2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Motor racing competition 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship 2007 2009 The 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, Version 2, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round. It was the sixteenth Australian Formula Ford Championship. The championship was won by Paul Laskazeski driving a Spectrum 011b for Synergy Motorsport. Teams and drivers Team Chassis No Driver Rounds Walkinshaw Racing Mygale SJ07A 2 AUS Nick Percat All Aust. Dealer Insurance Mygale SJ07A 3 AUS Lucas Dumbrell All Sonic Motor Racing Services Mygale SJ07A 4 AUS Ben Small 1 Mygale SJ07A AUS Kristian Lindbom 2–8 Mygale Australia Mygale SJ07A 5 NZL Martin Short 3, 5 Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 011b 7 AUS Paul Laskazeski All Spectrum 011c 16 AUS Ryan Simpson 7 21 8 Spectrum 011c 43 AUS Chris Goodman 7–8 Spectrum 011 48 AUS Jessica Golding 2–3, 5 Ray Chamberlain Van Diemen RF06 8 AUS Ray Chamberlain 7 CXC Consultants Exchange Mygale SJ06A 12 AUS Robert Munnerley 1–3 Minda Motorsport Spectrum 011b 12 NZL Andrew Waite 4 66 6 Spectrum 011b AUS Glen Wood 7–8 Steeline Metal Framing Systems Van Diemen RF04 13 AUS Nick Foster All Anglo Australian Motorsport Comtek Spirit WL06 14 AUS Nicholas Tanti 2, 5, 8 Comtek Spirit WL07 16 AUS Rob Storey 1–3, 5, 8 Howard Racing Spectrum 011 15 AUS Chaz Mostert All Spectrum 011 27 AUS Scott Auld 1–3, 5 Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 011b 19 AUS Scott Pye All Spectrum 011b 23 AUS Daniel Erickson All Spectrum 011d 71 AUS Nathan Morcom 7–8 Spectrum 011b 98 AUS Jake Chapman 1–7 Spectrum 011b AUS Luke Ellery 8 Britek Motorsport Spectrum 011c 25 AUS Ben Walter All Spectrum 011b 26 AUS Taylor Gore 1–2, 6 Spectrum 011b NZL Andrew Waite 5 Spectrum 011b AUS Jesse Dixon 7 Spectrum 011b AUS Daniel Lewis 8 Spectrum 011c 63 AUS Martin Swindells 1–7 Spectrum 011b 66 AUS Adam Graham 1–5 Monza Motors Mygale SJ08A 30 AUS Trent Harrison 1–4, 6, 8 Rob Spence Motorsport Spectrum 011c 35 AUS Cameron Spence 1–3, 6 Lowe Earthmoving Spectrum 011c 41 AUS Brad Lowe 1–6 Icon Motorsport Spectrum 011c 43 AUS Ben Morley 1–6 Geoffrey I'Anson Van Diemen RF06 44 AUS Roger I'Anson 6 G-Force Motorsport Mygale SJ08A 46 NZL Richie Stanaway 8 No Sponsor Racing Van Diemen RF04 74 AUS Yudi Doyle 1–3, 6 Autobarn Virginia Spectrum 011b 77 AUS Blake Varney 1–5 Ben Forgan Spectrum 011b 86 AUS Ben Forgan 4 Championship schedule Round Circuit Dates Supporting Map 1 New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway 7–9 March V8 Supercar Championship Series none Australia 350 Australia -38.3011 145.1411 Phillip Island right Australia -41.3934 147.1510 Symmons Plains left Australia -34.5026 149.417 Wakefield Park right Australia -37.573 145.102 Sandown left Australia -27.4125 152.399 Queensland bottom Australia -33.4815 150.5214 Eastern Creek top Australia -12.2657 130.5425 Hidden Valley left Australia -34.0022 150.442 Oran Park left 2 New South Wales Wakefield Park Raceway 4–6 April Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 3 Victoria Sandown Raceway 7–9 June V8 Supercar Championship SeriesFujitsu V8 Supercar Series 4 Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway 4–6 July V8 Supercar Championship Series 5 Queensland Queensland Raceway 18–20 July V8 Supercar Championship SeriesFujitsu V8 Supercar Series 6 Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 12–14 September V8 Supercar Championship Series 7 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway 22-23 November V8 Supercar Championship Series 8 New South Wales Oran Park Raceway 5–7 December V8 Supercar Championship SeriesFujitsu V8 Supercar Series Season summary + Rd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round Winner 1 1 New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway AUS Nick Percat AUS Brad Lowe AUS Brad Lowe Lowe Earthmoving AUS Brad Lowe 2 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Brad Lowe Lowe Earthmoving 3 AUS Ben Morley AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 2 1 New South Wales Wakefield Park Raceway AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Adam Graham AUS Kristian Lindbom Sonic Motor Racing Services AUS Kristian Lindbom 2 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Rob Storey Anglo Australian Motorsport 3 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 3 1 Victoria Sandown Raceway AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport AUS Paul Laskazeski 2 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 3 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Jake Chapman Borland Racing Developments 4 1 Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway AUS Ben Morley AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing AUS Nick Percat 2 AUS Scott Pye AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 3 AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 5 1 Queensland Queensland Raceway AUS Nick Percat AUS Kristian Lindbom AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing AUS Nick Percat 2 AUS Kristian Lindbom AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 3 AUS Nick Percat AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 6 1 Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Daniel Erickson Borland Racing Developments AUS Paul Laskazeski 2 AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Daniel Erickson Borland Racing Developments 3 AUS Nick Percat AUS Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 7 1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Glen Wood Minda Motorsport AUS Nick Percat 2 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 3 AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 8 1 New South Wales Oran Park Raceway AUS Paul Laskazeski Race cancelled AUS Daniel Erickson 2 AUS Paul Laskazeski AUS Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 3 AUS Daniel Erickson AUS Daniel Erickson Borland Racing Developments 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 and a bonus point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round. Championship standings + Pos. Driver New South WalesEAS New South WalesWAK VictoriaSAN Northern TerritoryDAR QueenslandQUE VictoriaPHI TasmaniaSYM New South WalesORA Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 AUS Paul Laskazeski 2 3 4 12 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 1 Ret 2 2 C 1 2 342 2 AUS Nick Percat 5 7 1 4 4 Ret 12 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 7 3 1 1 C 5 4 274 3 AUS Kristian Lindbom 1 2 2 8 5 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 12 11 4 4 4 6 C 4 3 222 4 AUS Daniel Erickson 4 5 7 6 8 Ret 4 13 8 3 14 10 8 5 4 1 1 Ret 5 Ret 3 C 2 1 198 5 AUS Ben Morley 3 2 2 2 5 18 5 Ret 7 4 3 6 5 6 6 14 Ret 9 151 6 AUS Adam Graham 9 4 5 5 6 Ret 3 3 4 7 4 5 4 3 5 146 7 AUS Scott Pye 11 8 Ret Ret 7 4 2 2 3 5 5 3 Ret 9 8 5 15 6 Ret Ret 7 C 6 5 137 8 AUS Brad Lowe 1 1 3 14 13 Ret 11 Ret 6 13 Ret Ret 7 7 7 6 5 10 99 9 AUS Jake Chapman 6 14 Ret Ret 18 12 7 4 1 10 12 14 9 13 Ret 4 4 2 2 Ret 11 90 10 AUS Rob Storey Ret 12 8 3 1 3 6 Ret 17 16 17 16 C 8 9 52 11 AUS Chaz Mostert Ret 17 12 Ret 15 10 Ret 14 11 11 11 Ret Ret 15 11 10 6 8 11 5 5 C 3 7 50 12 AUS Blake Varney 7 6 6 9 10 5 Ret 9 14 12 7 Ret 12 14 15 45 13 AUS Ben Walter Ret 22 13 16 17 15 9 Ret Ret 8 9 8 11 16 12 7 7 5 6 9 10 C Ret 11 45 14 AUS Martin Swindells 16 16 11 7 16 6 10 6 Ret 14 16 13 Ret 19 18 11 14 3 Ret 11 12 39 15 AUS Ryan Simpson 7 3 Ret C 7 6 34 16 AUS Glen Wood 1 Ret 8 C 10 8 29 17 AUS Scott Auld 10 11 10 10 11 7 14 8 Ret 6 8 17 27 18 AUS Trent Harrison 8 9 9 Ret DNS 8 20 7 9 15 15 12 18 10 16 C 15 10 24 19 AUS Nathan Morcom 9 6 4 C 12 12 22 20 AUS Lucas Dumbrell Ret 15 Ret 8 14 16 Ret 12 10 16 13 9 15 10 13 9 16 13 8 Ret 9 C 16 21 NZL Andrew Waite 9 8 7 Ret 12 9 15 Ret 15 14 22 AUS Nick Foster 14 21 16 15 9 Ret 16 Ret 12 17 10 11 10 11 10 13 9 Ret 12 7 16 C 14 13 13 23 AUS Cameron Spence Ret 18 18 13 19 14 13 10 16 8 8 Ret 9 24 AUS Chris Goodman Ret 8 13 C 9 Ret 6 25 AUS Nicholas Tanti 19 12 9 Ret 18 14 C Ret Ret 4 26 AUS Jesse Dixon 10 Ret 14 1 27 AUS Ray Chamberlain 13 10 15 1 - AUS Ben Small 12 13 17 0 - AUS Taylor Gore 15 20 14 Ret 22 13 17 12 11 0 - AUS Yudi Doyle 17 19 15 18 21 Ret 18 Ret 19 19 17 14 0 - AUS Jessica Golding 17 23 17 19 Ret 18 14 20 19 0 - NZL Martin Short 17 11 13 13 DNS DNS 0 - AUS Ben Forgan Ret Ret 15 0 - AUS Roger I'Anson 16 13 12 0 - AUS Luke Ellery C 11 Ret 0 - AUS Daniel Lewis C 13 Ret 0 - NZL Richie Stanaway C Ret 14 0 - AUS Robert Munnerley 13 10 Ret 11 20 11 15 Ret 15 -8 Pos. Driver New South WalesEAS New South WalesWAK VictoriaSAN Northern TerritoryDAR QueenslandQUE VictoriaPHI TasmaniaSYM New South WalesORA Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Notes: Race 1 of Round 8 was abandoned after an accident and no championship points were awarded. Nick Percat's Round 6 total includes a 20-point penalty for a driving infringement Jack Chapman's Round 7 total includes a 15-point penalty for a driving infringement Scott Pye's Round 7 total includes a 15-point penalty for a driving infringement Chaz Mostert's Round 4 total includes a 5-point penalty for a driving infringement Robert Munnerley's Round 1 total includes a 10-point penalty for a driving infringement References External links Race Results Archive for 2008 Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 8 January 2009 Category:Australian Formula Ford Championship seasons Formula Ford