2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship Explained

The 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.

Race calendar and results

Round 1, Eastern Creek International Raceway, New South Wales, 7–9 March
Round 2, Wakefield Park Raceway, New South Wales, 4–6 April
Round 3, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Victoria, 7–9 June
Round 4, Hidden Valley Raceway, Northern Territory, 4–6 July
Round 5, Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland, 18–20 July
Round 6, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, 12–14 September
Round 7, Symmons Plains International Raceway, Tasmania, 21–23 September
Round 8, Oran Park Motorsport Circuit, New South Wales, 5–7 December

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.

Drivers' championship standings

Position^[2]	Driver	No.	Car	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Paul Laskazeski	7	Spectrum 011b Ford	Synergy Motorsport	42	35	57	48	40	51	33	36	342
2	Nick Percat	2	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Walkinshaw Performance	37	24	-	60	61	16	54	22	274
3	Kristian Lindbom	4	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services	-	52	24	28	48	12	32	26	222
4	Daniel Erickson	23	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star	28	12	16	15	26	41	24	36	198
5	Ben Morley	43	Spectrum 011c Ford	Club Icon	46	26	16	35	26	2	-	-	151
6	Adam Graham	66	Spectrum 011b Ford	Britek Motorsport Scholarship	24	18	40	28	36	-	-	-	146
7	Scott Pye	19	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star	4	20	46	34	6	18	-9	18	137
8	Brad Lowe	41	Spectrum 011c Ford	Lowe Earthmoving	54	-	8	-	18	19	-	-	99
9	Jake Chapman	98	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star	8	-	38	1	2	40	1	-	90
10	Robert Storey	16	Comtec Spirit WL07 Ford	Anglo Australian Motorsport	4	34	8	-	-	-	-	6	52
11	Chaz Mostert	15	Spectrum 011 Ford	Howard Racing	-	2	-	-5	-	13	20	20	50
12	Blake Varney	77	Spectrum 011b Ford	Autobarn Virginia	22	15	2	6	-	-	-	-	45
12	Ben Walter	25	Spectrum 011c Ford	Britek Motorsport Scholarship	-	-	2	10	-	22	11	-	45
14	Martin Swindells	63	Spectrum 011c Ford	Britek Motorsport Scholarship	-	16	9	-	-	14	-	-	39
15	Ryan Simpson	16	Spectrum 011c Ford	Parramatta Smash Repair	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	34
16	Glen Wood	66	Spectrum 011b Ford	Minda Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	5	29
17	Scott Auld	27	Spectrum 011 Ford	Howard Racing	2	9	4	-	12	-	-	-	27
18	Trent Harrison	30	Mygale SJ08A Ford	Monza Motors	8	6	8	-	-	1	-	1	24
19	Nathan Morcom	71	Spectrum 011d Ford	CAMS Rising Star	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	22
20	Lucas Dumbrell	4	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Aust. Dealer Insurance	-	4	1	2	1	2	6	-	16
21	Andrew Waite	26	Spectrum 011b Ford	Minda Motorsport	-	-	-	12	2	-	-	-	14
22	Nick Foster	13	Van Diemen RF04 Ford Mygale SJ08A Ford^[3]	Steeline Metal Framing Systems	-	2	-	1	2	2	6	-	13
23	Cameron Spence	35	Spectrum 011c Ford	Rob Spence Motosport	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	-	9
24	Chris Goodman	43	Spectrum 011c Ford	Precision Automotive	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	6
25	Nicolas Tanti	14	Comtec Spirit WL06 Ford	Anglo Australian Motorsport	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
26	Jesse Dixon	26	Spectrum 011b Ford	Britek Motorsport Scholarship	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
26	Ray Chamberlain	8	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	R Chamberlain	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
28	Robert Munnerley	12	Mygale SJ06A Ford	CXC Consultants Exchange	-9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-8

Note:

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

External links

Race Results Archive for 2008 Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 8 January 2008

Notes and References

http://www.camsmanual.com.au/sportregs/2008_Australian_FFord_SportRegs_2.pdf 2008 AFFC Sporting Regulations
http://www.formulaford.com.au/pdfs/round-0189.pdf 2008 AFFC Pointscore
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