - - - - - 10 - - 10 = Matthew Ruggles Rennmax BN3 Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale - - 3 - - - 1 6 10 19 Tomas Mezera Carlboro T Mezera - 6 - 3 - - - - 9 20 Steve Farrell Elwyn 003McGinn Again (22 August Oran Park report), Racing Car News, October 1982, page 43 Milldent Motorsport - - - - - - 4 - 4 21 Roger Martin PRS R Martin - - - - - 3 - - 3 = Robert Benson Wren 004 R Benson - 3 - - - - - - 3 = Rodney Moody Birrana F72 R Moody - - - - - - - 3 3 24 Ron Barnacle Elfin 620B Nissalco Garage Equipment 2 - - - - - - - 2 = John Edmonds Birrana J Edmonds - - - - - 2 - - 2 26 Mark Day Wren M Day - - - 1 - - - - 1 = Alan Bisset Wren 801 A Bisset - - - - - 1 - - 1 Cars were powered by 1.6 litre Ford engines, as mandated by Australian Formula Ford regulations.Formula Ford, 1982 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 273 to 279 References Category:Australian Formula Ford Series TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series