1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship Explained

The 1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was the 24th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia, and the first to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.^[2] Promoted as the 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, it was won by Craig Lowndes driving a Van Diemen RF93.^[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with two heats per round.^[4]

Round	Circuit	State	Date
1	Amaroo Park	New South Wales	28 February
2	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	14 March
3	Phillip Island	Victoria	4 April
4	Lakeside	Queensland	18 April
5	Winton	Victoria	16 May
6	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	6 June
7	Mallala	South Australia	4 July
8	Oran Park	New South Wales	8 August

Results

Position	Driver	No.^[5]	Car^[6]	Entrant	Ama	Sym	Phi	Lak	Win	Eas	Mal	Ora	Total
1	Craig Lowndes	5	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Craig Lowndes	26	8	30	32	36	32	28	36	228
2	Stephen White	4	Swift SC93F Ford	Stephen White	17	30	32	40	22	20	32	16	209
3	Andrew Reid	31	Swift SC93F Ford	Linear Bearings	-	22	30	24	20	26	7	12	141
4	Steven Richards	7	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Team Valvoline / Garry Rogers	14	34	-	-	6	16	40	21	131
5	Gavin Monaghan	10	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	Gavin Monaghan	30	16	16	28	-	6	10	22	128
6	Steven Ellery	15	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Eastern Creek Raceway	12	-	1	9	26	40	4	20	112
7	Con Toparis	21	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Eastern Creek Raceway	34	24	10	2	9	6	18	-	103
8	Cameron Prince		Van Diemen RF92 Ford		2	24	28	14	1	-	-	-	69
9	Michael Dutton		Swift SC92F Ford		20	-	10	-	8	18	-	10	66
10	David Hardman	35	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	David Hardman	16	4	15	-	30	-	-	-	65
11	Mark Noske	17	Swift SC93F Ford	Mark Noske	-	-	-	20	2	-	24	8	54
12	Leif Corben	24	Van Diemen RF90 Ford		-	-	-	2	18	16	-	-	36
13	Cameron Partington	13	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	Cameron Partington	8	10	4	-	-	1	4	6	33
14	Darren Edwards	14	Swift SC93F Ford	D Edwards	-	4	-	-	8	-	14	-	26
15	Matthew Martin		Swift SC90 Ford		-	-	-	7	-	1	-	14	22
16	Dugal McDougall	48	Van Diemen RF89 Ford	Dugal McDougall	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	17
17	Jason Bright	71	Spectrum 05 Ford	Borland Racing Developments	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
18	Ashley Cutchie	32	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	Peter Sorrell	-	1	-	8	-	-	1	-	10
=	Gerard Manion		Swift FB89 Ford		-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
=	Gary Gosatti	9	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Gary Gosatti	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	10
21	Paul Mulhearn		Swift SC93F Ford		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	David Harrington	58	Van Diemen RF89 Ford	David Harrington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2^[7]	2

References

1. Phil Branagan, Two winners - one champion, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 172 to 182
2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, page 14-5
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20010419210025/http://formulaford.com.au/1993.htm 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship points table
4. 1993 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 302 to 303
5. Entry list, Race 2, Round 7, 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, July 4, 1993
6. The use of the Ford Kent engine was mandatory in all cars.
7. The formulaford.com.au points table does not indicate the round or rounds at which Harrington scored his two points. The race results in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94 show that his only top ten race finish was in Heat 2 of the Oran Park round.

External links

• Formula Ford Australia
• Image of championship winner Craig Lowndes driving a Van Diemen RF93, Oran Park, 8 August 1993 - from www.autopics.com.au via www.webcitation.org