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The 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was 28th national series to be held in Australia for Formula Fords and the fifth to be contested under the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.^[2] The championship, which was promoted as the Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Western Australian Garth Tander, driving a Van Diemen RF95.^[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight-round series^[3] with two races per round.^[4]

Round^[3]	Circuit^[3]	State^[3]	Date^[3]
1	Calder	Victoria	15 March
2	Phillip Island	Victoria	13 April
3	Sandown	Victoria	27 April
4	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	27 May
5	Lakeside	Queensland	15 June
6	Barbagallo	Western Australia	6 July
7	Mallala	South Australia	13 July
8	Oran Park	New South Wales	3 August

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race as per the following table.

Position^[5]	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points^[5]	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Results

Position^[6]	Driver^[6]	No.^[4]^[7]	Car^[4]^[7]	Entrant^[4]^[7]	Cal^[6]	Phi^[6]	San^[6]	Eas^[6]	Lak^[6]	Bar^[6]	Mal^[6]	Ora^[6]	Total^[6]
1	Garth Tander	17	Van Diemen RF95 Ford	Fastlane Racing	40	20	40	32	14	32	40	30	248
2	Marcos Ambrose	4	Van Diemen RF97 Ford	Marcos Ambrose	26	16	28	40	40	22	30	36	238
3	Todd Kelly	12	Van Diemen RF95 Ford	Todd Kelly	-	32	32	10	30	40	1	21	166
4	Craig Zerner	35	Van Diemen RF95 Ford	Craig Zerner	32	-	20	26	-	-	10	20	108
5	Greg Ritter	36	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Greg Ritter	14	24	-	6	26	-	26	1	97
6	Christian Jones	27	Spectrum 06 Ford	George Stockman	-	18	-	-	28	13	16	12	87
=	Aaron McNally	74	Van Diemen RF97 Ford	Aaron McNally	6	14	12	10	-	18	1	26	87
8	Adam Macrow	71	Spectrum 06 Ford	Team Arrow	18	2	12	10	14	2	2	-	60
9	Justin Cotter	7	Mygale SJ95 Ford	Justin Cotter	12	4	14	14	-	-	-	4	48
10	Phillip Scifleet	77	Spectrum 06 Ford	Phillip Scifleet	3	-	1	22	-	1	2	12	41
11	John Blanchard	3	Mygale SJ97 Ford	Apache Constructors	-	24	-	14	-	-	-	-	38
12	Scott Bargwanna	9	Van Diemen RF95 Ford	Scott Bargwanna	-	-	18	-	2	-	-	14	34
13	Kerry Wade	14	Van Diemen RF94 Ford		12	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	32
=	Brett Burvill	73	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	Fastlane Racing	10	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	32
15	Ray Stubber	54	Spectrum 06 Ford		-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	20
16	Dugal McDougall	8	Mygale SJ97 Ford	Apache Constructors	2	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	18
17	Damien White	31	Spectrum 06 Ford	Team Arrow	-	14	2	-	-	-	-	-	16
18	Christian Murchison	52	Van Diemen RF95 & RF94 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	14
=	Ken Smith	73	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14
20	Ashley Cutchie	15	Swift SC96K Ford	Swift Racing Cars	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
=	Cameron Schearer	48	Mygale SJ95 Ford	Apache Constructors	1	-	-	-	1	10	-	-	12
22	Wayne Stoddard	46	Vector MG96 Ford	W Stoddard	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
=	Rodney Forbes	25	Van Diemen RF92 Ford	R Forbes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
24	Dean Lindstrom	19	Van Diemen RF91 Ford		-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	8
=	Michael Simpson	38	Van Diemen RF96 Ford	M Simpson	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
=	Tim Leahey	75	Van Diemen RF96B Ford	Tim Leahey	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
27	Scott Marsh	42	Swift SC92F Ford	S Marsh	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	6
28	Andrew Reid	26	Swift SC97K Ford	Inspired Racing	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	5
29	Murray Ditton	41	Spectrum 06 Ford	Murray Ditton	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
=	Owen Ow	55	Van Diemen RF94 Ford		-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
31	Christopher Dell	57	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Christopher Dell	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
32	Sam Oliver	80	Van Diemen RF94 Ford	Prix Max	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1

References

^ Specific Conditions, Australian Formula Ford Championship, CAMS Manual of Motor Sports, 1997, pages 7-10 to 7-11
^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1997 FORD MOTORSPORT/SLICK 50 - AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.formulaford.com.au on 1 August 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 1997 Results Calendar & Archive Retrieved from www.racetime.com.au on 7 July 2000 (individual race result pages no longer accessible)
^ ^a ^b 1997 Ford Motorsport/Slick 50 Australian Ford Ford Championship Final Pointscore, Formula Ford Assoc. Inc., 11-08-1997
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 1997 Formula Ford Pointscore, Motor Racing Australia, January/February 1998, page 69
^ ^a ^b ^c Entry list, Ford Motorsport / Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Round 7, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, 13 July 1997