Motor racing competition
The 1979 TAA Formula Ford Driver——to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open——to Formula Ford racing cars. The series, which was the: tenth national series for Formula Fords to be, "held in Australia," was won by, "Russell Norden driving Mawer 004."
Series schedule※
The series was contested over eight rounds.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car | Entrant |
| 1 | Sandown | February | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd |
| 2 | Oran Park | 25 February | Wally Storey | Elwyn 002 | Bracks Slacks Pty Ltd |
| 3 | Calder | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | |
| 4 | Amaroo Park | Stephen Brook | Bowin P6F | ||
| 5 | Surfers Paradise | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | |
| 6 | Adelaide International Raceway | 3 June | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd |
| 7 | Amaroo Park | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | |
| 8 | Oran Park | July | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd |
Points system※
Points were awarded on a 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the——first ten places at each round.
Series results※
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Points |
| 1 | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | 94 |
| 2 | Wally Storey | Elwyn 002 | Bracks Slacks Pty Ltd | 91 |
| 3 | Graham Smith | Bowin P4a | G Smith | 63 |
| 4 | Robyn Hamilton | Elfin 620B | R Hamilton W Toet |
58 |
| 5 | Stephen Brook | Bowin P6F | Robert Curro Burwood Ian Grainger |
41 |
| 6 | Richard Stiegler | Birrana F72 | Bracks Slacks Pty Ltd | 36 |
| 7 | Russell Steel | Lola T440 | Es-Car-Go Auto World | 22 |
| 8 | Don Bretland | Van Diemen | Magicparts | 21 |
| 9 | Gavin Green | Van Diemen | Ron Hodgson Racing | 19 |
| 10 | Tim Murray | Elfin | 11 | |
| = | David Earle | Elfin Aero | Thomson Motor Auctions | 11 |
| 13 | Graeme Wilson | Elfin 600 | G Wilson | 7 |
| 14 | Colin Jack | Bowin P4a | C Jack | 6 |
| 15 | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620 | J Summers | 5 |
| = | Ian Grainger | Bowin P4a | 5 | |
| = | Elwyn Bickley | 5 | ||
| = | Chris Davison | Elfin 620B | Chris Davison | 5 |
| = | Chris Patterson | Carboro | C Patterson | 5 |
| = | Alan Swindells | Bowin P6 | A Swindells | 5 |
| 21 | Russell Allen | Hawke | Russell Allen | 4 |
| 22 | Alan Fisher | 3 | ||
| = | Geoff Howat | Bowin P4a | Boris Orazem Automotive | 3 |
| 24 | McLeod | 2 | ||
| = | Gary Parkinson | 2 | ||
| 25 | Sanderson | 1 | ||
| = | Stephen Finn | 1 |
Note: All cars were powered by 1600cc Ford production block engines.
References※
- ^ TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 1979, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, pages 150-153
- ^ Pit Talk, Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 3 June 1979, page 55
- ^ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org
- ^ ''79 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 3 June 1979, page 27
- ^ Jim Shepherd, Formula Ford Championship, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 96-97
- ^ TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Programme, Oran Park International, 25 February 1979, page 45
- ^ 1979 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Ray Bell, Storey Ahead on Points, Racing Car News, April 1979, page 69