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2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Motor racing competition

Daniel Elliott

The 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford racing cars. Contested as the 2005 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, it was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Championship.

The championship was won by Daniel Elliott driving a Van Diemen RF05

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship. All teams were Australian-registered.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Van Diemen RF02	2	AUS Daniel Pappas	1
Van Diemen RF04	3	AUS David Sieders	All
Van Diemen RF04	4	AUS Dean Fiore	All
Project Motorsports	Spectrum 010	5	AUS Lee Holdsworth	All
Spectrum 010b	7	NZL Jason Liefting	All
Spectrum 09b	9	AUS Trent Harrison	8
Bosch Batteries	Spectrum 010	8	AUS Anthony Preston	All
Barrie Pinder	Van Diemen RF01	10	AUS Barrie Pinder	1
Mid Coast Ford	Van Diemen RF05	11	AUS Joel Spychala	All
Toll Freight/Sandover Pinder	Van Diemen RF01	12	AUS Michael Henderson	2
JB Motorsport	Van Diemen RF02	13	AUS James Bergmuller	1, 3–6, 8
Audi Centre Melbourne	Van Diemen RF01	14	AUS Leigh Pyke	1, 7
Nomad Racing	Spectrum 06B	14	AUS Glenn McNally	2
Spectrum 010	74	AUS Mark McNally	All
Ben Guest Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	14	AUS Ben Guest	3, 6
Doulman Industries	Van Diemen RF94	15	AUS Grant Doulman	All
HSE Mining/North City Holden	Van Diemen RF01	16	AUS Mark Douglas	2
Resorts Racing	Van Diemen RF96	16	AUS Sam Sewell	3, 5
Sime Tyres	Van Diemen RF93	17	AUS Luke Wood	6
Fastlane Racing	Van Diemen RF92	20	AUS Daniel Ricciardo	8
Van Diemen RF04	32	AUS Nathan Caratti	All
Van Diemen RF05	36	AUS Daniel Elliott	All
Van Diemen RF90	92	AUS John McCowan	2
Borland Racing Developments	Van Diemen RF04	21	AUS Brett Hobson	All
Van Diemen RF01	45	AUS Ashley Walsh	5, 8
Spectrum 010	62	AUS Andrew Thompson	1–3
Spectrum 010b	71	AUS Paul Laskazeski	4, 6
Perkins Engineering	Van Diemen RF92	22	AUS Jack Perkins	1, 7
J.A.R. Racing	Mygale SJ97	23	AUS Jarrod Andrews	8
GK Martin	Spectrum 010b	24	AUS John Martin	3, 8
Percat Auto	Mygale SJ97	25	AUS Nick Percat	1
Adroit Internet Solutions	Spectrum 06b	25	AUS Terry Kerr	8
Minda Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	25	AUS Nick Percat	1, 7
Van Diemen RF01	92	AUS Taz Douglas	4, 8
O'Brien Motorsport	Van Diemen RF03	26	AUS Shannon O'Brien	1–3, 5–8
Stubbies Workwear Racing	Spectrum 09	27	AUS Dane Rudolph	3
Spectrum 09	AUS Ben Morley	6
Spectrum 06B	66	AUS Derryn Harrison	6
Collex/Davies Craig	Van Diemen RF01	28	AUS Cade Southall	8
K-Tec	Van Diemen RF94	31	AUS Adrian Corp	2
Cisco Systems	Van Diemen RF03	31	AUS Craig Kermond	8
Drew Milne	Van Diemen RF01	33	AUS Drew Milne	1
Motorsports Training Australia	Van Diemen RF04	33	AUS Tim Berryman	3
Auto Exclusive Perth/B-TYPE	Van Diemen RF90	35	AUS Michael Epple	2
Escalate Management	Van Diemen RF93	37	AUS Tony LeMessurier	1, 3–5
Van Diemen RF95	AUS Tristan Hughes	6, 8
Drew Price Racing	Spectrum 010b	39	AUS Shane Price	All
Landscape Development	Van Diemen RF04	40	AUS Todd Fiore	8
Marshall Tyres	Van Diemen RF95	41	AUS Brad Lowe	6
Jayair/Sanden	Van Diemen RF04	41	AUS Tim Blanchard	8
Toshiba Mobile Computers	Van Diemen RF03	42	AUS Samantha Reid	1
Swift SC94	90	AUS David Reid	1
Power Solutions	Spectrum 07	45	AUS Trent Ulmer	7
G-Force Motorsport	Mygale SJ04	46	AUS Dale Wood	1, 3, 8
Chubb Fire/Intel Group	Van Diemen RF01	50	AUS Graham Knuckey	1
NIZZA Recruitment Services	Vector MG096	61	AUS Romain Krumins	5
Refrigerated Rentals & Sales	Van Diemen RF95	63	AUS Martin Swindells	5
Donut King	Van Diemen RF01	72	AUS Rachel Smeaton	3–5
Knowledge Plus	Mygale SJ97	84	AUS Asher Johnston	1
Subway D.C./Mills Records	Van Diemen RF90	88	AUS Justin Locke	2
Yellow Tail	Van Diemen RF01	91	AUS Aiden Zanotto	1, 3–4
Tuart Ridge Wines	Van Diemen RF96	94	AUS Jason Youd	2
Powerbuilt Tools	Van Diemen RF01	97	NZL Andy Knight	1, 5
Nexus Racing	Van Diemen RF93	99	AUS Damien Flack	5

