The 1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 24th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia, and the first to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. Promoted as the 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, it was won by Craig Lowndes driving a Van Diemen RF93.
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight round series with two heats per round.
| Round | Circuit | State | Date |
| 1 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 28 February |
| 2 | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 14 March |
| 3 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 4 April |
| 4 | Lakeside | Queensland | 18 April |
| 5 | Winton | Victoria | 16 May |
| 6 | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 6 June |
| 7 | Mallala | South Australia | 4 July |
| 8 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 8 August |
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Ama | Sym | Phi | Lak | Win | Eas | Mal | Ora | Total |
| 1 | Craig Lowndes | 5 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Craig Lowndes | 26 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 228 |
| 2 | Stephen White | 4 | Swift SC93F Ford | Stephen White | 17 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 16 | 209 |
| 3 | Andrew Reid | 31 | Swift SC93F Ford | Linear Bearings | - | 22 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 141 |
| 4 | Steven Richards | 7 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Team Valvoline / Garry Rogers | 14 | 34 | - | - | 6 | 16 | 40 | 21 | 131 |
| 5 | Gavin Monaghan | 10 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Gavin Monaghan | 30 | 16 | 16 | 28 | - | 6 | 10 | 22 | 128 |
| 6 | Steven Ellery | 15 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Eastern Creek Raceway | 12 | - | 1 | 9 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 20 | 112 |
| 7 | Con Toparis | 21 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Eastern Creek Raceway | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | - | 103 |
| 8 | Cameron Prince | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | 2 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 69 | ||
| 9 | Michael Dutton | Swift SC92F Ford | 20 | - | 10 | - | 8 | 18 | - | 10 | 66 | ||
| 10 | David Hardman | 35 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | David Hardman | 16 | 4 | 15 | - | 30 | - | - | - | 65 |
| 11 | Mark Noske | 17 | Swift SC93F Ford | Mark Noske | - | - | - | 20 | 2 | - | 24 | 8 | 54 |
| 12 | Leif Corben | 24 | Van Diemen RF90 Ford | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | 16 | - | - | 36 | |
| 13 | Cameron Partington | 13 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Cameron Partington | 8 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 33 |
| 14 | Darren Edwards | 14 | Swift SC93F Ford | D Edwards | - | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | 14 | - | 26 |
| 15 | Matthew Martin | Swift SC90 Ford | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | 14 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Dugal McDougall | 48 | Van Diemen RF89 Ford | Dugal McDougall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 17 | Jason Bright | 71 | Spectrum 05 Ford | Borland Racing Developments | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| 18 | Ashley Cutchie | 32 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Peter Sorrell | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| = | Gerard Manion | Swift FB89 Ford | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| = | Gary Gosatti | 9 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Gary Gosatti | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 6 | 10 |
| 21 | Paul Mulhearn | Swift SC93F Ford | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| = | David Harrington | 58 | Van Diemen RF89 Ford | David Harrington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
References
- Phil Branagan, Two winners - one champion, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 172 to 182
- Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, page 14-5
- ^ 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship points table Retrieved from formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org on 6 November 2012
- 1993 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 302 to 303
- ^ Entry list, Race 2, Round 7, 1993 Motorcraft Australian Formula Ford Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, July 4, 1993
- The use of the Ford Kent engine was mandatory in all cars.
- The formulaford.com.au points table does not indicate the round or rounds at which Harrington scored his two points. The race results in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94 show that his only top ten race finish was in Heat 2 of the Oran Park round.
External links
- Formula Ford Australia, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- Image of championship winner Craig Lowndes driving a Van Diemen RF93, Oran Park, 8 August 1993 - from www.autopics.com.au via www.webcitation.org