1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Motor racing competition March 2014 March 2014 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1996 1998 The 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1997, pages 7–10 to 7-11 It was 28th national series to be held in Australia for Formula Fords and the fifth to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5 The championship, which was promoted as the Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Western Australian Garth Tander, driving a Van Diemen RF95.1997 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP https://web.archive.org/web/20120516083132/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1997.php 16 May 2012 Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 1 August 2012 Calendar The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.1997 Results Calendar & Archive Retrieved from www.racetime.com.au on 7 July 2000 (individual race result pages no longer accessible) Round Circuit Dates Round winner Map 1 Victoria Calder Park Raceway 15 March AUS Garth Tander none Australia 350 Australia -38.3011 145.1411 Phillip Island bottom Australia -37.573 145.102 Sandown left Australia -33.4815 150.5214 Eastern Creek top Australia -31.395508 115.472868 Wanneroo bottom Australia -37.4018 144.4521 Calder Park right Australia -34.415 138.504722 Mallala left Australia -27.1341 152.5754 Lakeside bottom Australia -34.0022 150.442 Oran Park left 2 Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 13 April AUS Todd Kelly 3 Victoria Sandown Raceway 27 April AUS Garth Tander 4 New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway 27 May AUS Marcos Ambrose 5 Queensland Lakeside International Raceway 15 June AUS Marcos Ambrose 6 Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway 6 July AUS Todd Kelly 7 South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park 13 July AUS Garth Tander 8 New South Wales Oran Park Raceway 3 August AUS Marcos Ambrose Results Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis: Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th Points 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 + Pos Driver No. Car Entrant VictoriaCAL VictoriaPHI VictoriaSAN New South WalesEAS QueenslandLAK Western AustraliaWAN South AustraliaMAL New South WalesORA Pts 1 AUS Garth Tander 17 Van Diemen RF95 Fastlane Racing 40 20 40 32 14 32 40 30 248 2 AUS Marcos Ambrose 4 Van Diemen RF97 Marcos Ambrose 26 16 28 40 40 22 30 36 238 3 AUS Todd Kelly 12 Van Diemen RF95 Todd Kelly - 32 32 10 30 40 1 21 166 4 AUS Craig Zerner 35 Van Diemen RF95 Craig Zerner 32 - 20 26 - - 10 20 108 5 AUS Greg Ritter 36 Van Diemen RF94 Greg Ritter 14 24 - 6 26 - 26 1 97 6 AUS Christian Jones 27 Spectrum 06 George Stockman - 18 - - 28 13 16 12 87 = AUS Aaron McNally 74 Van Diemen RF97 Aaron McNally 6 14 12 10 - 18 1 26 87 8 AUS Adam Macrow 71 Spectrum 06 Team Arrow 18 2 12 10 14 2 2 - 60 9 AUS Justin Cotter 7 Mygale SJ95 Justin Cotter 12 4 14 14 - - - 4 48 10 AUS Phillip Scifleet 77 Spectrum 06 Phillip Scifleet 3 - 1 22 - 1 2 12 41 11 AUS John Blanchard 3 Mygale SJ97 Apache Constructors - 24 - 14 - - - - 38 12 AUS Scott Bargwanna 9 Van Diemen RF95 Scott Bargwanna - - 18 - 2 - - 14 34 13 AUS Kerry Wade 14 Van Diemen RF94   12 - - - - 20 - - 32 = AUS Brett Burvill 73 Van Diemen RF92 Fastlane Racing 10 - - - - - 22 - 32 15 AUS Ray Stubber 54 Spectrum 06   - - - - - 20 - - 20 16 AUS Dugal McDougall 8 Mygale SJ97 Apache Constructors 2 - - - 16 - - - 18 17 AUS Damien White 31 Spectrum 06 Team Arrow - 14 2 - - - - - 16 18 SIN Christian Murchison 52 Van Diemen RF94Van Diemen RF95 Fastlane Racing - - - - - 4 10 - 14 = NZL Ken Smith 73 Van Diemen RF92 Fastlane Racing - - - - - - 14 - 14 20 AUS Ashley Cutchie 15 Swift SC96K Swift Racing Cars - - - - 12 - - - 12 = AUS Cameron Schearer 48 Mygale SJ95 Apache Constructors 1 - - - 1 10 - - 12 22 AUS Wayne Stoddard 46 Vector MG96 W Stoddard 10 - - - - - - - 10 = AUS Rodney Forbes 25 Van Diemen RF92 R Forbes - - - - - - - 10 10 24 AUS Dean Lindstrom 19 Van Diemen RF91   - 6 2 - - - - - 8 = AUS Michael Simpson 38 Van Diemen RF96 M Simpson - 8 - - - - - - 8 = AUS Tim Leahey 75 Van Diemen RF96B Tim Leahey - - - - - - 8 - 8 27 AUS Scott Marsh 42 Swift SC92F S Marsh - 4 - 2 - - - - 6 28 AUS Andrew Reid 26 Swift SC97K Inspired Racing - - - - 1 - 4 - 5 29 AUS Murray Ditton 41 Spectrum 06 Murray Ditton - - 4 - - - - - 4 = AUS Owen Ow 55 Van Diemen RF94   - - - - - 4 - - 4 31 AUS Christopher Dell 57 Van Diemen RF94 Christopher Dell - - - - 2 - - - 2 32 AUS Sam Oliver 80 Van Diemen RF94 Prix Max - - 1 - - - - - 1 Pos Driver No. Car Entrant VictoriaCAL VictoriaPHI VictoriaSAN New South WalesEAS QueenslandLAK Western AustraliaWAN South AustraliaMAL New South WalesORA Pts References Category:Australian Formula Ford Championship seasons Formula Ford Championship