1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford cars.[1] It was the 21st Australian national series for Formula Fords.[2]

The series was won by Russell Ingall driving a Van Diemen RF90.[2]

Schedule

The series was contested over seven rounds with one race per round.[3]

Round [3] Circuit [3] Date [3] Round winner [3] Car [3] [1] [4]
1 Amaroo Park 25 February Russell Ingall Van Diemen RF90
2 Symmons Plains 11 March Paul Stokell Reynard FF89
3 Phillip Island 25 March Russell Ingall Van Diemen RF90
4 Winton 8 April Russell Ingall Van Diemen RF90
5 Lakeside 6 May Troy Dunstan Van Diemen RF89
6 Mallala 10 June Russell Ingall Van Diemen RF90
7 Oran Park 15 July Paul Stokell Swift FB90

Points system

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

Series standings

Position [4] Driver [4] No. [6] [3] Car [4] [6] [3] [1] Entrant [6] Ama [4] Sym [4] Phi [4] Win [4] Lak [4] Mal [4] Ora [4] Total [4]
1 Russell Ingall 2 Van Diemen RF90 Coffey Ford 20 12 20 20 15 20 - 107
2 Paul Stokell 11 Reynard FF88
Reynard FF89
Swift FB90		 Phoenix Motorsport 10 20 15 12 4 - 20 81
3 Paul Morris 5 Van Diemen RF89 Speedtech 12 10 - 3 12 12 8 57
=4 John Blanchard 16 Swift FB89
Swift FB90		 Palmair Racing - 15 - 15 1 4 15 50
=4 Russell Becker 10 Reynard FF89 Transtar Express - 8 4 10 8 10 10 50
6 Troy Dunstan 4 Van Diemen RF89 Speedtech 6 - - 8 20 15 - 49
7 Ron Searle 29 Reynard FF89
Reynard FF90		 Transtar Express 15 6 3 - 6 6 6 42
8 Brett Peters 6 Swift FB89
Swift FB90		 Olympus Cameras 8 - 12 4 10 3 4 41
9 Michael Dutton 9 Van Diemen RF90 Michael Dutton 1 - - 6 - 8 12 27
10 John Vernon 13 Swift FB89
Swift FB5		 Sommerlad Fasterners Racing Team 4 - 8 - 3 2 3 20
11 Michael Mortimer   Swift   - - 10 - - - - 10
12 Michael Geoghegan 15 Van Diemen RF89 Michael Geoghegan 2 - 6 - - - - 8
=13 Jamie McHugh   Van Diemen RF86   3 1 - - - - - 4
=13 Glen Zampatti   Reynard Phoenix Motorsport - 4 - - - - - 4
=13 Peter Forster 19 Swift FB90 Peter Forster - - 2 - 2 - - 4
=13 Andrew Reid 92 Van Diemen RF89 Andrew Reid - - 1 2 - 1 - 4
=13 David Ratcliff 78 Reynard FF88 Phoenix Motorsport - 2 - - - - 2 4
18 Sean Turnbull   Van Diemen RF86   - 3 - - - - - 3
=19 Tim Wood   Van Diemen Phoenix Motorsport - - - 1 - - - 1
=19 Geoff Full   Reynard FF88   - - - - - - 1 1

Notes & references

  1. 1 2 3 Steve Normoyle, Ingall Wins the 1990 Trip, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 210 to 217
  2. 1 2 Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 285 to 286
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. ↑ The points system used for the series has been determined by comparing the points table as published at www.formulaford.com.au with the race results as published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91
  6. 1 2 3 Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, 9-10 June 1990, page 43
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