# 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 27th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 4th to be sanctioned as an Australian Formula Ford Championship. The series was promoted as the 1996 Ford Racing Slick 50 Australian Formula Ford Championship.
The championship was won by David Besnard driving a Van Diemen RF96.

## Calendar

The title was contested over an eight round series, with two races per round.
| Round | Circuit | State | Date |
| 1 | Eastern Creek Raceway | New South Wales | 27 January |
| 2 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | Victoria | 4 February |
| 3 | Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst | New South Wales | 25 February |
| 4 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 14 April |
| 5 | Lakeside International Raceway | Queensland | 12 May |
| 6 | Wanneroo | Western Australia | 28 May |
| 7 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | South Australia | 2 June |
| 8 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 16 June |

## Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race.

## Results

| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Eas | San | Mou | Phi | Lak | Wan | Mal | Ora | Total |
| 1 | David Besnard | 84 | Van Diemen RF96 Ford | David Besnard | 18 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 230 |
| 2 | Jason Bargwanna | 10 | Spectrum 05c Ford | Team Arrow | 22 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 190 |
| 3 | John Blanchard | 49 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Australian Motor Sport Academy | 3 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 156 |
| 4 | Marcos Ambrose | 50 | Swift SC95K Ford | Swift Racing Cars | 11 | 32 | 22 | - | - | 14 | 36 | 1 | 116 |
| 5 | Iccy Harrington | 5 | Van Diemen RF96 Ford | David Harrington | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 6 | - | 28 | 12 | 103 |
| 6 | Daniel Orr | 11 11 | Spectrum 05c Ford Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Team Arrow Daniel Orr | - | 18 | 18 | 30 | - | - | 10 | 10 | 86 |
| 7 | Justin Cotter | 71 & 25 | Swift SC93F Ford | Justin Cotter | - | 4 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 4 | - | 8 | 74 |
| 8 | Dugal McDougall | 6 | Mygale SR95 Ford | Dugal McDougall | - | - | - | 24 | 18 | 14 | - | 16 | 72 |
| 9 | Scott Bargwanna | 20 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Scott Bargwanna | - | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 12 | - | 8 | 55 |
| 10 | Rich Fowler | 86 | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Tradelink Plumbing Supplies | 25 | - | - | 10 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 46 |
| 11 | Christian Jones | 27 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Australian Motor Sport Academy | - | 1 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 6 | - | 4 | 45 |
| 12 | Todd Kelly | 19 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Todd Kelly | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | - | 16 | 43 |
| 13 | Darren Pate | 13 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Australian Motor Sport Academy | - | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | 10 | 41 |
| 14 | Kerry Wade | 61 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Kerry Wade | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 15 | Ashley Cutchie | 9 | Swift SC95K Ford | Swift Racing Cars | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | - | - | - | 22 |
| 16 | Paul Stephenson | 14 | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Paul Stephenson | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 17 | Garth Tander | 96 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Fastlane Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 18 | Brett Burvill | 73 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Fastlane Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | - | 15 |
| 19 | Dean Lindstrom | 31 | Van Diemen RF91 Ford | Dean Lindstrom | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | 14 |
| 20 | Cameron Partington | 15 | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Reef City Ford | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 13 |
| 21 | Garry Gosatti | 22 | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | Fastlane Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 |
| 21 | Mark Lowing | 53 | Swift SC93F Ford | Mark Lowing | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 |
| 23 | Michael Dutton | 26 | Swift SC94F Ford | Stephen Austin | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 24 | David Clark | 35 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Australian Motor Sport Academy | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| 24 | David Clinton | 81 | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | David Clinton | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 26 | Geoff Foster | 82 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Fastlane Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 27 | Cameron Shearer | 48 | Mygale SR95 Ford | Dugal McDougall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Brendan Richards | 30 | Van Diemen RF95 Ford | Brendan Richards | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 28 | William Anderson | 90 | Van Diemen RF94 Ford | William Anderson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Ben Morley | 43 | Reynard 88 Ford | Roadchill Express | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |