1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1985 Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.[1] It was the 16th Australian Formula Ford Series[2] and the first to be contested under the Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series name.

The series was won by Tomas Mezera driving a Reynard.[3]

Calendar[edit]

The Reynard FF83 of series winner Tomas Mezera. The car is pictured, in 2011, in its 1985 livery

The series was contested over nine rounds with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] Date[3] Round winner[3] Car[3]
1 Sandown 24 February Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
2 Mallala Motor Sport Park[1] 17 March Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
3 Surfers Paradise N/A N/A
4 Amaroo Park Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
5 Oran Park 14 July Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
6 Calder Park 11 August Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
7 Winton 1 September Tomas Mezera Elwyn 003
8 Sandown 15 September Geoff Walters Elwyn 003
9 Oran Park 22 September Richard Carter Matek M1

Round 3 was declared a "non-event" after all drivers were excluded from the results for failing to slow sufficiently following an accident.[3]

Points system[edit]

Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round.[3]

Series standings[edit]

Position[5] Driver[5] Car[5] Entrant[1] San[5] Mal[5] Sur[5] Ama[5] Ora[5] Cal[5] Win[5] San[5] Ora[5] Total[5]
1 Tomas Mezera Reynard FF83[4]
Elwyn 003 		Dalcar Industries 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 120
2 Geoff Walters Elwyn 003 Logan Homes 15 15 - 15 1 10 4 20 15 95
3 Andrew Burden Lola T624A Bob Holden Motors 10 10 - - 12 6 1- - 12 60
4 Roger Martin PRS-02[1] Roger Martin Racing 8 6 - 1 15 12 15 - - 57
5 Alan Bisset Reynard Alan Bisset - 12 - 4 8 15 12 - - 51
6 Bradley Forgeard Van Diemen Bradley Forgeard 12 - - 10 - - 8 - 10 40
7 Barry Ward Galloway The Motor Shed - 8 - 6 6 2 - 15 - 37
8 Richard Carter Matek M1 - - - 12 2 - - - 20 34
9 David Stanley Elwyn 004[6] J. Crouchley[6] - - - 8 10 0 0 0 8 26
10 Stephen Moody Totem BM1 Stephen Moody - 4 - - - - - 12 3 19
=11 Laurie Bennett Wren Laurie Bennett[6] 6 - - - - - 6 - - 12
=11 Tony Newcombe Hawke Tony Newcombe[6] - - - - - - - 8 4 12
13 Tony Boot Totem BM1[1] Tony Boot 3 - - - - 8 - - - 11
=14 Richard Steigler Royale Richard Steigler[6] - - - - - 4 - - 6 10
=14 Robert Bennett Wren R. Bennett[6] - - - - - - - 10 - 10
16 Ian Edgar Elfin 620B Peter George[6] 2 3 - - - - - 4 - 9
=17 Martin Tighe Van Diemen - - - 2 - - - - 4 6
=17 Robert Simpson Agent DR2 Robert Simpson 1 2 - - - - - 3 - 6
=17 Tony Murphy Bowin P4[6] Tony Murphy[6] - - - - - - - 6 - 6
=20 Andrew Gubb Royale Andrew Gubb[6] - - - - - - 2 - 2 4
=20 Garry Jones Bowin P6 - - - - 4 - - - - 4
=20 Greg Kentwell Elwyn 003[6] Greg Kentwell[6] 4 - - - - - - - - 4
=23 Scott Elson Lola T440 Scott Elson[6] - - - - - 3 - - - 3
=23 Tim Murray Elwyn - - - 3 - - - - - 3
=23 Mark Poole Elfin Mark Poole - - - - 3 - - - - 3
=23 Aaron Blacksell Wren Aaron Blacksell[6] - - - - - - 3 - - 3
=23 Andrew Robbins Elfin 620B Andrew Robbins - 1 - - - - - 2 - 3
=28 Steve Giuliana Bormac - - - - - 1 - - - 1
=28 Colin McLean PRS Colin McLean[6] - - - - - - - 1 - 1
=28 Anthony Swan Elwyn - - - - - - - - 1 1

Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations in 1985 required cars to be powered by a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Programme, Mallala, Sunday,March 17, 1985
  2. ^ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Allen Wise, Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86, pages 296-299
  4. ^ a b c d e f Reynard Owners, www.reynardowners.com Archived 2017-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 July 2018
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Official Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, September 14 and 15 1985
  7. ^ Formula Ford, CAMS Manual of MotorSport 1985, page 270
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