# 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series

The 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford cars. It was the 21st Australian national series for Formula Fords.
The series was won by Russell Ingall driving a Van Diemen RF90.

## Schedule

The series was contested over seven rounds with one race per round.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car |
| 1 | Amaroo Park | 25 February | Russell Ingall | Van Diemen RF90 |
| 2 | Symmons Plains | 11 March | Paul Stokell | Reynard FF89 |
| 3 | Phillip Island | 25 March | Russell Ingall | Van Diemen RF90 |
| 4 | Winton | 8 April | Russell Ingall | Van Diemen RF90 |
| 5 | Lakeside | 6 May | Troy Dunstan | Van Diemen RF89 |
| 6 | Mallala | 10 June | Russell Ingall | Van Diemen RF90 |
| 7 | Oran Park | 15 July | Paul Stokell | Swift FB90 |

## Points system

Series 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 | No. | Car | Entrant | Ama | Sym | Phi | Win | Lak | Mal | Ora | Total |
| 1 | Russell Ingall | 2 | Van Diemen RF90 | Coffey Ford | 20 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | - | 107 |
| 2 | Paul Stokell | 11 | Reynard FF88 Reynard FF89 Swift FB90 | Phoenix Motorsport | 10 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 4 | - | 20 | 81 |
| 3 | Paul Morris | 5 | Van Diemen RF89 | Speedtech | 12 | 10 | - | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 57 |
| =4 | John Blanchard | 16 | Swift FB89 Swift FB90 | Palmair Racing | - | 15 | - | 15 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 50 |
| =4 | Russell Becker | 10 | Reynard FF89 | Transtar Express | - | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | Troy Dunstan | 4 | Van Diemen RF89 | Speedtech | 6 | - | - | 8 | 20 | 15 | - | 49 |
| 7 | Ron Searle | 29 | Reynard FF89 Reynard FF90 | Transtar Express | 15 | 6 | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Brett Peters | 6 | Swift FB89 Swift FB90 | Olympus Cameras | 8 | - | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
| 9 | Michael Dutton | 9 | Van Diemen RF90 | Michael Dutton | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| 10 | John Vernon | 13 | Swift FB89 Swift FB5 | Sommerlad Fasterners Racing Team | 4 | - | 8 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Michael Mortimer | | Swift | | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 12 | Michael Geoghegan | 15 | Van Diemen RF89 | Michael Geoghegan | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| =13 | Jamie McHugh | | Van Diemen RF86 | | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| =13 | Glen Zampatti | | Reynard | Phoenix Motorsport | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| =13 | Peter Forster | 19 | Swift FB90 | Peter Forster | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| =13 | Andrew Reid | 92 | Van Diemen RF89 | Andrew Reid | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| =13 | David Ratcliff | 78 | Reynard FF88 | Phoenix Motorsport | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Sean Turnbull | | Van Diemen RF86 | | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| =19 | Tim Wood | | Van Diemen | Phoenix Motorsport | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| =19 | Geoff Full | | Reynard FF88 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |

## Notes & references

* 1 2 3 Steve Normoyle, Ingall Wins the 1990 Trip, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 210 to 217
* 1 2 Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 285 to 286
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
* ↑ The points system used for the series has been determined by comparing the points table as published at www.formulaford.com.au with the race results as published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91
* 1 2 3 Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, 9–10 June 1990, page 43