2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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The 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the tenth Australian Formula Ford Championship.[2]
Heading into the season, Jamie Whincup was touted as a championship favourite. Heavily favoured to carry his form shown in his debut year the previous season. He, along with teammate Marcus Marshall at Sonic Motor Racing Services (running under the Garry Rogers Motorsport banner), were the pacesetters throughout the season. However, rookie Mark Winterbottom would prove to be a serious challenger for the championship, driving with Borland Racing Developments, and would herald the first of many battles between he and Whincup in the years to come.
Whincup would ultimately emerge victorious at seasons end with Winterbottom finishing second overall and Marshall in third.[3]
Teams and drivers
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| Team | Chassis | No | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Motor Racing Services (Garry Rogers Motorsport) |
Van Diemen RF01 | 3 | Australia Jamie Whincup | All |
| Van Diemen RF01 | 7 | Australia Marcus Marshall | All | |
| Brad Jones Racing | Van Diemen RF02 | 6 | Australia Andrew Jones | All |
| Hanger Racing | Spectrum 09 | 10 | Australia Ty Hanger | 5 |
| Anglo Australian Motorsport | Van Diemen RF94 | 13 | Australia Damien Meyer | 5 |
| Tekno Autosports | Van Diemen RF01 | 14 | Australia Barton Mawer | All |
| James Small Racing | Mygale SJ01 | 15 | Australia James Small | 2–5, 7 |
| MinervaNET Motorsport | Spectrum 09 | 18 | Australia Veijo Phillips | 1–3, 6–7 |
| Chamberlain Racing | Spectrum 06b | 22 | Australia Richard Chamberlain | 1–7 |
| Gilmour Developments | Van Diemen RF96 | 25 | Australia Chris Gilmour | 8 |
| T.R.E. Motorsport | Spectrum 07 | 26 | Australia Matthew Tate | 1–2 |
| Fastlane Racing | Van Diemen RF94 | 26 | Australia Mark Douglas | 4 |
| Van Diemen RF90 | 32 | Australia Aaron Caratti | 4 | |
| Van Diemen RF94 | 59 | Australia Neil McFadyen | All | |
| Van Diemen RF94 | 62 | Australia Dean Fiore | 4, 6 | |
| Interpak Racing | Swift SC94F | 28 | Australia Stephen Austin | 1, 5 |
| Macrow Racing | Spectrum 06b | 28 | Australia Tim Macrow | 2, 7 |
| Wimmers Soft Drinks | Van Diemen RF02 | 32 | Australia Kurt Wimmer | 1–3, 5 |
| Thomson Ford | Van Diemen RF93 | 33 | Australia John Pettit | 1–2, 5 |
| Steve Baxter | Van Diemen RF92 | 33 | Australia Steve Baxter | 4 |
| Lowe Racing | Spectrum 06b | 34 | Australia Ash Lowe | All |
| Michael Henderson | 35 | Australia Michael Henderson | 4 | |
| Thrifty-Link Hardware | Van Diemen RF95 | 36 | Australia Mark Ceveri | All |
| Property Solutions Group | Van Diemen RF95 | 40 | Australia Kevin Miller | 8 |
| Borland Racing Developments | Spectrum 09 | 41 | Australia Mark Winterbottom | All |
| Spectrum 07 | 69 | Australia Matt Wall | 7 | |
| Intune Motorsport | Swift SC94F | 42 | Australia John Houlder | 1–3, 5, 7–8 |
| Rupert Collins Plastics | Spectrum 06b | 43 | Australia Adam Hickey | 2, 7 |
| MC Racing | Spectrum 06 | 44 | Australia Matt Cherry | 4 |
| Holts Crane Hire | Van Diemen RF96 | 44 | Australia Mark Holt | 8 |
| Pettaras PressCastle Finance | Van Diemen RF98 | 45 | Australia Ian Dyk | 5 |
| Jagz Racing | Swift SC93F | 47 | Australia Steven Hooton | 4 |
| Simon Wheeler | Van Diemen RF98 | 48 | Australia Tim Wheeler | 4 |
| Gregory's Ford | Spectrum 06b | 49 | Australia Nick Torelli | 1–3 |
| Eggleston Motorsport | Spectrum 07 | 51 | Australia Ben Eggleston | 1–3, 7 |
| VIP Petfoods | Vector MG96 | 53 | Australia Kent Quinn | 8 |
| Vector TF94 | 54 | Australia Klark Quinn | 8 | |
| Apex Motorsport | Van Diemen RF98 | 55 | Australia Tony Pugliese | 2, 5–8 |
| Vagelis Cafe & Bar | Van Diemen RF95 | 57 | Australia Daniel Pappas | 1–3, 5–8 |
| Swingyde | Van Diemen RF93 | 61 | Australia Jordan Ormsby | 1–7 |
| Lansvale Racing Team | Van Diemen RF93 | 63 | Australia Grant Ashby | 5, 7–8 |
| Stones Kart Spares | Van Diemen RF96 | 66 | Australia Blake Smith | 1–2 |
| AdRad Radiators | Van Diemen RF94 | 66 | Australia Bryce Washington | 6 |
| Sean Supanz | Van Diemen RF87 | 67 | Australia Sean Supanz | 4 |
| Luke Morton | Van Diemen RF94 | 69 | Australia Luke Morton | 4 |
| Factory Enterprises | Spectrum 06b | 71 | Australia Justin Cotter | 1–3, 5–8 |
| Nomad Racing | Spectrum 06 | 74 | Australia Mark McNally | 4, 6–7 |
| Burford Racing | Van Diemen RF92 | 75 | Australia Laurence Burford | 1, 5 |
| Complete Fire | Swift SC93F | 77 | Australia Graham Knuckey | 6 |
| Bryce Francis Automotive | Van Diemen RF02 | 82 | Australia Brett Francis | All |
| Sita/Marsh | Van Diemen RF94 | 84 | Australia Glen Hastings | 2, 6–8 |
| Proteus Cosmetics | Van Diemen RF95 | 87 | Australia Tony LeMessurier | 1–3, 6–7 |
| Tim Davies | Van Diemen RF90 | 88 | Australia Tim Davies | 4 |
| Southern Titanium | Van Diemen RF90 | 92 | Australia John McCowan | 4, 6 |
| Qantas Link/Avis | Van Diemen RF95 | 94 | Australia Neil Pollard | 8 |
| Paul Zsidy | Spectrum | 96 | Australia David Reynolds | 7 |
| Clive Hartz | Van Diemen RF95 | 98 | Australia Clive Hartz | 4 |
| Tony D'Alberto Racing | Mygale SJ00 | 99 | Australia Tony D'Alberto | 7 |
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Calendar
[edit | edit source]The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.[3]
| Round | Circuit | Dates | Supporting | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria (state) Wakefield Park Raceway | 31 March | Konica V8 Supercar Series | |
| 2 | Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 5 May | Konica V8 Supercar Series | |
| 3 | Australian Capital Territory Canberra Street Circuit | 9 June | V8 Supercar Championship Series | |
| 4 | Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway | 30 June | V8 Supercar Championship Series | |
| 5 | New South Wales Oran Park Raceway | 27 July | V8 Supercar Championship Series | |
| 6 | South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park | 4 August | Konica V8 Supercar Series | |
| 7 | Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway | 18 August | V8 Supercar Championship Series | |
| 8 | Queensland Queensland Raceway | 14 September | V8 Supercar Championship Series Queensland 500 |
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Season summary
[edit | edit source]Results
