2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship

2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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The 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the tenth Australian Formula Ford Championship.[2] The title was won by Jamie Whincup driving a Van Diemen RF 01 Ford.[3]

Calendar

The Spectrum 09 in which Mark Winterbottom placed 2nd in the championship

The championship was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] State/Territory Date[3] Winning driver[3] Car[4]
1 Wakefield Park New South Wales 31 March Jamie Whincup Van Diemen RF01 Ford
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit[4] Victoria 5 May Jamie Whincup Van Diemen RF01 Ford
3 Canberra Street Circuit[4] Australian Capital Territory 9 June Jamie Whincup Van Diemen RF01 Ford
4 Barbagallo Raceway[4] Western Australia 30 June Jamie Whincup Van Diemen RF01 Ford
5 Oran Park Motorsport Circuit[4] New South Wales 27 July Jamie Whincup Van Diemen RF01 Ford
6 Mallala Motor Sport Park[4] South Australia 4 August Mark Winterbottom Spectrum 09 Ford
7 Winton Motor Raceway[4] Victoria 18 August Marcus Marshall Van Diemen RF01 Ford
8 Queensland Raceway[4] Queensland 14 September Marcus Marshall Van Diemen RF01 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten placegetters in each race.[3] An additional point was awarded to the driver setting pole position at each round.[3]

Results

Position[3] Driver[3] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant[4] Rd1[3] Rd2[3] Rd3[3] Rd4[3] Rd5[3] Rd6[3] Rd7[3] Rd8[3] Penalties[3] Total[3]
1 Jamie Whincup 3 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Valvoline / Cummins / Repco 33 40 41 32 37 24 15 21 - 243
2 Mark Winterbottom 41 Spectrum 09 Ford Bosch Batteries 32 28 28 14 36 41 32 26 - 10 227
3 Marcus Marshall 7 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Valvoline / Cummins / Repco 32 32 30 16 10 28 40 36 - 224
4 Neil McFadyen 59 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Tankworld - Speedzone 12 16 26 24 22 6 26 18 - 150
5 Barton Mawer 14 Van Diemen RF01 Ford Tekno Autosports 28 24 - 8 26 12 18 12 - 128
6 Andrew Jones 6 Van Diemen RF02 Ford Ozemail Racing 2 7 16 21 20 28 8 12 - 114
7 Ash Lowe 34 Spectrum 07 Ford Lowe Racing - - 20 18 4 20 2 4 - 68
8 Brett Francis 82 Van Diemen RF02 Ford Bryce Francis Automotive 6 6 8 4 - - 10 28 - 62
9 Tony Pugliese 55 Van Diemen RF98 Ford Graphic Effects.com.au - 6 - - 16 - 22 10 - 54
10 Justin Cotter 71 Spectrum 06b Ford Factory Enterprises Pty Ltd 20 - 2 - - 7 - 18 - 47
11 Jordan Ormsby 61 Van Diemen RF93 Ford Swingyde 1 - 12 8 6 - - - - 27
12 Glen Hastings 84 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Sita / Marsh - 20 - - - 4 2 - - 26
13 Richard Chamberlain 22 Spectrum 06b Ford Chamberlain Racing 16 1 2 - - 1 - - - 20
Dean Fiore 62 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing - - - 20 - - - - - 20
15 Mark Ceveri 36 Van Diemen RF95 Ford Thrifty-Link Hardware 5 - 1 4 - 2 - 2 - 14
Bryce Washington 66 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Adrad Radiators - - - - - 14 - - - 14
17 Mark Douglas 26 Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing - - - 11 - - - - - 11
18 Tim Macrow 28 Spectrum 06b Ford Victac Apprenticeship Training - - - - - - 10 - - 10
19 Ian Dyk 45 Van Diemen RF98 Ford Pettaras Press Castle Finance - - - - 8 - - - - 8
20 Kurt Wimmer 32 Van Diemen RF02 Ford Wimmers Soft Drinks - 6 1 - - - - - - 7
James Small 15 Mygale SJ01 Ford J Small - 1 - 6 - - - - - 7
22 Laurence Burford 75 Van Diemen RF92 Ford L Burford - - - - 2 - - - - 2
Tony D'Alberto 99 Mygale SJ00 Ford Bellmont Nominees - - - - - - 2 - - 2
24 Tim Wheeler 48 Van Diemen RF98 Ford S Wheeler - - - 1 - - - - - 1

Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations mandated the use of the Ford 1600cc "Kent" four cylinder engine.[5]

References

  1. Specific Conditions, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-13
  2. Australian Titles, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 Final Pointscore, 2002 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 24 July 2013
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Race Results Archive, www.natsoft.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 24 July 2013
  5. A quick Overview of Formula Ford, www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 25 July 2013

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