2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round. It was the sixteenth Australian Formula Ford Championship.

The championship was won by Paul Laskazeski driving a Spectrum 011b for Synergy Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Walkinshaw Racing	Mygale SJ07A	2	Nick Percat	All
Aust. Dealer Insurance	Mygale SJ07A	3	Lucas Dumbrell	All
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ07A	4	Ben Small	1
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ07A	4	Kristian Lindbom	2–8
Mygale Australia	Mygale SJ07A	5	Martin Short	3, 5
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 011b	7	Paul Laskazeski	All
	Spectrum 011c	16	Ryan Simpson	7
	Spectrum 011c	21	Ryan Simpson	8
	Spectrum 011c	43	Chris Goodman	7–8
	Spectrum 011	48	Jessica Golding	2–3, 5
Ray Chamberlain	Van Diemen RF06	8	Ray Chamberlain	7
CXC Consultants Exchange	Mygale SJ06A	12	Robert Munnerley	1–3
Minda Motorsport	Spectrum 011b	12	Andrew Waite	4
	Spectrum 011b	66	Andrew Waite	6
	Spectrum 011b	66	Glen Wood	7–8
Steeline Metal Framing Systems	Van Diemen RF04	13	Nick Foster	All
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Comtek Spirit WL06	14	Nicholas Tanti	2, 5, 8
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Comtek Spirit WL07	16	Rob Storey	1–3, 5, 8
Howard Racing	Spectrum 011	15	Chaz Mostert	All
Howard Racing	Spectrum 011	27	Scott Auld	1–3, 5
Borland Racing Developments	Spectrum 011b	19	Scott Pye	All
	Spectrum 011b	23	Daniel Erickson	All
	Spectrum 011d	71	Nathan Morcom	7–8
	Spectrum 011b	98	Jake Chapman	1–7
	Spectrum 011b	98	Luke Ellery	8
Britek Motorsport	Spectrum 011c	25	Ben Walter	All
	Spectrum 011b	26	Taylor Gore	1–2, 6
	Spectrum 011b		Andrew Waite	5
	Spectrum 011b		Jesse Dixon	7
	Spectrum 011b		Daniel Lewis	8
	Spectrum 011c	63	Martin Swindells	1–7
	Spectrum 011b	66	Adam Graham	1–5
Monza Motors	Mygale SJ08A	30	Trent Harrison	1–4, 6, 8
Rob Spence Motorsport	Spectrum 011c	35	Cameron Spence	1–3, 6
Lowe Earthmoving	Spectrum 011c	41	Brad Lowe	1–6
Icon Motorsport	Spectrum 011c	43	Ben Morley	1–6
Geoffrey I'Anson	Van Diemen RF06	44	Roger I'Anson	6
G-Force Motorsport	Mygale SJ08A	46	Richie Stanaway	8
No Sponsor Racing	Van Diemen RF04	74	Yudi Doyle	1–3, 6
Autobarn Virginia	Spectrum 011b	77	Blake Varney	1–5
Ben Forgan	Spectrum 011b	86	Ben Forgan	4

Championship schedule

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map
1	Eastern Creek Raceway	7–9 March	V8 Supercar Championship Series	Phillip Island Symmons Plains Wakefield Park Sandown Queensland Eastern Creek Hidden Valley Oran Park
2	Wakefield Park Raceway	4–6 April	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
3	Sandown Raceway	7–9 June	V8 Supercar Championship Series Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
4	Hidden Valley Raceway	4–6 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series
5	Queensland Raceway	18–20 July	V8 Supercar Championship Series Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	12–14 September	V8 Supercar Championship Series
7	Symmons Plains Raceway	22-23 November	V8 Supercar Championship Series
8	Oran Park Raceway	5–7 December	V8 Supercar Championship Series Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Season summary


Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round Winner
1	1	Eastern Creek Raceway	Nick Percat	Brad Lowe	Brad Lowe	Lowe Earthmoving	Brad Lowe
	2			Paul Laskazeski	Brad Lowe	Lowe Earthmoving
	3			Ben Morley	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
2	1	Wakefield Park Raceway	Paul Laskazeski	Adam Graham	Kristian Lindbom	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Kristian Lindbom
	2			Paul Laskazeski	Rob Storey	Anglo Australian Motorsport
	3			Paul Laskazeski	Paul Laskazeski	Synergy Motorsport
3	1	Sandown Raceway	Paul Laskazeski	Paul Laskazeski	Paul Laskazeski	Synergy Motorsport	Paul Laskazeski
	2			Paul Laskazeski	Paul Laskazeski	Synergy Motorsport
	3			Paul Laskazeski	Jake Chapman	Borland Racing Developments
4	1	Hidden Valley Raceway	Ben Morley	Daniel Erickson	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing	Nick Percat
	2			Scott Pye	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
	3			Daniel Erickson	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
5	1	Queensland Raceway	Nick Percat	Kristian Lindbom	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing	Nick Percat
	2			Kristian Lindbom	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
	3			Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
6	1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Daniel Erickson	Daniel Erickson	Daniel Erickson	Borland Racing Developments	Paul Laskazeski
	2			Daniel Erickson	Daniel Erickson	Borland Racing Developments
	3			Nick Percat	Paul Laskazeski	Synergy Motorsport
7	1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Paul Laskazeski	Daniel Erickson	Glen Wood	Minda Motorsport	Nick Percat
	2			Paul Laskazeski	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
	3			Daniel Erickson	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Racing
8	1	Oran Park Raceway	Paul Laskazeski	Race cancelled			Daniel Erickson
	2			Paul Laskazeski	Paul Laskazeski	Synergy Motorsport
	3			Daniel Erickson	Daniel Erickson	Borland Racing Developments

Points system

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

Championship standings


Pos.	Driver	EAS			WAK			SAN			DAR			QUE			PHI			SYM			ORA			Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Paul Laskazeski	2	3	4	12	3	1																			342
2	Nick Percat	5	7	1	4	4	Ret																			274
3	Kristian Lindbom				1	2	2																			222
4	Daniel Erickson	4	5	7	6	8	Ret																			198
5	Ben Morley	3	2	2	2	5	18																			151
6	Adam Graham	9	4	5	5	6	Ret																			146
7	Scott Pye	11	8	Ret	Ret	7	4																			137
8	Brad Lowe	1	1	3	14	13	Ret																			99
9	Jake Chapman	6	14	Ret	Ret	18	12																			90
10	Rob Storey	Ret	12	8	3	1	3																			52
11	Chaz Mostert	Ret	17	12	Ret	15	10																			50
12	Blake Varney	7	6	6	9	10	5																			45
13	Ben Walter	Ret	22	13	16	17	15																			45
14	Martin Swindells	16	16	11	7	16	6																			39
15	Ryan Simpson																									34
16	Glen Wood																									29
17	Scott Auld	10	11	10	10	11	7																			27
18	Trent Harrison	8	9	9	Ret	DNS	8																			24
19	Nathan Morcom																									22
20	Lucas Dumbrell	Ret	15	Ret	8	14	16																			16
21	Andrew Waite																									14
22	Nick Foster	14	21	16	15	9	Ret																			13
23	Cameron Spence	Ret	18	18	13	19	14																			9
24	Chris Goodman																									6
25	Nicholas Tanti				19	12	9																			4
26	Jesse Dixon																									1
27	Ray Chamberlain																									1
-	Ben Small	12	13	17																						0
-	Taylor Gore	15	20	14	Ret	22	13																			0
-	Yudi Doyle	17	19	15																						0
-	Jessica Golding				17	23	17																			0
-	Yudi Doyle				18	21	Ret																			0
-	Robert Munnerley	13	10	Ret	11	20	11																			-8
Pos.	Driver	EAS			WAK			SAN			DAR			QUE			PHI			SYM			ORA			Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts

Notes:

Race 1 of Round 8 was abandoned after an accident and no championship points were awarded.
Nick Percat's Round 6 total includes a 20-point penalty for a driving infringement
Jack Chapman's Round 7 total includes a 15-point penalty for a driving infringement
Scott Pye's Round 7 total includes a 15-point penalty for a driving infringement
Chaz Mostert's Round 4 total includes a 5-point penalty for a driving infringement
Robert Munnerley's Round 1 total includes a 10-point penalty for a driving infringement

References

^ ^a ^b 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, Version 2, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

Race Results Archive for 2008 Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 8 January 2009

[Sporting_Regs-1] 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations, Version 2, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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