2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2003 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford racing cars. It was managed by the Formula Ford Association Inc. and was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship. The title, which was the eleventh Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Neil McFadyen driving a Van Diemen RF94.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Bryce Francis Automotive	Van Diemen RF02	2	Australia Brett Francis	All
Sonic Motor Racing Services (Garry Rogers Motorsport)	Van Diemen RF01	3	Australia Glen Hastings	All
Van Diemen RF01	5	Australia Tony Pugliese	All
Van Diemen RF01	15	Australia Michael Trimble	All
Factory Enterprises	Spectrum 09	4	Australia Justin Cotter	2–3, 5–6, 8
Mike Ceveri Team Racing	Van Diemen RF01	8	Australia Mark Ceveri	1–4, 6–8
Arad Part Ltd.	Van Diemen RF03	9	Australia Bryce Washington	All
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum	11	Australia Tim Macrow	All
James Small Racing	Mygale SJ2001	12	Australia James Small	1, 3, 6, 8
Fastlane Racing	Van Diemen RF01	16	Australia Mark Douglas	4
Van Diemen RF94	18	Australia Dean Fiore	1, 3–4
Van Diemen RF92	30	Australia Paul Fiore	4
Van Diemen RF92	31	Australia Adrian Corp	4
Van Diemen RF92	34	Australia Craig Jorgensen	4
Van Diemen RF90	40	Australia Todd Fiore	4
Gilmour Developments	Van Diemen RF96b	17	Australia Chris Gilmour	5
Simmon Derrick Racing	Van Diemen RF01	19	Australia Anthony Preston	1–3, 5–6
Michael Henderson	Spectrum 07	20	Australia Michael Henderson	4
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Van Diemen RF94	21	Australia Joel Spychala	6
Van Diemen RF94	23	Australia David Sieders	6, 8
Bizar Software	Spectrum 06	22	Australia Terry Kerr	3, 8
Steel Building Systems	Van Diemen RF92	24	Australia Tim Slade	1, 3–8
MR Racing	Spectrum 06	25	Australia Daniel Reinhardt	1–3
All Purpose Garages/Sagacity	Spectrum 07	26	Australia Matthew Tate	8
Interpak Racing	Swift SC94F	27	Australia Stephen Austin	2
Minda Motorsport	Swift SC97K	27	Australia Dominic Kennedy	7
Collex, Davies Craig	Van Diemen RF94	28	Australia Cade Southall	1–4, 6, 8
BETA	Van Diemen RF91	29	Australia Grant Doulman	6
Wimmer Soft Drinks	Van Diemen RF02	32	Australia Kurt Wimmer	All
Corporate Fleet Control	Van Diemen	33	Australia John Pettit	1–2, 6, 8
Steve Baxter	Van Diemen RF92	33	Australia Steve Baxter	4
S & D Welch Removals	Mygale	34	Australia Glenn Welch	6
Cameron Spence Motorsport	Spectrum	35	Australia Cameron Spence	1, 3, 7–8
Dowling Real Estate / Hawks Nest	Van Diemen RF02	36	Australia Clayton Pine	4–8
Nirvana Body Clinics	Van Diemen	37	Australia Tony LeMessurier	All
Rupert Collins Racing	Spectrum 06	43	Australia Adam Hickey	1–3, 5–8
Holts Cranes	Van Diemen RF96	44	Australia Mark Holt	5
Ian Dyk Racing	Van Diemen	45	Australia Ian Dyk	1–3, 5–8
CC Racing	Spectrum 09b	48	Australia Clint Cathcart	1–3, 5–6
Just Cars Magazine	Spectrum 09	50	Australia Mark West	1
Spectrum 09	Australia Adam Macrow	6
VIP Petfoods	Vector T94	53	Australia Kent Quinn	5
William Hall	Spectrum 06	55	Australia William Hall	4
Vagelis Cafe & Bar	Van Diemen RF93	57	Australia Daniel Pappas	1–3, 5–7
Speedzone/Tankworld/Antunes	Van Diemen RF94	59	Australia Neil McFadyen	All
Supercheap Auto Racing	Spectrum 09b	66	Australia Adam Graham	1–3, 5–8
Smeaton Plumbing	Spectrum 07	72	Australia Rachel Smeaton	5–6
Nomad Racing	Spectrum	74	Australia Mark McNally	1, 4, 7
Viking/BFI Fire Equipment	Swift 93K	77	Australia Graham Knuckey	1–3, 6–7
O'Brien Motorsport	Van Diemen RF03	79	Australia Shannon O'Brien	2–8
Minerva NET Internet	Spectrum 09	83	Australia Veijo Phillips	8
Justin Locke	Van Diemen RF95	88	Australia Justin Locke	4
Brook Motorsport	Van Diemen RF94	89	Australia Stephen Borness	1–3, 5
John McCowan	Van Diemen RF90	92	Australia John McCowan	4
Kart-Equip/Nexus Consulting	Van Diemen RF02	96	Australia David Reynolds	All
Eastern Creek Karting Raceway	Swift SC95K	98	Australia Troy Hunt	6

