2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] The championship was managed by the Formula Ford Association Inc. and was promoted as the 2004 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship.[1] It is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as the 12th Australian Formula Ford Championship.[2]

The championship was won by David Reynolds driving a Van Diemen RF04.[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with three races per round.[1]

Round[1]	Circuit[1][4]	State	Date[1]	Round winner[3]	Car[4]
1	Wakefield Park Raceway	New South Wales	20–22 February	Bryce Washington	Van Diemen RF04
2	Eastern Creek International Raceway	New South Wales	2–4 April	James Small	Van Diemen RF04
3	Barbagallo Raceway	Western Australia	11–13 June	Dean Fiore	Van Diemen RF04
4	Queensland Raceway	Queensland	2–4 July	Steve Owen	Spectrum 010
5	Winton Motor Raceway	Victoria	23–25 July	Jason Liefting	Spectrum 09B
6	Oran Park Motorsport Circuit	New South Wales	13–15 August	Tim Macrow	Spectrum 010
7	Mallala Motor Sport Park	South Australia	20–22 August	Steve Owen	Spectrum 010
8	Sandown International Motor Raceway	Victoria	10–12 September	David Reynolds	Van Diemen RF04

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers at each race.[1] An additional point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.[1]

Standings

Position[3]	Driver[3]	No.[3]	Car[3]	Entrant[4]	R1[3]	R2[3]	R3[3]	R4[3]	R5[3]	R6[3]	R7[3]	R8[3]	Total[3]
1	David Reynolds	6	Van Diemen RF04	Sonic Motorsport	24	22	38	44	10	52	48	49	287
2	Tim Macrow	25	Spectrum 010	Bosch Batteries	32	28	40	36	12	57	40	40	285
3	Steve Owen	26	Spectrum 010	Bosch Batteries	-	22	-	61	40	30	54	40	247
4	Brett Francis	2	Van Diemen RF03	VIP Petfoods / BF Racing	40	40	42	34	8	24	8	34	230
5	James Small	5	Van Diemen RF04	Sonic Motorsport	23	53	4	6	23	4	27	30	170
6	Dean Fiore	18	Van Diemen RF04	Landscape Developments / Fleetcare	10	14	60	32	26	7	18	-	167
7	Bryce Washington	3	Van Diemen RF04	ADRAD / Sonic Motorsport	45	2	17	26	8	10	20	-	128
8	Jason Liefting	77	Spectrum 09 Spectrum 09B[4]	Project Sports	14	5	24	12	46	-	15	6	122
9	Michael Trimble	5	Van Diemen RF04	Sonic Motorsport	10	34	4	6	23	-	7	24	108
10	David Sieders	23	Stealth Van Diemen RF94	Sime Tyres	16	2	-	14	15	14	16	12	89
11	Andrew Thompson	62	Spectrum 010	Latitude Development Group	14	24	-	3	8	6	-	18	73
12	Anthony Preston	8	Van Diemen RF01	Pettaras Press Racing	-	18	-	-	-	38	-	-	56
13	Shane Price	39	Spectrum 09	Arrow Karts	-	-	-	-	18	-	18	10	46
14	Shannon O'Brien	79	Van Diemen RF03	Shannon O'Brien	6	-	6	1	14	-	9	2	38
15	Clayton Pyne	10	Van Diemen RF01	Maxim Constructions	-	6	-	-	-	24	-	6	36
16	Mark McNally	74	Spectrum 010	Nomad Racing	17	-	1	2	5	-	-	-	25
17	Joel Spychala	11	Stealth Van Diemen RF94	Mid Coast Ford	-	9	-	-	-	12	-	-	21
18	Glenn Welch	17	Mygale SJ98	S&D Welch Removals	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
	Mark Douglas	16	Van Diemen RF01	HSE Mining / North City Holden	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	17
20	Todd Fiore	40	Stealth Van Diemen RF93	Fastlane Racing	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	16
21	James Davison	44	Van Diemen RF95	Alex Davison	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
22	Cade Southall	28	Van Diemen RF01	Collex / Davies Craig	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	11
23	Nathan Caratti	32	Van Diemen RF04	Fastlane Racing	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	6
	Aaron Caratti	22	Stealth Van Diemen RF92	Aaron Caratti	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	6
25	Ian Moncrieff	45	Van Diemen RF01	Brisbane Bullets / VIP Petfoods	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
26	Dominic Kennedy	27	Van Diemen RF01	Minda Motorsport	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
27	Paul Fiore	30	Stealth Van Diemen RF94	Landscape Developments / Fleetcare	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Daniel Pappas	9	Stealth Van Diemen RF93	QLD Group	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
29	Tim Slade	24	Van Diemen RF01	Ben Fitzgerald	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	William Hall	55	Spectrum 06	Net Velocity	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Tristan Hughes	37	Stealth Van Diemen RF93	Tony Lemessurier	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Brett Hobson	50	Spectrum 09c	CAMS Driver Development Program	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Robert Storey	16	Van Diemen RF92	Fuchs Lubricants / Transtar Express	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Troy Woolston	9	Mygale SJ01	James Small Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

All competing cars were required to comply with Formula Ford regulations as defined by CAMS.[1] These regulations specified the mandatory use of a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.[5]

References

1. "2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-06-23. Retrieved 2005-06-23.
2. Australian Titles, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
3. "2004 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship - Final Pointscore, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2004-10-13.
4. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 2004 Retrieved 3 April 2019
5. Formula Ford, 2004 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-34

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