2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2003 Ford Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula Ford racing cars.^[1] It was managed by the Formula Ford Association Inc. and was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship.^[1] The title, which was the eleventh Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Neil McFadyen driving a Van Diemen RF94.^[2]

2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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Race calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.^[1]

Round[1]	Date[1]	Circuit[1][3]	Location	Winning driver
1	11–13 April	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Tony Pugliese
2	2–4 May	Eastern Creek International Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Tony Pugliese
3	23–25 May	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Glen Hastings
4	6–8 June	Barbagallo Raceway	Wanneroo, Western Australia	Glen Hastings
5	18–20 July	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Glen Hastings
6	15–17 August	Oran Park Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	Neil McFadyen
7	30–31 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Neil McFadyen
8	12–14 September	Sandown International Motor Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	James Small

Round placings were based on the addition of championship points awarded in both races.^[1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race.^[1]

An additional point was awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the first race at each round.^[1]

Results

Position[4]	Driver[4]	No.[4]	Car[4]	Entrant[3]	Phi[4]	Eas[4]	Win[4]	Bar[4]	Que[4]	Ora[4]	Mal[4]	San[4]	Total[4]
1	Neil McFadyen	59	Van Diemen RF94	Speedzone / Tankworld / Antune	17	22	30	28	26	41	41	18	223
2	Glen Hastings	5	Van Diemen RF01	Valvoline / Cummins / Repco	8	28	41	41	36	4	28	20	206
	Tony Pugliese	3	Van Diemen RF01	Valvoline / Cummins / Repco	20	41	30	26	21	32	16	20	206
4	Brett Francis	2	Van Diemen RF02	Bryce Francis Automotive	10	32	-	28	30	12	20	18	150
5	Bryce Washington	9	Van Diemen RF03	Adrad Radiators	1	-	20	14	8	18	28	22	111
6	Tim Macrow	11	Spectrum 09	Bosch Batteries	12	20	6	4	6	24	20	-	92
7	Justin Cotter	4	Spectrum 09	Factory Enterprises	14	14	10	-	22	-	-	-	60
	Ian Dyk	45	Van Diemen RF98	Selleys RP7 / Dulux / Pettaras Press	-	14	-	-	-	12	6	28	60
9	Michael Trimble	15	Van Diemen RF01	Sonic Motor Racing Services	-	8	24	10	4	-	6	-	52
10	James Small	12	Mygale SJ01	James Small	2	-	12	-	-	-	-	37	51
11	Adam Macrow	50	Spectrum 09	Just Cars Magazine	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	28
12	David Reynolds	96	Van Diemen RF02	Lart-Equip / Nexus Consulting	6	-	-	-	5	-	10	2	23
13	Dean Fiore	18	Van Diemen RF94	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	22
14	Kurt Wimmer	32	Van Diemen RF02	Wimmer Softdrinks	-	1	2	-	16	1	-	-	20
15	Cade Southall	28	Van Diemen RF94	Collex Davies Craig	4	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	17
16	Anthony Preston	19	Van Diemen RF01	Simon Derrick	-	6	-	-	3	4	-	-	13
	Mark Ceveri	8	Van Diemen RF95	Thrifty-Link Hardware	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	12	13
18	John Petit	33	Van Diemen RF93	Corporate Fleet Control	-	1	-	-	-	10	-	-	11
	Daniel Pappas	57	Van Diemen RF93	QLD Group / Nirvana Body	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	11
20	Paul Fiore	30	Van Diemen RF92	Fastlane Racing	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10
	Clayton Pyne	36	Van Diemen RF01	Dowling Real Estate / Hawks Nest	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10
22	Tim Slade	24	Van Diemen RF92	Steel Building Systems	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
23	Adam Hickey	43	Spectrum 06B	Rupert Collins Plastics	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3
24	Adam Graham	66	Spectrum 09B	Supercheap Auto	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
	David Sieders	23	Van Diemen RF94	Anglo Australian Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
26	Steve Baxter	33	Van Diemen RF92	Steve Baxter	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1

Avon Rookie of the Year

• The Avon Rookie of the Year title was awarded to Bryce Washington.^[4]

Notes

• Race 2 of Round 1 at Phillip Island was cancelled after rain left the circuit in an unsafe condition.^[5]
• Under Australian Formula Ford regulations, all cars were required to use a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine.^[6]