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Wikipedia / 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It was the sixth iteration of the Australian Formula Ford Championship,

The championship was won by Adam Macrow driving a Spectrum 06. Singaporean-born Christian Murchison claimed Rookie of the Year honours.

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.

Round

Circuit

Dates

Round winner

Map

1

Sandown Raceway

1 February

Adam Macrow

2

Lakeside International Raceway

29 March

Dugal McDougall

3

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

19 April

Adam Macrow Steve Owen

4

Winton Motor Raceway

3 May

Adam Macrow

5

Mallala Motor Sport Park

24 May

Adam Macrow

6

Wanneroo Raceway

31 May

Christian Murchison

7

Calder Park Raceway

21 June

Christian Jones Tim Leahey

8

Oran Park Raceway

2 August

Tim Leahey

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

LAK

PHI

WIN

MAL

WAN

CAL

ORA

Pts

1

Adam Macrow

8

Spectrum 06

Team Arrow

40

32

28

40

40

6

7

18

211

2

Christian Jones

6

Spectrum 06b

OAMPS Insurance Group

6

20

24

17

32

30

34

20

183

3

Tim Leahey

35

Van Diemen RF98

Fastlane Racing

12

26

24

4

24

30

34

26

180

4

Greg Ritter

5

Van Diemen RF98

Garry Rogers Motorsport

10

10

-

28

16

4

28

13

109

5

Christian Murchison

18

Van Diemen RF98

Fastlane Racing

-

-

16

-

28

40

-

14

98

6

Dugal McDougall

16

Mygale SJ98

Apache Constructors

30

40

-

22

1

-

-

-

93

7

Alex Davison

40

Van Diemen RF95

Sonic Motor Racing Services

6

1

-

-

16

8

28

10

69

8

Craig Zerner

4

Spectrum 06b

George Stockman

8

14

14

26

-

-

-

-

62

9

Steve Owen

27

Spectrum 06b

Team Arrow

14

-

28

-

4

-

12

-

58

10

Ashley Seward

81

Spectrum 06b

Ashley Seward

16

-

14

-

4

10

2

11

57

11

Iccy Harrington

45

Mygale SJ98

Apache Constructors

-

-

18

14

4

2

4

-

42

12

Aaron McNally

7

Van Diemen RF97

Aaron McNally

28

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

35

Justin Cotter

9

Van Diemen RF95

Factory Enterprises

1

-

1

6

1

-

8

18

35

14

Owen Kelly

47

Spectrum 06b

S H Racing

-

-

4

18

-

1

10

-

33

15

Kerry Wade

12

Van Diemen RF94

Kerry Wade

-

-

-

3

-

24

-

-

27

Tyler Mecklem

95

Van Diemen RF91

TDK Australia

-

-

-

-

16

1

10

-

27

17

Christian Jory

90

Swift SC93F

Christian Jory

-

-

8

8

-

-

-

-

16

Ty Hanger

55

Swift SC93F

Ty Hanger

-

2

6

-

-

-

8

-

16

19

Will Power

46

Swift SC92F

Robert Power

-

14

-

-

-

-

-

1

15

20

Robert Jones

43

Van Diemen RF94

Car-Trek Racing

-

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

Ray Stubber

54

Spectrum 06b

-

-

-

-

-

14

-

-

14

22

Stuart Kostera

21

Van Diemen RF95

-

-

-

-

-

12

-

-

12

23

Christopher Dell

57

Van Diemen RF96B

Christopher Dell

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

24

Robert Miller

29

Van Diemen RF95

Robert Miller

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

Michael Simpson

25

Van Diemen RF96

Michael Simpson

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

26

Jim McKinnon

70

Van Diemen RF95

Jim McKinnon

-

-

1

-

-

4

-

-

5

Leanne Ferrier

42

Van Diemen RF94

Leanne Ferrier

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

5

28

Chris Staff

61

Van Diemen RF92

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

3

29

Dean Lindstrom

24

Van Diemen RF91

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Ben Savage

36

Spectrum 06b

Team Arrow

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

31

Ryan McLeod

96

Van Diemen RF91

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.5

0.5

Pos

Driver

No.

Car

Entrant

SAN

LAK

PHI

WIN

MAL

WAN

CAL

ORA

Pts

Note: Each car was required to use a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.

Note: Only half points were awarded for Race 2 of Round 8 as the race was stopped prematurely due to an accident.

References