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1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula Ford regulations.[1] It was the thirteenth annual Australian national series for Formula Fords.[2]

The series was won by Jeff Summers driving an Elfin 620B.[3]

Schedule

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Warren Smith placed 3rd in the series driving a Lola T440 similar to the example pictured above

The series was contested over eight rounds.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] Date[3] Round winner[3] Car[4]
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.[3]

Points system

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

Series standings

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Position[4] Driver[4] Car[4] Entrant[1] San[4] Ama[4] Sur[4] Ora[4] Ama[4] Cal[4] Ora[4][5] San[4] Total[4]
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[1]
Bowin P6F 		J McGinn[1]
Edward Vieusseux Racing[6] 		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[7] - - - - 2 15 - 10 27
10 Chris Clearihan Bowin P4A C Clearihan 1 1 20 - - - - - 22
11 Don Bretland Van Diemen RF77[1] D Bretland 8 8 - - 4 - - - 20
12 Tim Murray Elwyn T Murray 12 - 6 - - - - - 18
= Gary Brabham Birrana GT Brabham[7] - - - - - 6 - 12 18
14 David Roberts PRS RH01[1] 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[7] - - - - - 10 - - 10
= Matthew Ruggles Rennmax BN3[1] Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale - - 3 - - - 1 6 10
19 Tomas Mezera Carlboro T Mezera - 6 - 3 - - - - 9
20 Steve Farrell Elwyn 003[8] Milldent Motorsport[8] - - - - - - 4 - 4
21 Roger Martin PRS R Martin - - - - - 3 - - 3
= Robert Benson Wren 004 R Benson - 3 - - - - - - 3
= Rodney Moody Birrana F72[1] 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[7] - - - 1 - - - - 1
= Alan Bisset Wren 801[1] A Bisset - - - - - 1 - - 1

Cars were powered by 1.6 litre Ford engines,[2] as mandated by Australian Formula Ford regulations.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series - Round 1, Official Programme, Sandown, 11–14 February 1982
  2. ^ a b Pedr Davis, The Macquarrie Dictionary of Motoring, page 170
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83, pages 224-225
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Castrol 400 Sandown Programme - 12 September 1982, Supplement to Racing Car News, September 1982, page 31
  7. ^ a b c d Official Programme, Calder, 1 August 1982
  8. ^ a b McGinn Again (22 August Oran Park report), Racing Car News, October 1982, page 43
  9. ^ Formula Ford, 1982 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 273 to 279
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