1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship
The 1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing championship open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] The championship was the 26th Australian series for Formula Fords, and the third to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.[2] The title was won by Jason Bright, driving a Van Diemen RF95.[3]
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.[4]
| Round | Circuit | Dates | Round winner | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia).svg.png){kind=small} Sandown Raceway | 5 February | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small} Jason Bright | |
| 2 |  Symmons Plains Raceway | 26 February | Gavin Monaghan | |
| 3 |  Mount Panorama Circuit | 12 March | Gavin Monaghan | |
| 4 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 9 April | Jason Bright Mark Webber | |
| 5 |  Lakeside International Raceway | 23 April | Jason Bright | |
| 6 | Eastern Creek Raceway | 28 May | Jason Bright | |
| 7 |  Mallala Motor Sport Park | 9 July | Mark Noske | |
| 8 | Oran Park Raceway | 6 August | Cameron Partington |
Results
Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | SAN | SYM | BAT | PHI | LAK | EAS | MAL | ORA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Bright | 3 | Van Diemen RF95 | Valvoline Australia | 36 | 28 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 232 |
| 2 | Gavin Monaghan | 2 | Van Diemen RF94 | The Anchorage Port Stephens | 28 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 174 |
| 3 | Mark Noske | 4 | Van Diemen RF95 | AMSA Team Agip | 28 | 10 | - | 22 | 32 | 16 | 40 | 16 | 164 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | 14 | Van Diemen RF95 | Yellow Pages Racing Team | 20 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 26 | 12 | - | 158 |
| 5 | Iccy Harrington | 12 | Van Diemen RF93 | David Harrington | 20 | 8 | - | 22 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 112 |
| 6 | Dugal McDougall | 48 | Van Diemen RF94 | McDougall Motorsport | - | 20 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 30 | - | 89 |
| 7 | Mal Rose RY | 44 | Van Diemen RF94 | Mal Rose | 4 | - | - | - | 28 | 8 | 30 | - | 70 |
| 8 | Con Toparis | Van Diemen RF95 | AMSA Team Agip[3] | 20 | - | 18 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 54 | |
| 9 | Ashley Cutchie | 8 | Van Diemen RF93[5] Swift SC95K | 1 | - | 24 | 8 | - | 1 | 6 | 12 | 52 | |
| = | Jason Bargwanna | 18 | Reynard FF88 | Ugly Kid Racing | 6 | - | 18 | - | - | 10 | 10 | 8 | 52 |
| 11 | Daniel Orr | 79 | Van Diemen RF92 | Daniel Orr | - | - | - | 16 | - | 14 | - | 16 | 46 |
| 12 | Steven Boulden | Van Diemen RF94 | - | 26 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | ||
| 13 | Darren Pate | 49 | Van Diemen RF95 | AMSA Team Agip | 6 | 4 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| = | Paul Stephenson | 41 | Swift SC95K | Paul Stephenson | 4 | - | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 29 |
| 15 | Cameron Partington | Van Diemen RF94 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 24 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Adam Moore | Swift SC95K | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 17 | Tim Grant | 72 | Van Diemen RF95 | AMSA Team Agip | - | 6 | - | - | 7 | - | 8 | - | 21 |
| = | Darren Edwards | 7 | Spectrum 05B | Darren Edwards | - | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 21 |
| 19 | Todd Kelly | 78 | Van Diemen RF93 | Todd Kelly | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| 20 | Scott Bargwanna | 50 | Reynard FF90 | Scott Bargwanna | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 21 | Peter Fitzgerald | Van Diemen RF92 | Peter Fitzgerald | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 4 | - | 13 | |
| 22 | Gary Gasatti | 24 | Van Diemen RF95 | Fastlane Racing | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 23 | Tremaine Dickinson | 98[3] | Swift SC93F Van Diemen RF91 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 11 | |
| 24 | Jason Hannagan | Van Diemen RF91 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | ||
| 25 | Justin Cotter | Swift SC93F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | ||
| 26 | David Besnard | Van Diemen RF90 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 27 | Richard Renato | Swift SC92F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 28 | Geoff Walters | Van Diemen RF94 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| = | William Anderson | Van Diemen RF93 | William Anderson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| = |  Craig Bradshaw | 63 | Van Diemen RF91 | Craig Bradshaw | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 31 |  Alan Cho | Van Diemen RF93 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| = | Ray Stubber | Van Diemen RF95 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| = | Neil Richardson | 28 | Van Diemen RF90 | Neil Richardson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | SAN | SYM | BAT | PHI | LAK | EAS | MAL | ORA | Pts |
The "Dunlop Rookie of the Year" award was won by Mal Rose.[4]
References
- ^ Conditions for Australian Racing Titles, 1995 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7-9 to 7-11
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
- ^ a b c Phil Branagan, Jason, Jason Burning Bright, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1995/96, pages 226-233
- ^ a b 1995 Fordcare Australian Formula Ford Championship – Final Pointscore, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 10 May 2012
- ^ 1995 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995/96, page 283-284
