2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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

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

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship. All teams were Australian-registered.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
BF Racing	Van Diemen RF03	2	Australia Brett Francis	All
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Van Diemen RF04	3	Australia Bryce Washington	1–7
Van Diemen RF04	4	Australia Michael Trimble	All
Van Diemen RF04	5	Australia James Small	All
Van Diemen RF04	6	Australia David Reynolds	All
Interpak Racing	Spectrum 09	7	Australia Stephen Austin	1–2
Pettaras Press Racing	Van Diemen RF01	8	Australia Anthony Preston	2, 6
QLD Group	Van Diemen RF93	9	Australia Daniel Pappas	4
James Small Racing	Mygale SJ01	9	Australia Troy Woolston	8
Maxim Constructions	Van Diemen RF01	10	Australia Clayton Pyne	1–3, 6, 8
Mid Coast Ford	Van Diemen RF01	11	Australia Joel Spychala	2, 6
Henderson Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	12	Australia Michael Henderson	3
Glenn McNally	Spectrum 06B	14	Australia Glenn McNally	3, 7
Team Beta Racing	Van Diemen RF91	15	Australia Grant Doulman	1–2, 6
HSE Mining/North City Holden	Van Diemen RF01	16	Australia Mark Douglas	3
Fuchs Lubricants	Van Diemen RF92	16	Australia Robert Storey	6
S&D Welch Removals	Mygale SJ98	17	Australia Glenn Welch	1–2, 4, 6
Fastlane Racing	Van Diemen RF04	18	Australia Dean Fiore	All
Van Diemen RF90	31	Australia Adrian Corp	1–3
Van Diemen RF04	32	Australia Nathan Caratti	1, 3, 8
Van Diemen RF90	34	Australia Craig Jorgensen	3
Van Diemen RF93	40	Australia Todd Fiore	3
Brad Jones Racing	Van Diemen RF04	20	Australia Kim Jones	5
Aaron Caratti	Van Diemen RF92	22	Australia Aaron Caratti	8
Sieders Racing Team	Stealth Van Diemen RF94	23	Australia David Sieders	All
Ben Fitzgerald	Van Diemen RF01	24	Australia Tim Slade	1–2
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 010	25	Australia Tim Macrow	All
Spectrum 010	26	Australia Steve Owen	All
Spectrum 09C	50	Australia Brett Hobson	6
Minda Motorsport	Spectrum 07	27	Australia Dominic Kennedy	1, 5, 7
Collex/Davies Craig	Spectrum 010	28	Australia Cade Southall	1–2, 8
Triple F Racing	Van Diemen RF94	30	Australia Paul Fiore	3
Thrifty Car Rentals	Van Diemen RF	30	Australia Trent Usher	4
Tony LeMessurier	Van Diemen	37	Australia Tristan Hughes	4, 6, 8
Arrow Karts	Spectrum 09	39	Australia Shane Price	5, 7–8
Toshiba Mobile Computers	Ray 95	42	Australia Samantha Reid	7
Peter George	Spectrum 07	44	Australia Peter George	3
Alex Davison	Van Diemen RF01	44	Australia James Davison	5, 8
IM Racing	Van Diemen RF01	45	Australia Ian Moncrieff	2–8
Sign Point/Shell	Van Diemen RF98	46	Australia Dale Wood	6, 8
Antunes Lawyers	Van Diemen RF94	48	Australia Nathan Antunes	6
K&A Motorsport	Van Diemen RF01	50	Australia Graham Knuckey	7
Net Velocity	Spectrum 07	55	Australia William Hall	3
Tomahawk Management	Van Diemen RF96	60	Australia Derryn Harrison	2
Spectrum 06B	96	Australia Wensley Carroll	2
Roman Krumins Motorsport	Vector MG096	61	Australia Roman Krumins	4
Latitude Development Group	Spectrum 010	62	Australia Andrew Thompson	All
Team Henderson	Spectrum 07	65	Australia Andrew Goldie	3
Rachel Smeaton	Spectrum 07	72	Australia Rachel Smeaton	1–2, 4–6
Nomad Racing	Spectrum 010	74	Australia Mark McNally	All
Project Motorsports	Spectrum 09	77	New Zealand Jason Liefting	All
Speco Thomas/VHT	Spectrum 06	78	Australia Brian Sampson	8
O'Brien Motorsport	Van Diemen RF03	79	Australia Shannon O'Brien	All
Subway D.C.	Van Diemen RF90	88	Australia Justin Locke	3
Merkin Racing	Van Diemen RF90	90	Australia Tim Davies	3
John McCowan	Van Diemen RF90	92	Australia John McCowan	3
Port Kennedy Tyre & Brake Cent	Van Diemen RF96	94	Australia Jason Youd	3
Varcon Office Solutions	Van Diemen RF02	95	Australia Laurence Burford	2