Championship calendar

The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map	1	2	3	4
South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit	17-20 March	V8 Supercar Championship Series	{{location map+	float=none	Australia	width=350	caption=	places=
Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	6-8 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	27-29 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	8-10 July	HPDC V8 Supercar Series
Queensland Queensland Raceway	22-24 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	12-14 August	V8 Supercar Championship Series
South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	19-21 August	HPDC V8 Supercar Series
Victoria Sandown Raceway	9-11 September	V8 Supercar Championship Series

Season summary

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit	AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS David Sieders	AUS Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing	AUS Daniel Elliott
AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing	AUS Daniel Elliott
AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Daniel Elliott	Fastlane Racing
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	AUS David Sieders	AUS Shannon O'Brien	AUS Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport	AUS David Sieders
AUS Joel Spychala	NZL Jason Liefting	Project Motorsports
AUS Anthony Preston	AUS Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	AUS David Sieders	NZL Jason Liefting	AUS David Sieders	Sonic Motor Racing Services	AUS Shane Price
AUS David Sieders	AUS Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
AUS Shane Price	AUS Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
Queensland Queensland Raceway	AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Shannon O'Brien	AUS Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport	AUS Shannon O'Brien
AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
AUS Shannon O'Brien	AUS Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	AUS Brad Lowe	AUS Shannon O'Brien	AUS Brad Lowe	Marshall Tyres	AUS Shannon O'Brien
AUS Brad Lowe	AUS Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
AUS Grant Doulman	AUS Shannon O'Brien	O'Brien Motorsport
South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	AUS Shane Price	AUS Shannon O'Brien	AUS Shane Price	Drew Price Racing	AUS David Sieders
AUS Daniel Elliott	AUS Shane Price	Drew Price Racing
AUS David Sieders	AUS David Sieders	Sonic Motor Racing Services
Victoria Sandown Raceway	AUS John Martin	AUS Nathan Caratti	AUS John Martin	GK Martin P/L	AUS John Martin
AUS Dean Fiore	AUS John Martin	GK Martin P/L
AUS David Sieders	AUS Shane Price	Drew Price Racing

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race with an additional point awarded to the driver earning pole position for Race 1 at each round.

