1989 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1989 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series [1] was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[2] It was the 20th Australian Formula Ford Series.[3]

The series was won by Mark Larkham driving a Van Diemen RF89.[1]

Calendar
Russell Ingall leads Troy Dunstan, Mark Larkham and Michael Mortimer on his way to winning the Oran Park round.

The series was contested over seven rounds with one race per round.[2]

Round [4] Circuit [4] Date [4] Round winner [4] Car [4]
1 Amaroo Park 5 March Mark Larkham Van Diemen RF89 [1]
2 Lakeside 16 April Mark Larkham Van Diemen RF89 [1]
3 Mallala 7 May Mark Larkham Van Diemen RF89
4 Sandown 21 May Michael Mortimer Swift FB89
5 Winton 4 June Russell Ingall Van Diemen RF89
6 Oran Park 9 July Russell Ingall Van Diemen RF89
7 Amaroo Park 6 August Mark Larkham Van Diemen RF89

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each round.[5]

Series standings
Position [1] Driver [1] No. [6] Car [4] Entrant [5] Ama [1] Lak [1] Mal [1] San [1] Win [1] Ora [1] Ama [1] Total [1]
1 Mark Larkham 5 Van Diemen RF89 Coffey Ford Motorsport 20 10 20 - 15 - 20 85
2 Russell Ingall 13 Van Diemen RF89 Russell Ingall 12 5 15 - 20 20 - 72
3 Michael Mortimer 7 Swift FB89 Belgrave Industries - 4 12 20 - 15 - 51
4 Troy Dunstan 95 Van Diemen RF89 Troy Dunstan 8 6 8 15 8 - 1 46
5 Paul Morris 94 Van Diemen RF89 Paul Morris 6 2 6 12 - 4 8 38
6 Brett Peters 15 Swift FB88 & Van Diemen RF89 & Swift FB89 Brett Peters 2 3 2 2 6 10 10 35
7 Glen Zampatti 12 & 10 [5] Van Diemen RF86 & RF89 Phoenix Motorsport 1 1.5 - 4 10 6 12 34.5
8 Peter Salminen 8 Swift FB89 Lithoteam - 7.5 10 - 2 12 - 31.5
9 Michael Dutton 25 Van Diemen RF85 Mercparts - 1 4 3 12 1 - 21
10 Russell Becker 18 Van Diemen RF86   3 - - - - - 15 18
11 Paul Stokell 26 Elwyn   15 - - - - - - 15
12 Andrew Clifford 22 Swift FB88 & FB89 Andrew Clifford - 0.5 3 10 1 - - 14.5
13 John Vernon 17 Van Diemen RF88 Sommerlad Fasteners Racing - - - 6 - 8 - 14
14 Garry Jones 6 Van Diemen & Swift FB89 Garry Jones 10 - - - - - 2 12
15 Michael Geoghegan 104 Van Diemen RF89 2 Day FM Australia Racing Pty Ltd - - 1 - 3 - 6 10
16 John Blanchard 38 Van Diemen RF88   - - - - 4 2 3 9
17 Michael Walsh 21 Reynard 88FF Eastern Motorsport - - - 8 - - - 8
18 Ian Allen 91 Lola   4 - - - - - - 4
= Peter Forster 31 Van Diemen RF88 Peter David Porster - - - - - - 4 4
20 Glen Clarke 91 Van Diemen RF86   - - - - - 3 - 3
21 Stephen Moody 12 Van Diemen RF86   - - - 1 - - - 1

Notes and references
  1. 1989 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. Steve Normoyle, Larkham bound for the Continent, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1989/90, pages 238 to 245
  3. Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. Motorcraft Formula Ford Diver to Europe Series (race results), Australian Motor Racing Year, 1989/90, page 303
  5. Official Programme, Mallala, May 7, 1989
  6. Motorcraft Driver to Europe Series - Final Point Scores, Souvenir Programme, Motorcraft Formula Ford Festival 1989, Winton Motor Raceway, August 26th & 27th 1989
  7. Formula Ford, CAMS 1989 Manual of Motor Sport, page 208
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