The 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, Version 2, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round. It was the sixteenth Australian Formula Ford Championship.
The championship was won by Paul Laskazeski driving a Spectrum 011b for Synergy Motorsport.
Teams and drivers Team Chassis No Driver Rounds Walkinshaw Racing Mygale SJ07A 2 Nick Percat All Aust. Dealer Insurance Mygale SJ07A 3 Lucas Dumbrell All Sonic Motor Racing Services Mygale SJ07A 4 Ben Small 1 Mygale SJ07A Kristian Lindbom 2–8 Mygale Australia Mygale SJ07A 5 Martin Short 3, 5 Synergy Motorsport Spectrum 011b 7 Paul Laskazeski All Spectrum 011c 16 Ryan Simpson 7 21 8 Spectrum 011c 43 Chris Goodman 7–8 Spectrum 011 48 Jessica Golding 2–3, 5 Ray Chamberlain Van Diemen RF06 8 Ray Chamberlain 7 CXC Consultants Exchange Mygale SJ06A 12 Robert Munnerley 1–3 Minda Motorsport Spectrum 011b 12 Andrew Waite 4 66 6 Spectrum 011b Glen Wood 7–8 Steeline Metal Framing Systems Van Diemen RF04 13 Nick Foster All Anglo Australian Motorsport Comtek Spirit WL06 14 Nicholas Tanti 2, 5, 8 Comtek Spirit WL07 16 Rob Storey 1–3, 5, 8 Howard Racing Spectrum 011 15 Chaz Mostert All Spectrum 011 27 Scott Auld 1–3, 5 Borland Racing Developments Spectrum 011b 19 Scott Pye All Spectrum 011b 23 Daniel Erickson All Spectrum 011d 71 Nathan Morcom 7–8 Spectrum 011b 98 Jake Chapman 1–7 Spectrum 011b Luke Ellery 8 Britek Motorsport Spectrum 011c 25 Ben Walter All Spectrum 011b 26 Taylor Gore 1–2, 6 Spectrum 011b Andrew Waite 5 Spectrum 011b Jesse Dixon 7 Spectrum 011b Daniel Lewis 8 Spectrum 011c 63 Martin Swindells 1–7 Spectrum 011b 66 Adam Graham 1–5 Monza Motors Mygale SJ08A 30 Trent Harrison 1–4, 6, 8 Rob Spence Motorsport Spectrum 011c 35 Cameron Spence 1–3, 6 Lowe Earthmoving Spectrum 011c 41 Brad Lowe 1–6 Icon Motorsport Spectrum 011c 43 Ben Morley 1–6 Geoffrey I'Anson Van Diemen RF06 44 Roger I'Anson 6 G-Force Motorsport Mygale SJ08A 46 Richie Stanaway 8 No Sponsor Racing Van Diemen RF04 74 Yudi Doyle 1–3, 6 Autobarn Virginia Spectrum 011b 77 Blake Varney 1–5 Ben Forgan Spectrum 011b 86 Ben Forgan 4
Championship schedule Round Circuit Dates Supporting Map 1 Eastern Creek Raceway 7–9 March V8 Supercar Championship Series 2 Wakefield Park Raceway 4–6 April Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 3 Sandown Raceway 7–9 June V8 Supercar Championship SeriesFujitsu V8 Supercar Series 4 Hidden Valley Raceway 4–6 July V8 Supercar Championship Series 5 Queensland Raceway 18–20 July V8 Supercar Championship SeriesFujitsu V8 Supercar Series 6 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 12–14 September V8 Supercar Championship Series 7 Symmons Plains Raceway 22-23 November V8 Supercar Championship Series 8 Oran Park Raceway 5–7 December V8 Supercar Championship SeriesFujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Season summary + Rd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round Winner 1 1 Eastern Creek Raceway Nick Percat Brad Lowe Brad Lowe Lowe Earthmoving Brad Lowe 2 Paul Laskazeski Brad Lowe Lowe Earthmoving 3 Ben Morley Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 2 1 Wakefield Park Raceway Paul Laskazeski Adam Graham Kristian Lindbom Sonic Motor Racing Services Kristian Lindbom 2 Paul Laskazeski Rob Storey Anglo Australian Motorsport 3 Paul Laskazeski Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 3 1 Sandown Raceway Paul Laskazeski Paul Laskazeski Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport Paul Laskazeski 2 Paul Laskazeski Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 3 Paul Laskazeski Jake Chapman Borland Racing Developments 4 1 Hidden Valley Raceway Ben Morley Daniel Erickson Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing Nick Percat 2 Scott Pye Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 3 Daniel Erickson Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 5 1 Queensland Raceway Nick Percat Kristian Lindbom Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing Nick Percat 2 Kristian Lindbom Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 3 Nick Percat Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 6 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Daniel Erickson Daniel Erickson Daniel Erickson Borland Racing Developments Paul Laskazeski 2 Daniel Erickson Daniel Erickson Borland Racing Developments 3 Nick Percat Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 7 1 Symmons Plains Raceway Paul Laskazeski Daniel Erickson Glen Wood Minda Motorsport Nick Percat 2 Paul Laskazeski Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 3 Daniel Erickson Nick Percat Walkinshaw Racing 8 1 Oran Park Raceway Paul Laskazeski Race cancelled Daniel Erickson 2 Paul Laskazeski Paul Laskazeski Synergy Motorsport 3 Daniel Erickson Daniel Erickson Borland Racing Developments
Points system Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race and a bonus point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.
