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1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Motor racing competition

David Besnard Rookie of the Year: David Besnard

The 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 27th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 4th to be sanctioned as an Australian Formula Ford Championship. The series was promoted as the 1996 Ford Racing Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

The championship was won by David Besnard driving a Van Diemen RF96.

Calendar

The title was contested over an eight round series,

Round	Circuit	Dates	Round winner	Map	1	2	3	4
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	27 January	AUS Rich Fowler	{{location map+	float=none	Australia	width=350	caption=	places=
Victoria Sandown Raceway	4 February	AUS Jason Bargwanna
AUS John Blanchard
New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit	25 February	AUS Justin Cotter
Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	14 April	AUS David Besnard
Queensland Lakeside International Raceway	12 May	AUS David Besnard
Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	28 May	AUS Jason Bargwanna
South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	2 June	AUS David Besnard
AUS Marcos Ambrose
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	16 June	AUS David Besnard

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	New South Wales
EAS	Victoria
SAN	New South Wales
BAT	Victoria
PHI	Queensland
LAK	Western Australia
WAN	South Australia
MAL	New South Wales
ORA	Pts	1	230	2	190	3	156	4	116	5	103	6	86	7	74	8	72	9	55	10	46	11	45	12	43	13	41	14	30	15	22	16	20	17	18	18	15	19	14	20	13	21	12	12	23	8	24	6	6	26	4	27	2	28	1	1	30	0.5	Pos	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	New South Wales
EAS	Victoria
SAN	New South Wales
BAT	Victoria
PHI	Queensland
LAK	Western Australia
WAN	South Australia
MAL	New South Wales
ORA	Pts
AUS David Besnard	84	Van Diemen RF96	David Besnard	18	16	28	40	40	20	36	32
AUS Jason Bargwanna	10	Spectrum 05c	Team Arrow	22	34	24	10	30	36	14	20
AUS John Blanchard	49	Van Diemen RF95	Australian Motor Sport Academy	3	34	21	8	30	14	18	28
AUS Marcos Ambrose	50	Swift SC95K	Swift Racing Cars	11	32	22	-	-	14	36	1
AUS Iccy Harrington	5	Van Diemen RF96	David Harrington	23	22	8	4	6	-	28	12
AUS Daniel Orr	11	Spectrum 05c
Van Diemen RF92	Team Arrow
Daniel Orr	-	18	18	30	-	-	10	10
AUS Justin Cotter	71 & 25	Swift SC93F	Justin Cotter	-	4	32	12	14	4	-	8
AUS Dugal McDougall	6	Mygale SR95	Dugal McDougall	-	-	-	24	18	14	-	16
AUS Scott Bargwanna	20	Van Diemen RF95	Scott Bargwanna	-	16	11	6	2	12	-	8
AUS Rich Fowler	86	Van Diemen RF94	Tradelink Plumbing Supplies	25	-	-	10	1	10	-	-
AUS Christian Jones	27	Van Diemen RF95	Australian Motor Sport Academy	-	1	6	16	12	6	-	4
AUS Todd Kelly	19	Van Diemen RF93	Todd Kelly	10	-	-	-	1	16	-	16
AUS Darren Pate	13	Van Diemen RF95	Australian Motor Sport Academy	-	5	4	5	16	1	-	10
AUS Kerry Wade	61	Van Diemen RF92	Kerry Wade	-	-	-	-	-	18	8	4
AUS Ashley Cutchie	9	Swift SC95K	Swift Racing Cars	-	-	-	8	14	-	-	-
AUS Paul Stephenson	14	Van Diemen RF93	Paul Stephenson	18	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
AUS Garth Tander	96	Van Diemen RF95	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	6
AUS Brett Burvill	73	Van Diemen RF92	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	1	14	-
AUS Dean Lindstrom	31	Van Diemen RF91	Dean Lindstrom	-	-	-	13	-	-	1	-
AUS Cameron Partington	15	Van Diemen RF94	Reef City Ford	1	4	4	-	2	-	-	2
AUS Garry Gosatti	22	Van Diemen RF94	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-
AUS Mark Lowing	53	Swift SC93F	Mark Lowing	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
AUS Michael Dutton	26	Swift SC94F	Stephen Austin	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AUS David Clark	35	Van Diemen RF95	Australian Motor Sport Academy	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
AUS David Clinton	81	Van Diemen RF92	David Clinton	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
AUS Geoff Foster	82	Van Diemen RF95	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
AUS Cameron Shearer	48	Mygale SR95	Dugal McDougall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
AUS Brendan Richards	30	Van Diemen RF95	Brendan Richards	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
AUS William Anderson	90	Van Diemen RF94	William Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
AUS Ben Morley	43	Reynard 88	Roadchill Express	0.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7-10 & 7-11
2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
Final Pointscore sheet, 1996 Ford Racing Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship
with two races per round.Race result sheets, 1996 Ford Racing Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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