Race calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map
1	Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	11–13 April	V8 Supercar Championship Series	SandownWannerooWintonQueenslandMallalaEastern CreekPhillip IslandOran Park
2	New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	2–4 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series Konica V8 Supercar Series
3	Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway	23–25 May	V8 Supercar Championship Series
4	Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	6–8 June	V8 Supercar Championship Series
5	Queensland Queensland Raceway	18–20 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
6	New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	15–17 August	V8 Supercar Championship Series
7	South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	30–31 August	Konica V8 Supercar Series
8	Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway	12–14 September	V8 Supercar Championship Series Sandown 500

Season summary

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Australia Neil McFadyen	Australia Brett Francis	Australia Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia Tony Pugliese
2	Race cancelled due to inclement weather
2	1	New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	Australia Tony Pugliese	Australia Tony Pugliese	Australia Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia Tony Pugliese
2		Australia Brett Francis	Australia Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	1	New South Wales Winton Motor Raceway	Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia Glen Hastings
2		Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services
4	1	Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Dean Fiore	Australia Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia Glen Hastings
2		Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services
5	1	Queensland Queensland Raceway	Australia Tony Pugliese	Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Tony Pugliese	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia Glen Hastings
2		Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services
6	1	New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	Australia Neil McFadyen	Australia Adam Macrow	Australia Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune	Australia Neil McFadyen
2		Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune
7	1	South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	Australia Neil McFadyen	Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune	Australia Neil McFadyen
2		Australia Neil McFadyen	Australia Neil McFadyen	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune
8	1	Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway	Australia James Small	Australia Glen Hastings	Australia Glen Hastings	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia James Small
2		Australia James Small	Australia James Small	James Small Racing

