The 1984 Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the 15th Australian Formula Ford Series.[2]
The series was won by Ron Barnacle[3] driving a Royale RP31.[2]
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Calendar
The series was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.[3]
| Round[3] | Circuit[3] | Date[3] | Round winner[3] | Car | Entrant |
| 1 | Sandown | 19 February | Ron Barnacle | Royale RP31 | Dolphin Race Hire |
| 2 | Oran Park | 18 March | Michael Quinn | Lola T642A | |
| 3 | Surfers Paradise | 13 May | Alan Swindells | Van Diemen | |
| 4 | Oran Park | 27 May | Michael Quinn | Lola T642A | |
| 5 | Amaroo Park | 5 August | Ron Barnacle | Royale RP31 | Dolphin Race Hire |
| 6 | Sandown | 9 September | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF84 | Dalcar Industries |
| 7 | Winton | 14 October | Bradley Forgeard | Lola T642A[3] | |
| 8 | Calder | 18 November | Ron Barnacle | Royale RP31 | Dolphin Race Hire |
Points system
Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round.[3]
Series standings
| Position[4] | Driver[4] | Car[4] | Entrant | San[4] | Ora[4] | Sur[4] | Ora[4] | Ama[4] | San[4] | Win[4] | Cal[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | Ron Barnacle | Royale RP31[5] | Dolphin Race Hire[5] | 20 | 10 | 2 | - | 20 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 91 |
| 2 | Garry Jones | Van Diemen | Garry Jones[5] | 8 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 75 |
| 3 | Michael Quinn | Lola T642A | 15 | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | 55 | |
| 4 | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 | - | 2 | - | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | - | 52 | |
| 5 | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF84[5] | Dalcar Industries[5] | - | 6 | 8 | - | 15 | 20 | - | - | 49 |
| 6 | Bradley Forgeard | Van Diemen Lola T642A |
2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | - | 20 | - | 43 | |
| 7 | Laurie Bennett | Wren | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | 38 | |
| 8 | Richard Carter | Matek M1 | - | 12 | 15 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 35 | |
| 9 | Alan Bisset | Reynard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 15 | 27 | |
| 10 | Rodney Moody | Birrana | 3 | 4 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | 25 | |
| 11 | Alan Swindells | Van Diemen | - | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | |
| 12 | Ian Thomas | Reynard | - | - | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 16 | |
| 13 | Tony Boot | Totem | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | 13 | |
| =14 | Mark Forrester | Reynard | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| =14 | Jim Hunter | Royale | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| =14 | Malcolm Oastler | Bowin P6 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| 17 | Steve Moody | Totem 002 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 11 | |
| =18 | Greg Kentwell | Elwyn | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | |
| =18 | Roger Martin | PRS | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | 10 | |
| 20 | Barry Ward | Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| =21 | David Harrison | Elfin | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | |
| =21 | Tim Murray | Elwyn 003 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| 23 | Scott Elson | Wren | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| =24 | Martin Tighe | Van Diemen | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| =24 | Mathew Kane | Bowin P4A | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| =26 | Teddy Angelo | Hawke | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| =26 | Mark Poole | Elfin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| =26 | Lyndon Arnel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
| =29 | Steven Pryce | PRS 83F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| =29 | Jon McKeon | Hawke DL17 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| =29 | Kevin Lewis | Bowin P4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| =29 | Warwick Henderson | Wren | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| =29 | Lindsay Yardley | Bowin P6F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ Official Programme, Castrol 500, Sandown, 9 September 1984, page 37
- ^ a b Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h Stewart Wilson, Formula Ford Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1984, pages 286 & 287
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 1984 Formula Ford - "Driver to Europe" Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d e Graham Slater, Brock gives a lesson, Racing Car News, November 1984, pages 50 to 54
This page was last edited on 20 January 2022, at 09:38