1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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The 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

## Calendar

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The championship was contested over an eight-round series[3] with two races per round.[4]

Round[3] | Circuit[3] | State[3] | Date[3]

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1  | Calder | Victoria | 15 March
2  | Phillip Island | Victoria | 13 April
3  | Sandown | Victoria | 27 April
4  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 27 May
5  | Lakeside | Queensland | 15 June
6  | Barbagallo | Western Australia | 6 July
7  | Mallala | South Australia | 13 July
8  | Oran Park | New South Wales | 3 August

## Points system

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Championship points were awarded on the results of each race as per the following table.

Position[5] | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | 4th  | 5th  | 6th  | 7th  | 8th  | 9th  | 10th

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Points[5] | 20  | 16  | 14  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1

## Results

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Position[6] | Driver[6] | No.[4][7] | Car[4][7] | Entrant[4][7] | Cal[6] | Phi[6] | San[6] | Eas[6] | Lak[6] | Bar[6] | Mal[6] | Ora[6] | Total[6]

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1  | Garth Tander | 17  | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Fastlane Racing  | 40  | 20  | 40  | 32  | 14  | 32  | 40  | 30  | 248
2  | Marcos Ambrose | 4  | Van Diemen RF97 Ford | Marcos Ambrose  | 26  | 16  | 28  | 40  | 40  | 22  | 30  | 36  | 238
3  | Todd Kelly | 12  | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Todd Kelly  | \-  | 32  | 32  | 10  | 30  | 40  | 1  | 21  | 166
4  | Craig Zerner  | 35  | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Craig Zerner  | 32  | \-  | 20  | 26  | \-  | \-  | 10  | 20  | 108
5  | Greg Ritter | 36  | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Greg Ritter  | 14  | 24  | \-  | 6  | 26  | \-  | 26  | 1  | 97
6  | Christian Jones | 27  | Spectrum 06 Ford | George Stockman  | \-  | 18  | \-  | \-  | 28  | 13  | 16  | 12  | 87
=  | Aaron McNally  | 74  | Van Diemen RF97 Ford | Aaron McNally  | 6  | 14  | 12  | 10  | \-  | 18  | 1  | 26  | 87
8  | Adam Macrow | 71  | Spectrum 06 Ford | Team Arrow  | 18  | 2  | 12  | 10  | 14  | 2  | 2  | \-  | 60
9  | Justin Cotter  | 7  | Mygale SJ95 Ford | Justin Cotter  | 12  | 4  | 14  | 14  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 48
10  | Phillip Scifleet | 77  | Spectrum 06 Ford | Phillip Scifleet  | 3  | \-  | 1  | 22  | \-  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 41
11  | John Blanchard  | 3  | Mygale SJ97 Ford | Apache Constructors  | \-  | 24  | \-  | 14  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 38
12  | Scott Bargwanna  | 9  | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Scott Bargwanna  | \-  | \-  | 18  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | 14  | 34
13  | Kerry Wade  | 14  | Van Diemen RF94 Ford |  | 12  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 20  | \-  | \-  | 32
=  | Brett Burvill  | 73  | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Fastlane Racing  | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 22  | \-  | 32
15  | Ray Stubber  | 54  | Spectrum 06 Ford |  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 20  | \-  | \-  | 20
16  | Dugal McDougall  | 8  | Mygale SJ97 Ford | Apache Constructors  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 16  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 18
17  | Damien White | 31  | Spectrum 06 Ford | Team Arrow  | \-  | 14  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 16
18  | Christian Murchison | 52  | Van Diemen RF95 & RF94 Ford | Fastlane Racing  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 10  | \-  | 14
=  | Ken Smith  | 73  | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Fastlane Racing  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 14  | \-  | 14
20  | Ashley Cutchie  | 15  | Swift SC96K Ford | Swift Racing Cars  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 12  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 12
=  | Cameron Schearer  | 48  | Mygale SJ95 Ford | Apache Constructors  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | 10  | \-  | \-  | 12
22  | Wayne Stoddard  | 46  | Vector MG96 Ford | W Stoddard  | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10
=  | Rodney Forbes | 25  | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | R Forbes  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10  | 10
24  | Dean Lindstrom  | 19  | Van Diemen RF91 Ford |  | \-  | 6  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 8
=  | Michael Simpson  | 38  | Van Diemen RF96 Ford | M Simpson  | \-  | 8  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 8
=  | Tim Leahey  | 75  | Van Diemen RF96B Ford | Tim Leahey  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 8  | \-  | 8
27  | Scott Marsh  | 42  | Swift SC92F Ford | S Marsh  | \-  | 4  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 6
28  | Andrew Reid  | 26  | Swift SC97K Ford | Inspired Racing  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | 4  | \-  | 5
29  | Murray Ditton  | 41  | Spectrum 06 Ford | Murray Ditton  | \-  | \-  | 4  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4
=  | Owen Ow  | 55  | Van Diemen RF94 Ford |  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | \-  | \-  | 4
31  | Christopher Dell  | 57  | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Christopher Dell  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2
32  | Sam Oliver  | 80  | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Prix Max  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1

## References

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1. ^ Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1997, pages 7-10 to 7-11
2. ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
3. ^ a b c d e f 1997 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 1 August 2012
4. ^ a b c d 1997 Results Calendar & Archive Retrieved from www.racetime.com.au on 7 July 2000 (individual race result pages no longer accessible)
5. ^ a b 1997 Ford Motorsport/Slick 50 Australian Ford Ford Championship Final Pointscore, Formula Ford Assoc. Inc., 11-08-1997
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1997 Formula Ford Pointscore, Motor Racing Australia, January/February 1998, page 69
7. ^ a b c Entry list, Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Round 7, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, 13 July 1997

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