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2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Motor racing competition

Neil McFadyen Rookie of the Year: Bryce Washington

The 2003 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford racing cars. It was managed by the Formula Ford Association Inc. and was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Bryce Francis Automotive	Van Diemen RF02	2	AUS Brett Francis	All
Sonic Motor Racing Services
(Garry Rogers Motorsport)	Van Diemen RF01	3	AUS Glen Hastings	All
Van Diemen RF01	5	AUS Tony Pugliese	All
Van Diemen RF01	15	AUS Michael Trimble	All
Factory Enterprises	Spectrum 09	4	AUS Justin Cotter	2–3, 5–6, 8
Mike Ceveri Team Racing	Van Diemen RF01	8	AUS Mark Ceveri	1–4, 6–8
Arad Part Ltd.	Van Diemen RF03	9	AUS Bryce Washington	All
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum	11	AUS Tim Macrow	All
James Small Racing	Mygale SJ2001	12	AUS James Small	1, 3, 6, 8
Fastlane Racing	Van Diemen RF01	16	AUS Mark Douglas	4
Van Diemen RF94	18	AUS Dean Fiore	1, 3–4
Van Diemen RF92	30	AUS Paul Fiore	4
Van Diemen RF92	31	AUS Adrian Corp	4
Van Diemen RF92	34	AUS Craig Jorgensen	4
Van Diemen RF90	40	AUS Todd Fiore	4
Gilmour Developments	Van Diemen RF96b	17	AUS Chris Gilmour	5
Simmon Derrick Racing	Van Diemen RF01	19	AUS Anthony Preston	1–3, 5–6
Michael Henderson	Spectrum 07	20	AUS Michael Henderson	4
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Van Diemen RF94	21	AUS Joel Spychala	6
Van Diemen RF94	23	AUS David Sieders	6, 8
Bizar Software	Spectrum 06	22	AUS Terry Kerr	3, 8
Steel Building Systems	Van Diemen RF92	24	AUS Tim Slade	1, 3–8
MR Racing	Spectrum 06	25	AUS Daniel Reinhardt	1–3
All Purpose Garages/Sagacity	Spectrum 07	26	AUS Matthew Tate	8
Interpak Racing	Swift SC94F	27	AUS Stephen Austin	2
Minda Motorsport	Swift SC97K	27	AUS Dominic Kennedy	7
Collex, Davies Craig	Van Diemen RF94	28	AUS Cade Southall	1–4, 6, 8
BETA	Van Diemen RF91	29	AUS Grant Doulman	6
Wimmer Soft Drinks	Van Diemen RF02	32	AUS Kurt Wimmer	All
Corporate Fleet Control	Van Diemen	33	AUS John Pettit	1–2, 6, 8
Steve Baxter	Van Diemen RF92	33	AUS Steve Baxter	4
S & D Welch Removals	Mygale	34	AUS Glenn Welch	6
Cameron Spence Motorsport	Spectrum	35	AUS Cameron Spence	1, 3, 7–8
Dowling Real Estate / Hawks Nest	Van Diemen RF02	36	AUS Clayton Pine	4–8
Nirvana Body Clinics	Van Diemen	37	AUS Tony LeMessurier	All
Rupert Collins Racing	Spectrum 06	43	AUS Adam Hickey	1–3, 5–8
Holts Cranes	Van Diemen RF96	44	AUS Mark Holt	5
Ian Dyk Racing	Van Diemen	45	AUS Ian Dyk	1–3, 5–8
CC Racing	Spectrum 09b	48	AUS Clint Cathcart	1–3, 5–6
Just Cars Magazine	Spectrum 09	50	AUS Mark West	1
Spectrum 09	AUS Adam Macrow	6
VIP Petfoods	Vector T94	53	AUS Kent Quinn	5
William Hall	Spectrum 06	55	AUS William Hall	4
Vagelis Cafe & Bar	Van Diemen RF93	57	AUS Daniel Pappas	1–3, 5–7
Speedzone/Tankworld/Antunes	Van Diemen RF94	59	AUS Neil McFadyen	All
Supercheap Auto Racing	Spectrum 09b	66	AUS Adam Graham	1–3, 5–8
Smeaton Plumbing	Spectrum 07	72	AUS Rachel Smeaton	5–6
Nomad Racing	Spectrum	74	AUS Mark McNally	1, 4, 7
Viking/BFI Fire Equipment	Swift 93K	77	AUS Graham Knuckey	1–3, 6–7
O'Brien Motorsport	Van Diemen RF03	79	AUS Shannon O'Brien	2–8
Minerva NET Internet	Spectrum 09	83	AUS Veijo Phillips	8
Justin Locke	Van Diemen RF95	88	AUS Justin Locke	4
Brook Motorsport	Van Diemen RF94	89	AUS Stephen Borness	1–3, 5
John McCowan	Van Diemen RF90	92	AUS John McCowan	4
Kart-Equip/Nexus Consulting	Van Diemen RF02	96	AUS David Reynolds	All
Eastern Creek Karting Raceway	Swift SC95K	98	AUS Troy Hunt	6