[edit | edit source]Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:
| 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 | New South Wales WAK |
Victoria (state) PHI |
Australian Capital Territory CAN |
Western Australia WAN |
New South Wales ORA |
South Australia MAL |
Victoria (state) WIN |
Queensland QUE |
Pen | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1 | Australia Jamie Whincup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | DNS | 243 | |
| 2 | Australia Mark Winterbottom | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 227 |
| 3 | Australia Marcus Marshall | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 224 | |
| 4 | Australia Neil McFadyen | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 150 | |
| 5 | Australia Barton Mawer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 128 | |
| 6 | Australia Andrew Jones | 22 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 114 | |
| 7 | Australia Ash Lowe | 13 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 68 | |
| 8 | Australia Brett Francis | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 62 | |
| 9 | Australia Tony Pugliese | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 54 | |||||||
| 10 | Australia Justin Cotter | 5 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 9 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 5 | 47 | |||
| 11 | Australia Jordan Ormsby | 10 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Australia Glen Hastings | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Australia Dean Fiore | 6 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| = | Australia Richard Chamberlain | 6 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | DNS | 20 | |||
| 15 | Australia Bryce Washington | 8 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| = | Australia Mark Ceveri | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 17 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 14 | |
| 17 | Australia Mark Douglas | 10 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Australia Tim Macrow | 16 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Australia Ian Dyk | 7 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | Australia Kurt Wimmer | 11 | DNS | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 13 | Ret | 7 | |||||||
| = | Australia James Small | 12 | 10 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 7 | |||||||
| 22 | Australia Laurence Burford | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| = | Australia Tony D'Alberto | 10 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Australia Tim Wheeler | 14 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia John Pettit | 12 | 13 | Ret | 20 | 13 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
| - | Australia Ben Eggleston | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| - | Australia Nick Torelli | 16 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 15 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| - | Australia Veijo Phillips | 17 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 16 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| - | Australia Stephen Austin | 18 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Blake Smith | 19 | 20 | Ret | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
| - | Australia Tony LeMessurier | 20 | 17 | 18 | DNS | 19 | Ret | 19 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 0 | |||
| - | Australia Daniel Pappas | 21 | 13 | 20 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 18 | 18 | Ret | 17 | 0 | |||
| - | Australia John Houlder | 23 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 19 | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||
| - | Australia Matthew Tate | DNS | Ret | 13 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| - | Australia Kevin Miller | 19 | 22 | Ret | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
| - | Australia Adam Hickey | Ret | Ret | 24 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| - | Australia Mark McNally | 12 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
| - | Australia Matt Cherry | 13 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Steve Baxter | 15 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Clive Hartz | 18 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia John McCowan | 19 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| - | Australia Tim Davies | 20 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Michael Henderson | 21 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Luke Morton | 22 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Aaron Caratti | Ret | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Steven Hooton | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Damien Meyer | 14 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Grant Ashby | 15 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||
| - | Australia Ty Hanger | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Graham Knuckey | 14 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Matt Wall | 22 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia David Reynolds | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Kent Quinn | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Chris Gilmour | 12 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Mark Holt | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Neil Pollard | 16 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Klark Quinn | Ret | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | New South Wales WAK |
Victoria (state) PHI |
Australian Capital Territory CAN |
Western Australia WAN |
New South Wales ORA |
South Australia MAL |
Victoria (state) WIN |
Queensland QUE |
Pen | Pts | ||||||||
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations mandated the use of the Ford 1600cc "Kent" four cylinder engine.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Specific Conditions, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-13
- ^ Australian Titles, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
- ^ a b Final Pointscore, 2002 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship, www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 24 July 2013
- ^ A quick Overview of Formula Ford, www.formulaford.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 25 July 2013
