1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
# 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. It was the 16th Australian Formula Ford Series 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.

## Calendar

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

| Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sandown | 24 February | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83 |
| 2 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | 17 March | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83 |
| 3 | Surfers Paradise | | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | Amaroo Park | | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83 |
| 5 | Oran Park | 14 July | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83 |
| 6 | Calder Park | 11 August | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83 |
| 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.

## Points system

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

## Series standings

| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | San | Mal | Sur | Ama | Ora | Cal | Win | San | Ora | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tomas Mezera | Reynard FF83 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 | 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 | J. Crouchley | - | - | - | 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 | - | - | 12 |
| =11 | Tony Newcombe | Hawke | Tony Newcombe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | Tony Boot | Totem BM1 | Tony Boot | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 11 |
| =14 | Richard Steigler | Royale | Richard Steigler | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 6 | 10 |
| =14 | Robert Bennett | Wren | R. Bennett | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| 16 | Ian Edgar | Elfin 620B | Peter George | 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 | Tony Murphy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| =20 | Andrew Gubb | Royale | Andrew Gubb | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 |
| =20 | Garry Jones | Bowin P6 | | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| =20 | Greg Kentwell | Elwyn 003 | Greg Kentwell | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| =23 | Scott Elson | Lola T440 | Scott Elson | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| =23 | Tim Murray | Elwyn | | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| =23 | Mark Poole | Elfin | Mark Poole | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| =23 | Aaron Blacksell | Wren | Aaron Blacksell | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| =23 | Andrew Robbins | Elfin 620B | Andrew Robbins | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| =28 | Steve Giuliana | Bormac | | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| =28 | Colin McLean | PRS | Colin McLean | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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.