Calendar

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

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map
1	Tasmania Wakefield Park Raceway	20–22 February	Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series	Eastern CreekWannerooSandownQueenslandWintonMallalaWakefield ParkOran Park
2	New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	2–4 April	V8 Supercar Championship Series
3	Western Australia Barbagallo Raceway	11–13 June	V8 Supercar Championship Series
4	Queensland Queensland Raceway	2–4 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
5	Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway	23–25 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
6	New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	13–15 August	V8 Supercar Championship Series
7	South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	20–22 August	Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series
8	Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway	10–12 September	V8 Supercar Championship Series

Season summary

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	New South Wales Wakefield Park Raceway	Australia Bryce Washington	Australia David Reynolds	Australia Brett Francis	BF Racing	Australia Bryce Washington
2		Australia Brett Francis	Australia Brett Francis	BF Racing
3	Australia Brett Francis	Australia Tim Macrow	Borland Racing Developments
2	1	New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	Australia James Small	Australia Michael Trimble	Australia Michael Trimble	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia James Small
2		Australia Brett Francis	Australia James Small	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	Australia Steve Owen	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
3	1	Western Australia Wanneroo Raceway	Australia Bryce Washington	Australia Bryce Washington	Australia Dean Fiore	Fastlane Racing	Australia Dean Fiore
2		Australia David Reynolds	Australia Dean Fiore	Fastlane Racing
3	Australia James Small	Australia Dean Fiore	Fastlane Racing
4	1	Queensland Queensland Raceway	Australia Steve Owen	Australia David Reynolds	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments	Australia Steve Owen
2		Australia Brett Francis	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
3	Australia Brett Francis	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
5	1	Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway	Australia James Small	New Zealand Jason Liefting	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments	New Zealand Jason Liefting
2		Australia James Small	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
3	Australia Bryce Washington	New Zealand Jason Liefting	Project Sports
6	1	New South Wales Oran Park Raceway	Australia Tim Macrow	Australia David Sieders	Australia Tim Macrow	Borland Racing Developments	Australia Tim Macrow
2		Australia Tim Macrow	Australia David Reynolds	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	Australia David Sieders	Australia Tim Macrow	Borland Racing Developments
7	1	South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park	Australia James Small	Australia James Small	Australia James Small	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Australia Steve Owen
2		Australia Steve Owen	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
3	Australia James Small	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
8	1	Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway	Australia David Reynolds	Australia Steve Owen	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments	Australia David Reynolds
2		Australia Steve Owen	Australia Steve Owen	Borland Racing Developments
3	Australia James Small	Australia James Small	Sonic Motor Racing Services

Championship standings

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. An additional point was awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.

