2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2009 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford open wheel racing cars. The championship was the 40th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 17th to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. It began on 26 March 2009 at the Albert Park Street Circuit and finished on 25 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit after eight rounds held across four different states and territories. Round 1 was contested over two races and all other rounds over three races.

South Australian driver Nick Percat dominated the championship, winning 12 of the 23 races. At the Hidden Valley Raceway round, Percat set a new record for the most races wins in the history of national level Formula Ford racing in Australia.

Points

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

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Mygale SJ07A	2	Nick Percat
	Mygale SJ07A	3	Mitch Evans
	Mygale SJ09A	4	Geoff Uhrhane
CAMS Rising Star	Spectrum 011c	5	Luke Ellery
	Spectrum 011d	19	Scott Pye
	Spectrum 011d	71	Nathan Morcom
Evans Motorsport	Mygale SJ08A	6	Trent Harrison
TSR Racing	Mygale SJ07A	7	Martin Short
Minda Motorsport	Spectrum 011b	8	Tom Tweedie
	Spectrum 011b	10	Jesse Dixon Bryce Moore
	Van Diemen RF06	24	James Crozier
	Spectrum 011c	25	Ben Walter
	Spectrum 011	48	Andrew Waite
	Spectrum 011b	74	Nicholas McBride
Synergy Motorsport	Spectrum 011c	9	Nick Simmons
	Spectrum 011b	15	Chaz Mostert
	Spectrum 011c	16	Ryan Simpson
The Cosmetic Medicine Centre	Van Diemen RF06	11	Roman Krumins
BF Racing	Mygale SJ08A	13	Nicholas Foster
Anglo Australian Motorsport	Comtec Spirit WL06	14	Nicholas Tanti
Brad Jones Racing	Mygale SJ09A	14	Tom Williamson
Team BRM	Mygale SJ09A	20	Richie Stanaway Martin Short
		21	Ben Small John Magro
		22	Jordan Skinner Joey Foster Andrew McFarland
Monza Motors-Mygale	Mygale SJ08A	30	Trent Harrison
National Surgical	Van Diemen RF04	32	Jon Mills
Berklee Australia	Van Diemen RF06	44	Roger I'Anson
Muzz Buzz	Spectrum 011d	45	Ashley Walsh
Mygale Australia	Mygale SJ08A	46	Andrew Beams
James Mann	Van Diemen RF04	51	James Mann
Refrigerated Rental & Sales	Spectrum 011c	63	Martin Swindells
King's Fibreglass	Spectrum 011b	77	Caleb Rayner
Master Electricians Racing	Van Diemen RF06	87	Andre Borell
Listec Racing	Listec Wil013	95	Glenn Welch
Activity Playgrounds	Spectrum 011b	98	Jake Chapman

Race calendar and results

Event	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Race 1 winner	Race 2 winner	Race 3 winner
1	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit^[2]	28–29 March	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	no third race
2	Winton Motor Raceway^[3]	2–3 May	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Nick Percat
3	Symmons Plains Raceway^[4]	31 May	Chaz Mostert	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Richie Stanaway
4	Hidden Valley Raceway^[5]	19 June	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Nick Percat
5	Sandown Raceway^[6]	2 August	Chaz Mostert	Mitch Evans	Scott Pye	Scott Pye
6	Queensland Raceway	23 August	Mitch Evans	Tim Macrow	Mitch Evans	Mitch Evans
7	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	13 September	Mitch Evans	Nick Percat	Nick Percat	Chaz Mostert
8	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	23–25 October	Mitch Evans	Mitch Evans	Mitch Evans	Ashley Walsh

