1984 Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series explained

The 1984 Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was the 15th Australian Formula Ford Series.^[2]

The series was won by Ron Barnacle^[3] driving a Royale RP31.^[2]

Calendar

The series was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date	Round winner	Car	Entrant
1	Sandown	19 February	Ron Barnacle		Dolphin Race Hire
2	Oran Park	18 March	Michael Quinn	Lola T642A
3	Surfers Paradise	13 May	Alan Swindells	Van Diemen
4	Oran Park	27 May	Michael Quinn	Lola T642A
5	Amaroo Park	5 August	Ron Barnacle	Royale RP31	Dolphin Race Hire
6	Sandown	9 September	Tomas Mezera	Reynard FF84	Dalcar Industries
7	Winton	14 October	Bradley Forgeard	Lola T642A
8	Calder	18 November	Ron Barnacle	Royale RP31	Dolphin Race Hire

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round.^[3]

Series standings

Position^[4]	Driver	Car	Entrant	San	Ora	Sur	Ora	Ama	San	Win	Cal	Total
1	Ron Barnacle	Royale RP31^[5]	Dolphin Race Hire	20	10	2	-	20	15	4	20	91
2	Garry Jones	Van Diemen	Garry Jones	8	15	12	12	2	12	8	6	75
3	Michael Quinn	Lola T642A		15	20	-	20	-	-	-	-	55
4	Geoff Walters	Elwyn 003		-	2	-	15	10	10	15	-	52
5	Tomas Mezera	Reynard FF84	Dalcar Industries	-	6	8	-	15	20	-	-	49
6	Bradley Forgeard	Van Diemen Lola T642A		2	3	6	8	4	-	20	-	43
7	Laurie Bennett	Wren		10	-	-	-	-	6	10	12	38
8	Richard Carter	Matek M1		-	12	15	-	8	-	-	-	35
9	Alan Bisset	Reynard		-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15	27
10	Rodney Moody	Birrana		3	4	-	10	-	-	-	8	25
11	Alan Swindells	Van Diemen		-	1	20	-	-	-	-	-	21
12	Ian Thomas	Reynard		-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	16
13	Tony Boot	Totem		-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	13
=14	Mark Forrester	Reynard		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
=14	Jim Hunter	Royale		4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
=14	Malcolm Oastler	Bowin P6		-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
17	Steve Moody	Totem 002		-	-	4	3	-	1	3	-	11
=18	Greg Kentwell	Elwyn		6	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	10
=18	Roger Martin	PRS		-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	10
20	Barry Ward	Galloway		-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
=21	David Harrison	Elfin		-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	6
=21	Tim Murray	Elwyn 003		-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6
23	Scott Elson	Wren		-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
=24	Martin Tighe	Van Diemen		-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
=24	Mathew Kane	Bowin P4A		-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
=26	Teddy Angelo	Hawke		-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
=26	Mark Poole	Elfin		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
=26	Lyndon Arnel			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
=29	Steven Pryce	PRS 83F		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
=29	Jon McKeon	Hawke DL17		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
=29	Kevin Lewis	Bowin P4		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
=29	Warwick Henderson	Wren		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
=29	Lindsay Yardley	Bowin P6F		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Notes and References

Official Programme, Castrol 500, Sandown, 9 September 1984, page 37
https://web.archive.org/web/20150109021052/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2015-1.pdf Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
Stewart Wilson, Formula Ford Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1984, pages 286 & 287
https://web.archive.org/web/20120516083059/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1984.php 1984 Formula Ford - "Driver to Europe" Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
Graham Slater, Brock gives a lesson, Racing Car News, November 1984, pages 50 to 54