Race calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map	1	2	3	4
Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	11–13 April	V8 Supercar Championship Series	{{location map+	float=none	Australia	width=350	caption=	places=
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	2–4 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
Konica V8 Supercar Series
Victoria Winton Motor Raceway	23–25 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	6–8 June	V8 Supercar Championship Series
Queensland Queensland Raceway	18–20 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	15–17 August	V8 Supercar Championship Series
South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	30–31 August	Konica V8 Supercar Series
Victoria Sandown Raceway	12–14 September	V8 Supercar Championship Series
Sandown 500

Season summary

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	AUS Neil McFadyen	AUS Brett Francis	AUS Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS Tony Pugliese
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	AUS Tony Pugliese	AUS Tony Pugliese	AUS Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS Tony Pugliese
AUS Brett Francis	AUS Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services
New South Wales Winton Motor Raceway	AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS Glen Hastings
AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services
Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Dean Fiore	AUS Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS Glen Hastings
AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services
Queensland Queensland Raceway	AUS Tony Pugliese	AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS Glen Hastings
AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	AUS Neil McFadyen	AUS Adam Macrow	AUS Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune	AUS Neil McFadyen
AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune
South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	AUS Neil McFadyen	AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune	AUS Neil McFadyen
nowrap	AUS Neil McFadyen	nowrap	AUS Neil McFadyen	nowrap	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune
Victoria Sandown Raceway	AUS James Small	AUS Glen Hastings	AUS Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS James Small
AUS James Small	AUS James Small	James Small Racing

