The 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1997, pages 7–10 to 7-11 It was 28th national series to be held in Australia for Formula Fords and the fifth to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5 The championship, which was promoted as the Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Western Australian Garth Tander, driving a Van Diemen RF95.1997 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 1 August 2012
Calendar The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.1997 Results Calendar & Archive Retrieved from www.racetime.com.au on 7 July 2000 (individual race result pages no longer accessible) Round Circuit Dates Round winner Map 1 Calder Park Raceway 15 March Garth Tander 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 13 April Todd Kelly 3 Sandown Raceway 27 April Garth Tander 4 Eastern Creek Raceway 27 May Marcos Ambrose 5 Lakeside International Raceway 15 June Marcos Ambrose 6 Wanneroo Raceway 6 July Todd Kelly 7 Mallala Motor Sport Park 13 July Garth Tander 8 Oran Park Raceway 3 August Marcos Ambrose
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 CAL PHI SAN EAS LAK WAN MAL ORA Pts 1 Garth Tander 17 Van Diemen RF95 Fastlane Racing 40 20 40 32 14 32 40 30 248 2 Marcos Ambrose 4 Van Diemen RF97 Marcos Ambrose 26 16 28 40 40 22 30 36 238 3 Todd Kelly 12 Van Diemen RF95 Todd Kelly - 32 32 10 30 40 1 21 166 4 Craig Zerner 35 Van Diemen RF95 Craig Zerner 32 - 20 26 - - 10 20 108 5 Greg Ritter 36 Van Diemen RF94 Greg Ritter 14 24 - 6 26 - 26 1 97 6 Christian Jones 27 Spectrum 06 George Stockman - 18 - - 28 13 16 12 87 = Aaron McNally 74 Van Diemen RF97 Aaron McNally 6 14 12 10 - 18 1 26 87 8 Adam Macrow 71 Spectrum 06 Team Arrow 18 2 12 10 14 2 2 - 60 9 Justin Cotter 7 Mygale SJ95 Justin Cotter 12 4 14 14 - - - 4 48 10 Phillip Scifleet 77 Spectrum 06 Phillip Scifleet 3 - 1 22 - 1 2 12 41 11 John Blanchard 3 Mygale SJ97 Apache Constructors - 24 - 14 - - - - 38 12 Scott Bargwanna 9 Van Diemen RF95 Scott Bargwanna - - 18 - 2 - - 14 34 13 Kerry Wade 14 Van Diemen RF94 12 - - - - 20 - - 32 = Brett Burvill 73 Van Diemen RF92 Fastlane Racing 10 - - - - - 22 - 32 15 Ray Stubber 54 Spectrum 06 - - - - - 20 - - 20 16 Dugal McDougall 8 Mygale SJ97 Apache Constructors 2 - - - 16 - - - 18 17 Damien White 31 Spectrum 06 Team Arrow - 14 2 - - - - - 16 18 Christian Murchison 52 Van Diemen RF94Van Diemen RF95 Fastlane Racing - - - - - 4 10 - 14 = Ken Smith 73 Van Diemen RF92 Fastlane Racing - - - - - - 14 - 14 20 Ashley Cutchie 15 Swift SC96K Swift Racing Cars - - - - 12 - - - 12 = Cameron Schearer 48 Mygale SJ95 Apache Constructors 1 - - - 1 10 - - 12 22 Wayne Stoddard 46 Vector MG96 W Stoddard 10 - - - - - - - 10 = Rodney Forbes 25 Van Diemen RF92 R Forbes - - - - - - - 10 10 24 Dean Lindstrom 19 Van Diemen RF91 - 6 2 - - - - - 8 = Michael Simpson 38 Van Diemen RF96 M Simpson - 8 - - - - - - 8 = Tim Leahey 75 Van Diemen RF96B Tim Leahey - - - - - - 8 - 8 27 Scott Marsh 42 Swift SC92F S Marsh - 4 - 2 - - - - 6 28 Andrew Reid 26 Swift SC97K Inspired Racing - - - - 1 - 4 - 5 29 Murray Ditton 41 Spectrum 06 Murray Ditton - - 4 - - - - - 4 = Owen Ow 55 Van Diemen RF94 - - - - - 4 - - 4 31 Christopher Dell 57 Van Diemen RF94 Christopher Dell - - - - 2 - - - 2 32 Sam Oliver 80 Van Diemen RF94 Prix Max - - 1 - - - - - 1 Pos Driver No. Car Entrant CAL PHI SAN EAS LAK WAN MAL ORA Pts
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