2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship
# 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.

## Calendar

The title was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.

* Round 1, Adelaide Parkland Circuit, South Australia, 18-19-20 March
* Round 2, Barbagallo Raceway, Wanneroo, Western Australia, 7–8 May
* Round 3, Eastern Creek International Raceway, New South Wales, 27-28-29 May
* Round 4, Eastern Creek International Raceway, New South Wales, 9–10 June
* Round 5, Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland, 23–24 July
* Round 6, Oran Park Motorsport Circuit, New South Wales, 13–14 August
* Round 7, Mallala Motor Sport Park, South Australia, 20–21 August
* Round 8, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Victoria, 10–11 September

## Points

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race with an additional point awarded to the driver earning pole position for Race 1 at each round.

## Results

| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Daniel Elliott | 36 | Van Diemen RF05 | Fastlane Racing | 61 | 61 | 27 | 14 | 49 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 307 |
| 2 | Shane Price | 39 | Spectrum 010b | Caltex Havoline | 38 | 24 | 32 | 54 | 16 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 260 |
| 3 | David Sieders | 3 | Van Diemen RF04 | All-Trans Trucks | 30 | 22 | 43 | 53 | 26 | - | 48 | 14 | 236 |
| 4 | Dean Fiore | 4 | Van Diemen RF04 | Landscape Developments | 34 | 10 | 36 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 192 |
| 5 | Shannon O'Brien | 79/26 | Van Diemen RF03 | Shannon O'Brien | 2 | 28 | - | - | 60 | 56 | 22 | - | 168 |
| 6 | Jason Liefting | 7 | Spectrum 010b | Project Motorsport | 6 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 16 | - | 154 |
| 7 | Nathan Caratti | 32 | Van Diemen RF04 | Fastlane Racing | 26 | 10 | - | 16 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 115 |
| 8 | Mark McNally | 74 | Van Diemen RF05 | Nomad Racing / Fastlane | - | 48 | - | 10 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 106 |
| 9 | Brett Hobson | 21 | Spectrum 010b | CAMS Rising Star | 46 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 10 | - | 3 | - | 95 |
| 10 | John Martin | 24 | Spectrum 010b | GK Martin P/L | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 71 |
| 11 | Lee Holdsworth | 5 | Spectrum 010b | TTM Group | - | 5 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 18 | - | 67 |
| 12 | Joel Spychala | 11 | Van Diemen RF05 | Mid Coast Ford | 1 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 59 |
| 13 | Paul Laskaseski | 71 | Spectrum 010b | CAMS Rising Star | - | - | - | 12 | - | 40 | - | - | 52 |
| 14 | Grant Doulman | 15 | Van Diemen RF93 | Driwash Racing | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | - | 48 |
| 15 | Brad Lowe | 41 | Van Diemen RF95 | Marshall Tyres | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | - | 47 |
| 15 | Dale Wood | 46 | Mygale SJ04 | Andy's Earthmovers / G-Force Mygale | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 47 |
| 17 | Andrew Thompson | 62 | Spectrum 010 | Latitude Development Group | 22 | 18 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 46 |
| 18 | Ben Guest | 14 | Van Diemen RF01 | Ben Guest Motorsport | - | - | 24 | - | - | 18 | - | - | 42 |
| 19 | Anthony Preston | 8 | Spectrum 010 | Bosch Batteries | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 14 | 8 | 33 |
| 20 | Jack Perkins | 22 | Stealth Van Diemen RF92 | Perkins Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 21 | Cade Southall | 28 | Van Diemen RF01 | Collex/Davies Craig | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Daniel Pappas | 2 | Van Diemen RF02 | VIP Petfoods | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 22 | Terry Kerr | 25 | Spectrum 06b | Adroit Internet Solutions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| 24 | Tristan Hughes | 37 | Stealth Van Diemen RF95 | Escalate Management | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | Trent Ulmer | 45 | Spectrum 07 | Power Solutions | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 25 | Taz Douglas | 92 | Van Diemen RF01 | Minda Motorsport / Caterpillar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Todd Fiore | 40 | Van Diemen RF04 | Landscape Developments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 28 | Andy Knight | 97 | Van Diemen RF93 | Powerbuilt Tools / Latimer Hotel | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 28 | Ben Morley | 27 | Spectrum 09 | Stubbies Workwear Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 28 | Tim Blanchard | 41 | Van Diemen RF04 | Jayair / Sanden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Tony LeMessurier | 37 | Stealth Van Diemen RF95 | Escalate Management | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 31 | James Bergmuller | 13 | Van Diemen RF02 | JB Motorsport | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |

* Shane Price was penalised 10 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 3.
* Nathan Caratti was penalised 2 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 4.
* Anthony Preston was penalised 2 championship points as a result of an incident in Round 4.
* The table shows nett points after these penalties were applied.