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	New South Wales EAS	Western Australia BAR	Queensland QUE	Victoria (state) WIN	New South Wales ORA	South Australia MAL	Victoria (state) SAN	Pts
R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Australia David Reynolds	4	4	Ret	6	12	3	5	4	2	2	2	4	Ret	5	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	287
2	Australia Tim Macrow	9	5	1	5	4	7	4	2	4	6	3	3	7	Ret	7	1	2	1	4	3	3	4	4	4	285
3	Australia Steve Owen	Ret	14	19	22	9	1	Ret	Ret	15	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	9	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	Ret	247
4	Australia Brett Francis	1	1	12	4	2	4	3	3	3	7	4	2	12	18	6	7	6	5	9	9	8	5	5	6	230
5	Australia James Small	3	3	11	2	1	2	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	7	Ret	8	17	20	1	DSQ	7	16	6	1	170
6	Australia Dean Fiore	7	8	18	8	5	16	1	1	1	3	5	6	5	13	2	10	8	9	11	7	4	3	3	5	167
7	Australia Bryce Washington	2	2	4	9	Ret	12	2	Ret	DNS	4	8	5	11	8	8	5	14	Ret	5	5	11				128
8	New Zealand Jason Liefting	14	16	3	14	8	10	6	6	6	8	6	11	3	4	1	Ret	Ret	17	10	4	9	DNS	8	Ret	122
9	Australia Michael Trimble	5	13	13	1	3	20	8	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	7	4	2	Ret	11	12	11	7	12	10	7	10	3	108
10	Australia David Sieders	6	11	6	15	11	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	5	15	8	10	3	Ret	13	7	6	6	6	Ret	Ret	9	7	89
11	Australia Andrew Thompson	8	6	9	7	6	5	Ret	13	Ret	9	Ret	10	16	6	Ret	16	9	8	12	11	14	8	7	9	73
12	Australia Anthony Preston				3	Ret	8										3	4	4							56
13	Australia Shane Price													6	12	5				8	8	5	6	DNS	DNS	46
14	Australia Shannon O'Brien	16	DNS	7	17	Ret	11	7	Ret	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	14	3	12	Ret	14	16	10	6	14	Ret	10	38
15	Australia Clayton Pyne	15	DNS	DNS	12	7	14										6	5	7				19	15	8	36
16	Australia Mark McNally	10	7	5	13	13	15	Ret	15	10	11	9	Ret	8	10	Ret	17	13	13	13	16	13	Ret	12	12	25
17	Australia Joel Spychala				11	10	6										4	21	12							21
18	Australia Glenn Welch	11	10	2	DNS	DNS	DNS				Ret	14	13				14	11	18							17
18	Australia Mark Douglas							10	5	7																17
20	Australia Todd Fiore							18	7	5																16
21	Australia James Davison													14	11	4							DNS	DNS	DNS	12
22	Australia Cade Southall	12	9	8	10	DNS	13																9	14	Ret	11
23	Australia Nathan Caratti	17	DNS	14				23	12	8													10	Ret	13	6
23	Australia Aaron Caratti							9	9	14													11	11	Ret	6
25	Australia Ian Moncrieff				18	16	19	13	Ret	Ret	13	13	12	13	9	9	22	Ret	21	14	13	12	18	17	Ret	4
26	Australia Dominic Kennedy	Ret	15	15										9	15	10				19	17	15				3
27	Australia Paul Fiore							Ret	11	9																2
27	Australia Daniel Pappas										12	11	9													2
29	Australia Tim Slade	13	12	10	DNS	DNS	DNS																			1
29	Australia William Hall							16	10	12																1
29	Australia Tristan Hughes										10	Ret	Ret				21	18	15				15	16	15	1
29	Australia Brett Hobson																15	10	Ret							1
29	Australia Robert Storey																18	15	10							1
29	Australia Troy Woolston																						13	13	11	1
-	Australia Grant Doulman	18	DNS	18	19	14	DNS										20	19	16							0
-	Australia Rachel Smeaton	19	DNS	DNS	23	19	22				16	17	14	15	17	12	23	20	22							0
-	Australia Stephen Austin	20	DNS	17	16	15	17																			0
-	Australia Derryn Harrison				21	18	21																			0
-	Australia Wensley Carroll				20	17	23																			0
-	Australia Laurence Burford				Ret	DNS	18																			0
-	Australia Michael Henderson							11	Ret	DNS																0
-	Australia Justin Locke							12	14	16																0
-	Australia Craig Jorgensen							14	18	Ret																0
-	Australia John McCowan							15	Ret	DNS																0
-	Australia Glenn McNally							17	16	Ret										18	18	17				0
-	Australia Tim Davies							19	Ret	18																0
-	Australia Peter George							20	DNS	DNS																0
-	Australia Jason Youd							21	20	19																0
-	Australia Andrew Goldie							22	19	20																0
-	Australia Adrian Corp							Ret	17	17																0
-	Australia Trent Usher										14	12	Ret													0
-	Australia Roman Krumins										15	16	Ret													0
-	Australia Kim Jones													DNS	16	11										0
-	Australia Dale Wood																19	16	19				12	18	14	0
-	Australia Nathan Antunes																24	Ret	DNS							0
-	Australia Samantha Reid																			15	14	16				0
-	Australia Graham Knuckey																			17	15	Ret				0
-	Australia Brian Sampson																						17	19	16	0
Pos.	Driver	New South Wales WAK	New South Wales EAS	Western Australia BAR	Queensland QUE	Victoria (state) WIN	New South Wales ORA	South Australia MAL	Victoria (state) SAN	Pts

2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Teams and drivers

Calendar

Season summary

Championship standings

External links