Championship standings + Pos. Driver EAS WAK SAN DAR QUE PHI SYM ORA Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Paul Laskazeski 2 3 4 12 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 1 Ret 2 2 C 1 2 342 2 Nick Percat 5 7 1 4 4 Ret 12 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 7 3 1 1 C 5 4 274 3 Kristian Lindbom 1 2 2 8 5 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 12 11 4 4 4 6 C 4 3 222 4 Daniel Erickson 4 5 7 6 8 Ret 4 13 8 3 14 10 8 5 4 1 1 Ret 5 Ret 3 C 2 1 198 5 Ben Morley 3 2 2 2 5 18 5 Ret 7 4 3 6 5 6 6 14 Ret 9 151 6 Adam Graham 9 4 5 5 6 Ret 3 3 4 7 4 5 4 3 5 146 7 Scott Pye 11 8 Ret Ret 7 4 2 2 3 5 5 3 Ret 9 8 5 15 6 Ret Ret 7 C 6 5 137 8 Brad Lowe 1 1 3 14 13 Ret 11 Ret 6 13 Ret Ret 7 7 7 6 5 10 99 9 Jake Chapman 6 14 Ret Ret 18 12 7 4 1 10 12 14 9 13 Ret 4 4 2 2 Ret 11 90 10 Rob Storey Ret 12 8 3 1 3 6 Ret 17 16 17 16 C 8 9 52 11 Chaz Mostert Ret 17 12 Ret 15 10 Ret 14 11 11 11 Ret Ret 15 11 10 6 8 11 5 5 C 3 7 50 12 Blake Varney 7 6 6 9 10 5 Ret 9 14 12 7 Ret 12 14 15 45 13 Ben Walter Ret 22 13 16 17 15 9 Ret Ret 8 9 8 11 16 12 7 7 5 6 9 10 C Ret 11 45 14 Martin Swindells 16 16 11 7 16 6 10 6 Ret 14 16 13 Ret 19 18 11 14 3 Ret 11 12 39 15 Ryan Simpson 7 3 Ret C 7 6 34 16 Glen Wood 1 Ret 8 C 10 8 29 17 Scott Auld 10 11 10 10 11 7 14 8 Ret 6 8 17 27 18 Trent Harrison 8 9 9 Ret DNS 8 20 7 9 15 15 12 18 10 16 C 15 10 24 19 Nathan Morcom 9 6 4 C 12 12 22 20 Lucas Dumbrell Ret 15 Ret 8 14 16 Ret 12 10 16 13 9 15 10 13 9 16 13 8 Ret 9 C 16 21 Andrew Waite 9 8 7 Ret 12 9 15 Ret 15 14 22 Nick Foster 14 21 16 15 9 Ret 16 Ret 12 17 10 11 10 11 10 13 9 Ret 12 7 16 C 14 13 13 23 Cameron Spence Ret 18 18 13 19 14 13 10 16 8 8 Ret 9 24 Chris Goodman Ret 8 13 C 9 Ret 6 25 Nicholas Tanti 19 12 9 Ret 18 14 C Ret Ret 4 26 Jesse Dixon 10 Ret 14 1 27 Ray Chamberlain 13 10 15 1 - Ben Small 12 13 17 0 - Taylor Gore 15 20 14 Ret 22 13 17 12 11 0 - Yudi Doyle 17 19 15 18 21 Ret 18 Ret 19 19 17 14 0 - Jessica Golding 17 23 17 19 Ret 18 14 20 19 0 - Martin Short 17 11 13 13 DNS DNS 0 - Ben Forgan Ret Ret 15 0 - Roger I'Anson 16 13 12 0 - Luke Ellery C 11 Ret 0 - Daniel Lewis C 13 Ret 0 - Richie Stanaway C Ret 14 0 - Robert Munnerley 13 10 Ret 11 20 11 15 Ret 15 -8 Pos. Driver EAS WAK SAN DAR QUE PHI SYM ORA Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Notes: Race 1 of Round 8 was abandoned after an accident and no championship points were awarded. Nick Percat's Round 6 total includes a 20-point penalty for a driving infringement Jack Chapman's Round 7 total includes a 15-point penalty for a driving infringement Scott Pye's Round 7 total includes a 15-point penalty for a driving infringement Chaz Mostert's Round 4 total includes a 5-point penalty for a driving infringement Robert Munnerley's Round 1 total includes a 10-point penalty for a driving infringement
References
External links Race Results Archive for 2008 Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 8 January 2009