Results

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	Victoria (state) PHI	New South Wales EAS	Victoria (state) WIN	Western Australia WAN	Queensland QUE	New South Wales ORA	South Australia MAL	Victoria (state) SAN	Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Australia Neil McFadyen	2	C	4	5	2	3	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	6	5	223
2	Australia Glen Hastings	6	C	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	18	8	4	2	1	Ret	206
Australia Tony Pugliese	1	C	1	1	3	2	2	5	1	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	7	3	206
4	Australia Brett Francis	5	C	2	2	13	14	4	2	3	2	7	7	6	4	3	8	150
5	Australia Bryce Washington	10	C	13	11	5	5	7	6	6	Ret	6	5	3	3	5	4	111
6	Australia Tim Macrow	4	C	6	4	16	7	11	8	14	7	4	4	5	5	20	16	92
7	Australia Justin Cotter	3	C	7	6	6	9			5	4	Ret	Ret			13	Ret	60
Australia Ian Dyk	Ret	C	5	8	18	12			18	Ret	8	6	8	9	4	2	60
9	Australia Michael Trimble	Ret	C	9	7	4	4	6	9	Ret	8			7	Ret	Ret	12	52
10	Australia James Small	9	C			8	6					Ret	DNS			2	1	51
11	Australia Adam Macrow											3	3					28
12	Australia David Reynolds	7	C	Ret	Ret	27	16	12	Ret	8	10	Ret	15	9	6	10	10	23
13	Australia Dean Fiore	21	C			22	13	5	4									22
14	Australia Kurt Wimmer	12	C	10	22	9	15	13	Ret	7	5	10	13	12	13	18	11	20
15	Australia Cade Southall	8	C	11	12	7	8	9	10			Ret	20			15	Ret	17
16	Australia Anthony Preston	14	C	8	9	26	21			10	9	9	9					13
Australia Mark Ceveri	Ret	C	17	19	10	11	17	15			Ret	Ret	11	Ret	8	6	13
18	Australia John Pettit	13	C	12	10	17	17					5	Ret			14	Ret	11
Australia Daniel Pappas	16	C	15	13	14	DNS			11	17	Ret	18	10	8	23	7	11
20	Australia Paul Fiore							8	7									10
Australia Clayton Pyne							Ret	22	9	6	15	12	13	14	11	Ret	10
22	Australia Tim Slade	19	C			15	25	16	12	12	Ret	14	14	14	7	16	Ret	6
23	Australia Adam Hickey	15	C	18	15	11	10			16	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	3
24	Australia Adam Graham	20	C	23	17	25	22			13	13	11	10	15	10	12	Ret	2
Australia David Sieders											13	11			9	DNS	2
26	Australia Steve Baxter							10	11									1
-	Australia Daniel Reinhardt	11	C	16	14	12	24											0
-	Australia Mark McNally	17	C					Ret	14					18	12			0
-	Australia Shannon O'Brien	18	C	21	20	24	20	15	17	Ret	14	Ret	23	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
-	Australia Stephen Borness	22	C	14	24	19	23			17	16							0
-	Australia Cameron Spence	23	C			23	26							20	16	22	14	0
-	Australia Tony LeMessurier	24	C	19	18	21	19	20	18	21	20	Ret	DNS	17	15	21	15	0
-	Australia Graham Knuckey	25	C	22	23	Ret	Ret					Ret	24	Ret	17			0
-	Australia Clint Cathcart	Ret	C	20	16	28	18			19	15	17	22					0
-	Australia Stephen Austin			24	21													0
-	Australia Terry Kerr					20	Ret									17	Ret	0
-	Australia Todd Fiore							14	13									0
-	Australia Michael Henderson							18	16									0
-	Australia Mark Douglas							19	21									0
-	Australia Adrian Corp							21	23									0
-	Australia Craig Jorgensen							22	24									0
-	Australia John McCowan							23	20									0
-	Australia Justin Locke							Ret	19									0
-	Australia William Hall							Ret	Ret									0
-	Australia Chris Gilmour									15	12							0
-	Australia Mark Holt									20	18							0
-	Australia Rachel Smeaton									22	19	20	25					0
-	Australia Kent Quinn									Ret	Ret							0
-	Australia Glenn Welch											12	16					0
-	Australia Joel Spychala											16	17					0
-	Australia Grant Doulman											19	21					0
-	Australia Troy Hunt											Ret	19					0
-	Australia Dominic Kennedy													19	18			0
-	Australia Veijo Phillips															19	Ret	0
-	Australia Matthew Tate															Ret	13	0
Pos.	Driver	Victoria (state) PHI	New South Wales EAS	Victoria (state) WIN	Western Australia WAN	Queensland QUE	New South Wales ORA	South Australia MAL	Victoria (state) SAN	Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2

Avon Rookie of the Year

The Avon Rookie of the Year title was awarded to Bryce Washington.

Notes

Race 2 of Round 1 at Phillip Island was cancelled after rain left the circuit in an unsafe condition.
Under Australian Formula Ford regulations, all cars were required to use a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.