The 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Australian Formula Ford Championship

The Australian Formula Ford Championship is a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It has been held annually since 1970, originally as a national series, and later as the 'Driver-to-Europe' series...

was a CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford

Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing....

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

Race calendar and results

• Round 1, Eastern Creek International Raceway
  Eastern Creek Raceway
  Eastern Creek International Raceway is a motorsports circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek , New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway. It was built and is owned by the New South Wales Government and is operated by the...
  
  , New South Wales
  New South Wales
  New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
  
  , 7–9 March
• Round 2, Wakefield Park Raceway
  Wakefield Park
  Wakefield Park is a motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Charles Cheers Wakefield, the founder of Castrol Oil...
  
  , New South Wales, 4–6 April
• Round 3, Sandown International Motor Raceway
  Sandown Raceway
  Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
  
  , Victoria
  Victoria (Australia)
  Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
  
  , 7–9 June
• Round 4, Hidden Valley Raceway
  Hidden Valley Raceway
  Hidden Valley Raceway is part of the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The race track is used as a round of the V8 Supercar series...
  
  , Northern Territory
  Northern Territory
  The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
  
  , 4–6 July
• Round 5, Queensland Raceway
  Queensland Raceway
  Queensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....
  
  , Ipswich, Queensland
  Ipswich, Queensland
  Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
  
  , 18–20 July
• Round 6, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
  Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
  The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
  
  , Victoria, 12–14 September
• Round 7, Symmons Plains International Raceway, Tasmania
  Tasmania
  Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
  
  , 21–23 September
• Round 8, Oran Park Motorsport Circuit
  Oran Park Raceway
  Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
  
  , New South Wales, 5–7 December

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 and a bonus point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.

Drivers' championship standings

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Position	Driver	No.	Car	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Paul Laskazeski	7	Spectrum Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....  011b Ford	Synergy Motorsport	42	35	57	48	40	51	33	36	342
2	Nick Percat Nick Percat Nick Percat is an Australian racing driver and reigning Bathurst 1000 champion. Percat currently races V8 Supercars in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series driving a Holden Commodore for Walkinshaw Performance supported Jay Motorsport team...	2	Mygale Mygale Mygale is a French racing car constructor and contractor that specialises in the production of single seater chassis for use in formula racing. The company was established in 1989 by Bertrand Decoster and its factory is based in Magny Cours....  SJ07A Ford	Walkinshaw Performance Walkinshaw Performance Walkinshaw Performance, is an automotive company, involved in motor racing and the production of high performance sporting cars for regular road use...	37	24	-	60	61	16	54	22	274
3	Kristian Lindbom	4	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services Sonic Motor Racing Services Sonic Motor Racing Services is a V8 Supercar team that is competing in the second-tier Australian V8 Supercar series, the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and Australia's largest open wheeler category Formula Ford, competing in both the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the Victorian Formula Ford...	-	52	24	28	48	12	32	26	222
4	Daniel Erickson	23	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....	28	12	16	15	26	41	24	36	198
5	Ben Morley	43	Spectrum 011c Ford	Club Icon	46	26	16	35	26	2	-	-	151
6	Adam Graham	66	Spectrum 011b Ford	Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport is an Australian V8 Supercar motor racing team. Established in 2005 under the ownership of Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright, they have struggled in their first two seasons due to testing and licensing restrictions...  Scholarship	24	18	40	28	36	-	-	-	146
7	Scott Pye Scott Pye Scott Robert Pye is an Australian racing driver. He won the 2010 British Formula Ford Championship.-Australia:...	19	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....	4	20	46	34	6	18	-9	18	137
8	Bradley Lowe	41	Spectrum 011c Ford	Lowe Earthmoving	54	-	8	-	18	19	-	-	99
9	Jake Chapman	98	Spectrum 011b Ford	CAMS Rising Star Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....	8	-	38	1	2	40	1	-	90
10	Robert Storey	16	Comtec Spirit WL07 Ford	Anglo Australian Motorsport	4	34	8	-	-	-	-	6	52
11	Chaz Mostert	15	Spectrum 011 Ford	Howard Racing	-	2	-	-5	-	13	20	20	50
12	Blake Varney	77	Spectrum 011b Ford	Autobarn Virginia	22	15	2	6	-	-	-	-	45
	Ben Walter	25	Spectrum 011c Ford	Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport is an Australian V8 Supercar motor racing team. Established in 2005 under the ownership of Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright, they have struggled in their first two seasons due to testing and licensing restrictions...  Scholarship	-	-	2	10	-	22	11	-	45
14	Martin Swindells	63	Spectrum 011c Ford	Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport is an Australian V8 Supercar motor racing team. Established in 2005 under the ownership of Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright, they have struggled in their first two seasons due to testing and licensing restrictions...  Scholarship	-	16	9	-	-	14	-	-	39
15	Ryan Simpson	16	Spectrum 011c Ford	Parramatta Smash Repair	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	34
16	Glen Wood	66	Spectrum 011b Ford	Minda Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	5	29
17	Scott Auld	27	Spectrum 011 Ford	Howard Racing	2	9	4	-	12	-	-	-	27
18	Trent Harrison	30	Mygale SJ08A Ford	Monza Motors	8	6	8	-	-	1	-	1	24
19	Nathan Morcom	71	Spectrum 011d Ford	CAMS Rising Star Borland Racing Developments Borland Racing Developments is an Australian championship winning manufacturer of open wheel racing cars, principally in the junior categories of Formula Ford and Formula Vee....	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	22
20	Lucas Dumbrell	4	Mygale SJ07A Ford	Aust. Dealer Insurance	-	4	1	2	1	2	6	-	16
21	Andrew Waite	26	Spectrum 011b Ford	Minda Motorsport	-	-	-	12	2	-	-	-	14
22	Nicholas Foster	13	Van Diemen Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. is a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, England.The company has a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of...  RF04 Ford Mygale SJ08A Ford	Steeline Metal Framing Systems	-	2	-	1	2	2	6	-	13
23	Cameron Spence	35	Spectrum 011c Ford	Rob Spence Motosport	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	-	9
24	Chris Goodman	43	Spectrum 011c Ford	Precision Automotive	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	6
25	Nicolas Tanti	14	Comtec Spirit WL06 Ford	Anglo Australian Motorsport	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
26	Jesse Dixon	26	Spectrum 011b Ford	Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport is an Australian V8 Supercar motor racing team. Established in 2005 under the ownership of Bathurst 1000 winning driver Jason Bright, they have struggled in their first two seasons due to testing and licensing restrictions... Scholarship	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Ray Chamberlain	8	Van Diemen RF06 Ford	R Chamberlain	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
28	Robert Munnerley	12	Mygale SJ06A Ford	CXC Consultants Exchange	-9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-8

Note:

• Race 1 of Round 8 was abandoned after an accident and no championship points were awarded.
• Nick Percat's Round 6 total includes a 20 point penalty for a driving infringement
• Jack Chapman’s Round 7 total includes a 15 point penalty for a driving infringement
• Scott Pye's Round 7 total includes a 15 point penalty for a driving infringement
• Chaz Mostert's Round 4 total includes a 5 point penalty for a driving infringement
• Robert Munnerley's Round 1 total includes a 10 point penalty for a driving infringement

External links

• Race Results Archive for 2008 Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 8 January 2008