1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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
1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion Craig Lowndes, pictured in 2006

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

Round [3] Circuit [3] State Date [3]
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 [3] Driver [3] No. [5] Car [3] [6] Entrant [5] Ama [3] Sym [3] Phi [3] Lak [3] Win [3] Eas [3] Mal [3] Ora [3] Total [3]
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. 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship points table Retrieved from formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org on 6 November 2012
  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.
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