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	South Australia
ADE	Western Australia
BAR	New South Wales
EAS1	New South Wales
EAS2	Queensland
QUE	New South Wales
ORA	South Australia
MAL	Victoria
SAN	Pts	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	1	307	2	260	3	236	4	192	5	168	6	154	7	115	8	106	9	95	10	71	11	67	12	59	13	52	14	48	15	47	=	47	17	46	18	42	19	33	20	28	21	14	22	7	=	7	24	5	25	4	=	4	=	4	28	2	=	2	=	2	31	1	=	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	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	Pos.	Driver	South Australia
ADE	Western Australia
BAR	New South Wales
EAS1	New South Wales
EAS2	Queensland
QUE	New South Wales
ORA	South Australia
MAL	Victoria
SAN	Pts
AUS Daniel Elliott	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	10	Ret	Ret	3	2	2	2	6	2	3	2	2	6	7	6	10
AUS Shane Price	5	4	2	5	4	9	7	3	1	3	1	1	Ret	7	5	10	15	7	1	1	Ret	4	2	1
AUS David Sieders	3	7	5	6	5	8	3	5	2	1	2	2	7	4	6	15	Ret	16	3	3	1	8	5	Ret
AUS Dean Fiore	4	3	6	Ret	9	6	2	2	14	Ret	6	Ret	3	5	4	9	7	17	Ret	6	2	2	3	7
AUS Shannon O'Brien	11	9	14	3	6	7	1	DSQ	Ret				1	1	1	2	1	1	12	5	4	Ret	DNS	DNS
NZL Jason Liefting	15	8	9	4	3	3	5	1	Ret	2	4	4	6	Ret	Ret	4	16	10	9	13	3	11	Ret	Ret
AUS Nathan Caratti	8	5	4	Ret	13	5	17	DSQ	11	4	7	12	4	3	3	13	9	8	5	15	Ret	6	10	Ret
AUS Mark McNally	14	14	11	2	2	2	12	Ret	12	6	Ret	9	Ret	8	7	8	6	Ret	4	4	Ret	9	16	12
AUS Brett Hobson	2	2	3	9	11	17	Ret	12	6	5	5	7	5	Ret	DNS	16	Ret	13	Ret	10	9	Ret	DNS	Ret
AUS John Martin							13	8	3													1	1	4
AUS Lee Holdsworth	16	17	13	8	10	11	10	11	5	Ret	3	5	11	Ret	8	17	12	9	7	7	7
AUS Joel Spychala	10	12	Ret	7	8	10	6	6	8	7	9	8	9	6	9	11	11	14	Ret	14	10	15	18	19
AUS Paul Laskaseski										Ret	8	6				3	4	2
AUS Grant Doulman	21	Ret	19	10	12	Ret	16	DNS	16	8	Ret	11	10	10	10	5	5	5	6	9	Ret	Ret	12	Ret
AUS Brad Lowe																1	3	4
AUS Dale Wood	12	13	Ret				11	9	7													5	4	2
AUS Andrew Thompson	6	6	7	Ret	7	4	9	Ret	9
AUS Ben Guest							8	7	4							7	8	6
AUS Anthony Preston	Ret	10	8	Ret	15	12	18	10	19	9	Ret	10	8	17	Ret	14	13	12	Ret	8	5	19	13	6
AUS Jack Perkins	13	15	12																Ret	12	8	3	15	5
AUS Cade Southall																						DNS	11	3
AUS Daniel Pappas	7	11	10
AUS Terry Kerr																						10	7	11
AUS Tristan Hughes													14	9	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	10	17	11	Ret	Ret	9
AUS Trent Ulmer																			8	11	12
AUS Taz Douglas																						13	8	18
AUS Todd Fiore																						Ret	DNS	8
NZL Andy Knight	9	Ret	15										12	Ret	DNS
AUS Ben Morley																12	10	11
AUS Tim Blanchard																						14	9	Ret
AUS Tony LeMessurier	20	19	21				19	17	18	10	11	14
AUS James Bergmuller	25	Ret	Ret				Ret	Ret	Ret	11	10	13	17	12	12	18	Ret	Ret				Ret	DNS	Ret
AUS Asher Johnston	17	20	16
AUS Samantha Reid	18	23	20
AUS Graham Knuckey	19	22	Ret
AUS David Reid	22	21	18
AUS Leigh Pyke	23	18	17																11	Ret	14
AUS Drew Milne	24	24	23
AUS Barrie Pinder	Ret	25	22
AUS Aiden Zanotto	Ret	16	Ret
AUS Nick Percat	Ret	Ret	Ret																Ret	16	13
AUS Justin Locke				11	Ret	DNS
AUS Michael Epple				12	Ret	DNS
AUS Adrian Corp				13	17	13
AUS Jason Youd				14	Ret	16
AUS Glenn McNally				15	16	14
AUS Mark Douglas				Ret	14	Ret
nowrap	AUS Michael Henderson				Ret	DNS	DNS
AUS John McCowan				Ret	Ret	15
AUS Sam Sewell							15	15	17				13	15	Ret
AUS Aidan Zanotto							14	14	13
AUS Dane Rudolph							20	13	15
AUS Tim Berryman							21	16	Ret
AUS Rachel Smeaton							22	18	20	12	Ret	15	19	16	14
AUS Trent Usher													15	13	11
AUS Damien Flack													16	11	13
AUS Roman Krumins													18	14	Ret
AUS Martin Swindells													Ret	DSQ	Ret
AUS Ashley Walsh													Ret	DNS	DNS							12	14	Ret
AUS Derryn Harrison																19	17	18
AUS Luke Wood																21	14	15
AUS Jarrod Andrews																						21	20	17
AUS Brett Holdsworth																						20	21	15
AUS Daniel Ricciardo																						17	Ret	16
AUS Craig Kermond																						16	17	13
AUS Trent Harrison																						18	19	14

Notes

All cars were required to comply with Formula Ford regulations as published by CAMS.
Shannon O'Brien was excluded from Round 3 and suspended from Round 4 for technical infringements.
Shane Price was penalised 10 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 3.
Nathan Caratti was penalised 2 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 4.
Anthony Preston was penalised 2 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 4.
The table shows nett points after these penalties were applied.

References

CAMS Australian Championships, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 2005, Page 17-2
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723110421/http://cams.com.au/bulletins/B05-024%202005%20Australian%20Formula%20Ford%20Championship%20Sporting%20Regulations.pdf 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]
The championship, which was administered by Formula Ford Australia Inc., was the 36th Australian national series for Formula Fords and the 13th to be contested under the [[Australian Formula Ford Championship]] name.Records, Titles and Awards, Australian Formula Ford Championship, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
for Fastlane Racing.Grant Rowley, Formula Ford 2005: Chasing Tails, The Annual - Australian Motor Sport, Number 1/2005, pages 66–75
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080331093538/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/records/2005.php 2005 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]

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