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1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Motor racing competition

Garth Tander Rookie of the Year: Garth Tander

The 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. 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. 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.

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight-round series

Round	Circuit	Dates	Round winner	Map	1	2	3	4
Victoria Calder Park Raceway	15 March	AUS Garth Tander	{{location map+	float=none	Australia	width=350	caption=	places=
Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	13 April	AUS Todd Kelly
Victoria Sandown Raceway	27 April	AUS Garth Tander
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	27 May	AUS Marcos Ambrose
Queensland Lakeside International Raceway	15 June	AUS Marcos Ambrose
Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	6 July	AUS Todd Kelly
South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	13 July	AUS Garth Tander
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	3 August	AUS 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	Victoria
CAL	Victoria
PHI	Victoria
SAN	New South Wales
EAS	Queensland
LAK	Western Australia
WAN	South Australia
MAL	New South Wales
ORA	Pts	1	248	2	238	3	166	4	108	5	97	6	87	=	87	8	60	9	48	10	41	11	38	12	34	13	32	=	32	15	20	16	18	17	16	18	14	=	14	20	12	=	12	22	10	=	10	24	8	=	8	=	8	27	6	28	5	29	4	=	4	31	2	32	1	Pos	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Victoria
CAL	Victoria
PHI	Victoria
SAN	New South Wales
EAS	Queensland
LAK	Western Australia
WAN	South Australia
MAL	New South Wales
ORA	Pts
AUS Garth Tander	17	Van Diemen RF95	Fastlane Racing	40	20	40	32	14	32	40	30
AUS Marcos Ambrose	4	Van Diemen RF97	Marcos Ambrose	26	16	28	40	40	22	30	36
AUS Todd Kelly	12	Van Diemen RF95	Todd Kelly	-	32	32	10	30	40	1	21
AUS Craig Zerner	35	Van Diemen RF95	Craig Zerner	32	-	20	26	-	-	10	20
AUS Greg Ritter	36	Van Diemen RF94	Greg Ritter	14	24	-	6	26	-	26	1
AUS Christian Jones	27	Spectrum 06	George Stockman	-	18	-	-	28	13	16	12
AUS Aaron McNally	74	Van Diemen RF97	Aaron McNally	6	14	12	10	-	18	1	26
AUS Adam Macrow	71	Spectrum 06	Team Arrow	18	2	12	10	14	2	2	-
AUS Justin Cotter	7	Mygale SJ95	Justin Cotter	12	4	14	14	-	-	-	4
AUS Phillip Scifleet	77	Spectrum 06	Phillip Scifleet	3	-	1	22	-	1	2	12
AUS John Blanchard	3	Mygale SJ97	Apache Constructors	-	24	-	14	-	-	-	-
AUS Scott Bargwanna	9	Van Diemen RF95	Scott Bargwanna	-	-	18	-	2	-	-	14
AUS Kerry Wade	14	Van Diemen RF94		12	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
AUS Brett Burvill	73	Van Diemen RF92	Fastlane Racing	10	-	-	-	-	-	22	-
AUS Ray Stubber	54	Spectrum 06		-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
AUS Dugal McDougall	8	Mygale SJ97	Apache Constructors	2	-	-	-	16	-	-	-
AUS Damien White	31	Spectrum 06	Team Arrow	-	14	2	-	-	-	-	-
SIN Christian Murchison	52	Van Diemen RF94
Van Diemen RF95	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-
NZL Ken Smith	73	Van Diemen RF92	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
AUS Ashley Cutchie	15	Swift SC96K	Swift Racing Cars	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-
AUS Cameron Schearer	48	Mygale SJ95	Apache Constructors	1	-	-	-	1	10	-	-
AUS Wayne Stoddard	46	Vector MG96	W Stoddard	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AUS Rodney Forbes	25	Van Diemen RF92	R Forbes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
AUS Dean Lindstrom	19	Van Diemen RF91		-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-
AUS Michael Simpson	38	Van Diemen RF96	M Simpson	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
AUS Tim Leahey	75	Van Diemen RF96B	Tim Leahey	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
AUS Scott Marsh	42	Swift SC92F	S Marsh	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-
AUS Andrew Reid	26	Swift SC97K	Inspired Racing	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-
AUS Murray Ditton	41	Spectrum 06	Murray Ditton	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
AUS Owen Ow	55	Van Diemen RF94		-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
AUS Christopher Dell	57	Van Diemen RF94	Christopher Dell	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
AUS Sam Oliver	80	Van Diemen RF94	Prix Max	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-

References

Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1997, pages 7-10 to 7-11
Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
[http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/1997.php 1997 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP] {{Webarchive. link. (16 May 2012 Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 1 August 2012)
with two races per round.[http://www.racetime.com.au/?page=cal&year=1997&class=HPV 1997 Results Calendar & Archive] Retrieved from www.racetime.com.au on 7 July 2000 (individual race result pages no longer accessible)

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