Drivers' championship standings

Pos	Driver	ALB 1	ALB 2	WIN 1	WIN 2	WIN 3	SYM 1	SYM 2	SYM 3	HID 1	HID 2	HID 3	SAN 1	SAN 2	SAN 3	QLD 1	QLD 2	QLD 3	PHI 1	PHI 2	PHI 3	SUR 1	SUR 2	SUR 3	Pen.	Pts
1	Nick Percat	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	11	5	6	2	12	369
2	Mitch Evans	2	2	5	3	3	7	5	9	2	2	2	1	Ret	6	1	1	1	2	2	6	1	1	15	10	297
3	Scott Pye	6	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	5	4	4	5	1	1	9	4	3	3	7	5	3	4	11		270
4	Chaz Mostert	3	3	2	2	2	DSQ	7	5	3	6	5	Ret	2	2	4	17	5	4	4	1	Ret	Ret	10		225
5	Ryan Simpson	7	8	9	8	8	4	4	4	6	3	3	9	6	4	6	7	4	6	6	Ret	8	5	6		178
6	Richie Stanaway	4	6	13	6	5	3	2	1	4	5	6	3	11	14							2	2	5	10	164
7	Geoff Uhrhane	22	12	3	7	6	10	9	6	12	8	7	11	5	5	2	3	16	5	11	8	6	7	3		141
8	Ben Walter	Ret	DNS	6	5	7	5	6	Ret	10	12	Ret	7	13	9	5	5	9	7	14	Ret	11	9	7		88
9	Luke Ellery	11	9	10	9	9	9	12	8	9	7	9	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	8	8	2	14	8	4		75
10	Trent Harrison	8	Ret										4	4	7				Ret	5	3					58
11	Ashley Walsh																		Ret	Ret	9	4	3	1		48
12	Nick Simmons	12	11	19	15	18	Ret	11	7	8	9	10	13	7	Ret	Ret	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	16		41
13	Nathan Morcom	16	17	11	13	Ret	6	8	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	8	13	13	14	10	9	10	4	10	Ret	17		34
14	Martin Short	9	5	15	12	Ret							8	17	10	8	6	15	14	Ret	DNS					29
15	Tom Williamson																		12	3	7					20
16	Nicholas McBride	19	14	7	Ret	13	8	10	12	14	11	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	13	12	Ret	13	11	13		19
17	Jake Chapman	5	7																							16
18	Martin Swindells	13	10	12	10	10										Ret	9	7				Ret	Ret	DNS		11
18	Nicholas Foster	15	19	8	Ret	15										14	11	13				9	10	8		11
20	Caleb Rayner												14	10	8				15	9	Ret					7
21	Andre Borell	17	Ret	18	17	16	11	14	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15	16	11	10	10	8				Ret	13	12		6
22	Jesse Dixon	14	16	16	14	12	Ret	13	10	13	10	11				11	DSQ	11								3
23	James Mann																					12	11	9		2
24	Roger I'Anson	10	18																							1
	Jordan Skinner	18	21	17	16	17	12	15	11				10	15	12	12	14	Ret								1
	Andrew McFarland																		16	15	10					1
	Glenn Welch												12	12	Ret											0
	Ben Small	Ret	20	14	11	11																				0
	Jon Mills	21	Ret	20	18	19				16	13	13				15	Ret	14								0
	John Magro																					Ret	13	14		0
	Tom Tweedie												16	14	Ret											0
	Nicholas Tanti	Ret	DNS	21	DNS	14																				0
	Andrew Waite	Ret	15																							0
	Roman Krumins															16	16	Ret								0
	James Crozier	20	22																							0
	Andrew Beams	Ret	DNS																							0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Joey Foster									7	Ret	8

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ 2009 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org
^ "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
^ "Winton Motor Raceway 03/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5 & 6". National Software. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
^ "Symmons Plains International Raceway 31/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 7 & 8". natsoft.com.au. 31 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Hidden Valley Raceway 21/06/2009 2009 Skycity Triple Crown – V8 Supercar Championship Series". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Sandown International Motor Raceway 02/08/2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge – Races 13 & 14". natsoft.com.au. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

External links

Official Australian Formula Ford website
2009 Racing Results Archive Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
2009 Australian Formula Ford Technical Regulations As archived at www.webcitation.org
2009 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship Complete Pointscore As archived at www.webcitation.org
Reports and images from the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship

[1] 2009 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org

[2] "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

[3] "Winton Motor Raceway 03/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5 & 6". National Software. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

[4] "Symmons Plains International Raceway 31/05/2009 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 7 & 8". natsoft.com.au. 31 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[5] "Hidden Valley Raceway 21/06/2009 2009 Skycity Triple Crown – V8 Supercar Championship Series". natsoft.com.au. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[6] "Sandown International Motor Raceway 02/08/2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge – Races 13 & 14". natsoft.com.au. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

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