The 1985 Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the 16th Australian Formula Ford Series[2] and the first to be contested under the Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series name.
The series was won by Tomas Mezera driving a Reynard.[3]
Calendar
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The series was contested over nine rounds with one race per round.[3]
Round[3] | Circuit[3] | Date[3] | Round winner[3] | Car[3] |
1 | Sandown | 24 February | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83[4] |
2 | Mallala Motor Sport Park[1] | 17 March | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83[4] |
3 | Surfers Paradise | N/A | N/A | |
4 | Amaroo Park | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83[4] | |
5 | Oran Park | 14 July | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83[4] |
6 | Calder Park | 11 August | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83[4] |
7 | Winton | 1 September | Tomas Mezera | Elwyn 003 |
8 | Sandown | 15 September | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 |
9 | Oran Park | 22 September | Richard Carter | Matek M1 |
Round 3 was declared a "non-event" after all drivers were excluded from the results for failing to slow sufficiently following an accident.[3]
Points system
[edit]Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round.[3]
Series standings
[edit]Position[5] | Driver[5] | Car[5] | Entrant[1] | San[5] | Mal[5] | Sur[5] | Ama[5] | Ora[5] | Cal[5] | Win[5] | San[5] | Ora[5] | Total[5] |
1 | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83[4] Elwyn 003 |
Dalcar Industries | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | - | 120 |
2 | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 | Logan Homes | 15 | 15 | - | 15 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 95 |
3 | Andrew Burden | Lola T624A | Bob Holden Motors | 10 | 10 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 1- | - | 12 | 60 |
4 | Roger Martin | PRS-02[1] | Roger Martin Racing | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 15 | 12 | 15 | - | - | 57 |
5 | Alan Bisset | Reynard | Alan Bisset | - | 12 | - | 4 | 8 | 15 | 12 | - | - | 51 |
6 | Bradley Forgeard | Van Diemen | Bradley Forgeard | 12 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 8 | - | 10 | 40 |
7 | Barry Ward | Galloway | The Motor Shed | - | 8 | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | 15 | - | 37 |
8 | Richard Carter | Matek M1 | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 20 | 34 | |
9 | David Stanley | Elwyn 004[6] | J. Crouchley[6] | - | - | - | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 |
10 | Stephen Moody | Totem BM1 | Stephen Moody | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 3 | 19 |
=11 | Laurie Bennett | Wren | Laurie Bennett[6] | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 12 |
=11 | Tony Newcombe | Hawke | Tony Newcombe[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 12 |
13 | Tony Boot | Totem BM1[1] | Tony Boot | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 11 |
=14 | Richard Steigler | Royale | Richard Steigler[6] | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 6 | 10 |
=14 | Robert Bennett | Wren | R. Bennett[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
16 | Ian Edgar | Elfin 620B | Peter George[6] | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 9 |
=17 | Martin Tighe | Van Diemen | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | |
=17 | Robert Simpson | Agent DR2 | Robert Simpson | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 6 |
=17 | Tony Murphy | Bowin P4[6] | Tony Murphy[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
=20 | Andrew Gubb | Royale | Andrew Gubb[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 |
=20 | Garry Jones | Bowin P6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
=20 | Greg Kentwell | Elwyn 003[6] | Greg Kentwell[6] | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
=23 | Scott Elson | Lola T440 | Scott Elson[6] | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
=23 | Tim Murray | Elwyn | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
=23 | Mark Poole | Elfin | Mark Poole | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
=23 | Aaron Blacksell | Wren | Aaron Blacksell[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
=23 | Andrew Robbins | Elfin 620B | Andrew Robbins | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
=28 | Steve Giuliana | Bormac | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
=28 | Colin McLean | PRS | Colin McLean[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
=28 | Anthony Swan | Elwyn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations in 1985 required cars to be powered by a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Programme, Mallala, Sunday,March 17, 1985
- ^ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Allen Wise, Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86, pages 296-299
- ^ a b c d e f Reynard Owners, www.reynardowners.com Archived 2017-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 July 2018
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Official Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, September 14 and 15 1985
- ^ Formula Ford, CAMS Manual of MotorSport 1985, page 270