Results

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	Points
20	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Pos.	Driver	Victoria
PHI	New South Wales
EAS	Victoria
WIN	Western Australia
WAN	Queensland
QUE	New South Wales
ORA	South Australia
MAL	Victoria
SAN	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	223	2	206	206	4	150	5	111	6	92	7	60	60	9	52	10	51	11	28	12	23	13	22	14	20	15	17	16	13	13	18	11	11	20	10	10	22	6	23	3	24	2	2	26	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	Pos.	Driver	Victoria
PHI	New South Wales
EAS	Victoria
WIN	Western Australia
WAN	Queensland
QUE	New South Wales
ORA	South Australia
MAL	Victoria
SAN	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
AUS Neil McFadyen	2	C	4	5	2	3	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	6	5
AUS Glen Hastings	6	C	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	18	8	4	2	1	Ret
AUS Tony Pugliese	1	C	1	1	3	2	2	5	1	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	7	3
AUS Brett Francis	5	C	2	2	13	14	4	2	3	2	7	7	6	4	3	8
AUS Bryce Washington	10	C	13	11	5	5	7	6	6	Ret	6	5	3	3	5	4
AUS Tim Macrow	4	C	6	4	16	7	11	8	14	7	4	4	5	5	20	16
AUS Justin Cotter	3	C	7	6	6	9			5	4	Ret	Ret			13	Ret
AUS Ian Dyk	Ret	C	5	8	18	12			18	Ret	8	6	8	9	4	2
AUS Michael Trimble	Ret	C	9	7	4	4	6	9	Ret	8			7	Ret	Ret	12
AUS James Small	9	C			8	6					Ret	DNS			2	1
AUS Adam Macrow											3	3
AUS David Reynolds	7	C	Ret	Ret	27	16	12	Ret	8	10	Ret	15	9	6	10	10
AUS Dean Fiore	21	C			22	13	5	4
AUS Kurt Wimmer	12	C	10	22	9	15	13	Ret	7	5	10	13	12	13	18	11
AUS Cade Southall	8	C	11	12	7	8	9	10			Ret	20			15	Ret
AUS Anthony Preston	14	C	8	9	26	21			10	9	9	9
AUS Mark Ceveri	Ret	C	17	19	10	11	17	15			Ret	Ret	11	Ret	8	6
AUS John Pettit	13	C	12	10	17	17					5	Ret			14	Ret
AUS Daniel Pappas	16	C	15	13	14	DNS			11	17	Ret	18	10	8	23	7
AUS Paul Fiore							8	7
AUS Clayton Pyne							Ret	22	9	6	15	12	13	14	11	Ret
AUS Tim Slade	19	C			15	25	16	12	12	Ret	14	14	14	7	16	Ret
AUS Adam Hickey	15	C	18	15	11	10			16	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9
AUS Adam Graham	20	C	23	17	25	22			13	13	11	10	15	10	12	Ret
AUS David Sieders											13	11			9	DNS
AUS Steve Baxter							10	11
AUS Daniel Reinhardt	11	C	16	14	12	24
AUS Mark McNally	17	C					Ret	14					18	12
AUS Shannon O'Brien	18	C	21	20	24	20	15	17	Ret	14	Ret	23	16	Ret	Ret	Ret
AUS Stephen Borness	22	C	14	24	19	23			17	16
AUS Cameron Spence	23	C			23	26							20	16	22	14
AUS Tony LeMessurier	24	C	19	18	21	19	20	18	21	20	Ret	DNS	17	15	21	15
AUS Graham Knuckey	25	C	22	23	Ret	Ret					Ret	24	Ret	17
AUS Clint Cathcart	Ret	C	20	16	28	18			19	15	17	22
AUS Stephen Austin			24	21
AUS Terry Kerr					20	Ret									17	Ret
AUS Todd Fiore							14	13
AUS Michael Henderson							18	16
AUS Mark Douglas							19	21
AUS Adrian Corp							21	23
AUS Craig Jorgensen							22	24
AUS John McCowan							23	20
AUS Justin Locke							Ret	19
AUS William Hall							Ret	Ret
AUS Chris Gilmour									15	12
AUS Mark Holt									20	18
AUS Rachel Smeaton									22	19	20	25
AUS Kent Quinn									Ret	Ret
AUS Glenn Welch											12	16
AUS Joel Spychala											16	17
AUS Grant Doulman											19	21
AUS Troy Hunt											Ret	19
AUS Dominic Kennedy													19	18
AUS Veijo Phillips															19	Ret
AUS Matthew Tate															Ret	13

Avon Rookie of the Year

The Avon Rookie of the Year title was awarded to Bryce Washington.

Notes

Race 2 of Round 1 at Phillip Island was cancelled after rain left the circuit in an unsafe condition.
Under Australian Formula Ford regulations, all cars were required to use a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060821030332/http://www.cams.com.au/bulletins/B03-014%202003%20Formula%20Ford%20Championship%20Sporting%20Regulations.pdf 2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]
The title, which was the eleventh [[Australian Formula Ford Championship]], was won by Neil McFadyen driving a [[Van Diemen RF94]].[https://web.archive.org/web/20160123221648/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2016-1.pdf Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archive at web.archive.org]
"2003 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship - Final Pointscore, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org".
Stephen Ottley, Pugliese wins Formula Ford, Australian Auto Action, April 16–22, 2003, page 15
Specifications of Automobiles - Formula Ford, 2003 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-44

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