The 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship was a
CAMS sanctioned
Australia
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n motor racing title for drivers of cars conforming to
Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Australian open wheel racing category introduced in 1989.
History
Known during its development as Formula Australia, it was initially for chassis constructed from aluminium only, running a 3.8-litre Buick V6 engine as ...
regulations.
[1998 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7–10] The title was contested over a six-round, twelve race series
[1998 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship, www.formulaholden.com/archive/1998hadc_pa.htm, Retrieved 30 March 2007, webpage no longer active] with the winner awarded the CAMS Gold Star.
[ Officially the "Holden Australian Drivers' Championship for the CAMS Gold Star",][ it was the 42nd ]Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing championship contested annually from 1957 to 2014 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor ...
.
New Zealand racer Scott Dixon
Scott Ronald Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, who competes in the NTT IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon has won the IndyCar championship six times: in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 202 ...
won the championship driving a (Reynard 92D
The Reynard 92D is an open-wheel formula race car, designed and developed by Malcolm Oastler, and constructed and built by Reynard Motorsport, for use in Formula 3000 categories, Formula Nippon, and Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Aus ...
) for SH Racing, to give the team their first ADC title after coming close to victory in 1997
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with Jason Bargwanna
Jason Eric Bargwanna (born 26 April, 1971) is an Australian motor racing driver. Best known as a Supercars Championship competitor, Bargwanna raced in the series for 25 years, the pinnacle of which was winning, with Garth Tander, the 2000 Bathu ...
. Dixon won five of the twelve races[Jason Parker, Very young guns, V8 Supercars – '98 Season Review, pages 88 to 90] to finish ahead of Victorian racers Mark Noske
Mark Noske (born 25 July 1975) is a former Australian racing car driver. He has scored round wins in various Australian championships including the Australian Drivers' Championship, the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the Australian Na ...
(Reynard 95D
The Reynard 95D is an open-wheel formula race car, designed and developed by Malcolm Oastler, and constructed and built by Reynard Motorsport, for use in Formula 3000 categories, Formula Nippon, and Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Aus ...
) and Todd Kelly
Todd Kelly (born 9 October 1979) is a retired Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He is the older brother of fellow Supercars driver and former Bathurst 1000 winner, Rick Kelly. H ...
(Reynard 92D
The Reynard 92D is an open-wheel formula race car, designed and developed by Malcolm Oastler, and constructed and built by Reynard Motorsport, for use in Formula 3000 categories, Formula Nippon, and Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Aus ...
). Noske and Kelly each took three race wins, with Simon Wills
Simon Wills (born 3 October 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former racing driver who currently runs a graphic design business.
Racing career Formula cars
Wills finished runner up in the 1995 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. He had ...
(Reynard 92D
The Reynard 92D is an open-wheel formula race car, designed and developed by Malcolm Oastler, and constructed and built by Reynard Motorsport, for use in Formula 3000 categories, Formula Nippon, and Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Aus ...
) winning one, the first of his record 23 Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing championship contested annually from 1957 to 2014 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor ...
career race victories.
Calendar
The championship was contested over six rounds with two races per round.[
]
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten finishers[ in each race.
]
Championship standings
* Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Australian open wheel racing category introduced in 1989.
History
Known during its development as Formula Australia, it was initially for chassis constructed from aluminium only, running a 3.8-litre Buick V6 engine as ...
regulations mandated the use of an approved Holden V6 engine.[1998 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7–26]
* Race 2 of Round 5 at Calder was stopped due to adverse weather and half points were awarded to placegetters.[Dixon youngest Star, Australian Auto Action, 26 June – 2 July 1998, page 42]
Notes & references
External links
Gold Star Winners – 1957 – 2009, formula3.com.au
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