1981 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1981 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford racing cars.[1]

The series, which was the twelfth Australian Formula Ford Series,[2] was won by Phillip Revell driving a Lola T440.[3]

Series schedule

Phillip Revell won the series driving a Lola T440, similar to the example pictured above

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

Round [3]	Circuit [3]	Date [3]	Winning driver [3]	Car [3]
1	Sandown	?? February	Phillip Revell	Lola T440
2	Calder	?? March	Phillip Revell	Lola T440
3	Amaroo Park	??	Don Bretland	Van Diemen RF75
4	Adelaide International Raceway [4]	3 May	Jeff Summers	Elfin 620B
5	Oran Park	21 June	Phillip Revell	Lola T440
6	Amaroo Park	9 August	Phillip Revell	Lola T440
7	Surfers Paradise	20 August	Don Bretland	Van Diemen RF75
8	Sandown	13 September	Phillip Revell	Lola T440

Points system

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

Series standings

Position [5]	Driver [5]	Car [5]	Entrant [1]	San [5]	Cal [5]	Ama [5]	Ade [5]	Ora [5]	Ama [5]	Sur [5]	San [5]	Total [5]
1	Phillip Revell	Lola T440	Bob Holden Motors	20	20	10	-	20	20	15	20	125
2	Don Bretland	Van Diemen RF75	Don Bretland	15	6	20	12	10	12	20	15	110
3	Ron Barnacle	Van Diemen RF77	Nissalco Garage Equipment	10	15	3	6	-	15	12	4	65
4	Jeff Summers	Elfin 620B	Jeff Summers	8	2	-	20	8	4	8	12	62
5	Garry Tully	Elfin 620	Garry Tully	1	12	-	-	12	8	-	8	41
6	Bradley Jones	Elwyn 002	Bradley Jones	3	-	15	2	15	-	-	-	35
=7	Jeff Besnard	Mawer 004	Jeff Besnard	4	10	4	15	-	-	-	-	33
=7	Laurie Bennett	Wren	Laurie Bennett	-	4	6	-	1	10	2	10	33
9	David Earle	Elfin Aero	David Earle	12	-	-	-	4	6	4	6	32
10	Rex Broadbent	Wren	R.G. Broadbent	2	-	8	10	6	-	-	-	26
11	Ray Colenso	Elfin 600	Morris 850 Club Geelong	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	3	14
12	Kim Jones	Elfin 620B	Kim Jones	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12
=13	Tony Boot	Elfin 600	Tony Boot	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	10
=13	Alan Swindells	Bowin		-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
15	Robert Simpson	Elfin	Robert Simpson	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	9
16	David Stanley	Image Mk III [1]	David Stanley	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
17	Steve Farrell	Elfin 600		-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	5
18	Robert Benson	Elwyn		-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
=19	Don Greig	Bowin P6	Don Greig	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
=19	Jack Lunenberg	Wren	Jack Lunenberg	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
=19	Warwick Rooklyn	Bowin P6		-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	3
=19	Geoff Howat	Bowin		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
=23	Edward Vieusseux	Bowin		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
=23	Gary Batten	Bowin P4A [1]	Gary Batten	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
=23	Alan Whitechurch	Bowin		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

References

1. Official Programme, Sandown, 11 to 13 September 1981
2. Australian 'Driver to Europe' Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82, pages 136 to 139
4. Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 3rd May 1981
5. 1981 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org