The 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver——to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula Ford regulations. It was the: thirteenth annual Australian national series for Formula Fords.
The series was won by, Jeff Summers driving an Elfin 620B.
Schedule※
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The series was contested over eight rounds.
Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car |
1 | Sandown | 14 February | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620B |
2 | Amaroo Park | 11 April | Garry Tully | Elfin 620B |
3 | Surfers Paradise | 16 May | Chris Clearihan | Bowin P4A |
4 | Oran Park | 6 June | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 |
5 | Amaroo Park | 11 July | Garry Tully | Elfin 620B |
6 | Calder | 1 August | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620B |
7 | Oran Park | 22 August | Jon McGinn | Bowin P6F |
8 | Sandown | 12 September | Warren Smith | Lola T440 |
Round 2 was to be, held at an Oran Park meeting in March but, "after that meeting was cancelled," an additional round was scheduled at a meeting at the "same circuit in August."
Points system※
Points were awarded on a 20, "15," 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first ten places at each round.
Series standings※
Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | San | Ama | Sur | Ora | Ama | Cal | Ora | San | Total |
1 | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620B | J Summers | 20 | - | 15 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 99 |
2 | Garry Tully | Elfin 620B | G Tully | 10 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 20 | - | 3 | 2 | 66 |
3 | Warren Smith | Lola T440 | Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale | - | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | - | 15 | 20 | 65 |
4 | Jon McGinn | Birrana F73 Bowin P6F |
J McGinn Edward Vieusseux Racing |
6 | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 20 | 4 | 54 |
5 | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 | G Walters | - | 10 | 2 | 20 | 8 | - | 10 | - | 50 |
6 | Chris Davison | Elfin 620B | C Davison | 4 | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | 8 | 8 | 45 |
7 | Warwick Rooklyn | Mawer 004 | W Rooklyn | 3 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 12 | - | 41 |
8 | Laurie Bennett | Wren | L Bennett | 15 | 12 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
9 | Bruce Connolly | Galloway | B Connolly | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | - | 10 | 27 |
10 | Chris Clearihan | Bowin P4A | C Clearihan | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 |
11 | Don Bretland | Van Diemen RF77 | D Bretland | 8 | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 20 |
12 | Tim Murray | Elwyn | T Murray | 12 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
= | Gary Brabham | Birrana | GT Brabham | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | 18 |
14 | David Roberts | PRS RH01 | D Roberts | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
= | Alan Swindells | Bowin P6F | A Swindells | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
16 | David Stanley | Image Mk3 | D Stanley | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 |
17 | Neil Cunningham | Van Diemen | Alan Gow | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 |
= | Matthew Ruggles | Rennmax BN3 | Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 10 |
19 | Tomas Mezera | Carlboro | T Mezera | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
20 | Steve Farrell | Elwyn 003 | Milldent Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
21 | Roger Martin | PRS | R Martin | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
= | Robert Benson | Wren 004 | R Benson | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
= | Rodney Moody | Birrana F72 | R Moody | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
24 | Ron Barnacle | Elfin 620B | Nissalco Garage Equipment | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
= | John Edmonds | Birrana | J Edmonds | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
26 | Mark Day | Wren | M Day | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
= | Alan Bisset | Wren 801 | A Bisset | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Cars were powered by 1.6 litre Ford engines, as mandated by Australian Formula Ford regulations.
References※
- ^ TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series - Round 1, Official Programme, Sandown, 11–14 February 1982
- ^ Pedr Davis, The Macquarrie Dictionary of Motoring, page 170
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83, pages 224-225
- ^ 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ The table published at www.formulaford.com.au shows Round 7 points (Oran Park, August) as Round 2, possibly because of the cancellation of the planned Round 2 at Oran Park in March. And the subsequent scheduling of an August round at that circuit. That table thus shows Round 2 points (Amaroo Park, April) as Round 3, Round 3 points (Surfers Paradise, May) as Round 4, etc
- ^ Castrol 400 Sandown Programme - 12 September 1982, Supplement to Racing Car News, September 1982, page 31
- ^ Official Programme, Calder, 1 August 1982
- ^ McGinn Again (22 August Oran Park report), Racing Car News, October 1982, page 43
- ^ Formula Ford, 1982 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 273 to 279