The 1979 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition[1] open to Formula Ford racing cars.[2] The series, which was the tenth national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia,[3] was won by Russell Norden[1] driving a Mawer 004.[4]
The series was contested over eight rounds.[5]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car | Entrant[6] | |
| 1 | Sandown | February | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | |
| 2 | Oran Park | 25 February | Wally Storey | Elwyn 002 | Bracks Slacks Pty Ltd | |
| 3 | Calder | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | ||
| 4 | Amaroo Park | Stephen Brook | Bowin P6F | |||
| 5 | Surfers Paradise | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | ||
| 6 | Adelaide International Raceway | 3 June | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | |
| 7 | Amaroo Park | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | ||
| 8 | Oran Park | July | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd |
Points were awarded on a 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first ten places at each round.[2]
| Position[7] | Driver | Car | Entrant | Points | |
| 1 | Russell Nordern | Mawer 004 | Bonds Coats Patons Ltd | 94 | |
| 2 | Wally Storey | Elwyn 002 | Bracks Slacks Pty Ltd | 91 | |
| 3 | Graham Smith | Bowin P4a | G Smith | 63 | |
| 4 | Robyn Hamilton | Elfin 620B | R Hamilton W Toet | 58 | |
| 5 | Stephen Brook | Bowin P6F | Robert Curro Burwood Ian Grainger | 41 | |
| 6 | Richard Stiegler | Birrana F72 | Bracks Slacks Pty Ltd | 36 | |
| 7 | Russell Steel | Lola T440 | Es-Car-Go Auto World | 22 | |
| 8 | Don Bretland | Van Diemen | Magicparts[8] | 21 | |
| 9 | Gavin Green | Van Diemen | Ron Hodgson Racing | 19 | |
| 10 | Tim Murray | Elfin | 11 | ||
| = | David Earle | Elfin Aero | Thomson Motor Auctions | 11 | |
| 13 | Graeme Wilson | Elfin 600 | G Wilson | 7 | |
| 14 | Colin Jack | Bowin P4a | C Jack | 6 | |
| 15 | Jeff Summers | J Summers | 5 | ||
| = | Ian Grainger | Bowin P4a | 5 | ||
| = | Elwyn Bickley | 5 | |||
| = | Chris Davison | Elfin 620B | Chris Davison | 5 | |
| = | Chris Patterson | Carboro | C Patterson | 5 | |
| = | Alan Swindells | A Swindells | 5 | ||
| 21 | Russell Allen | Hawke | Russell Allen | 4 | |
| 22 | Alan Fisher | 3 | |||
| = | Geoff Howat | Bowin P4a | Boris Orazem Automotive | 3 | |
| 24 | McLeod | 2 | |||
| = | Gary Parkinson | 2 | |||
| 25 | Sanderson | 1 | |||
| = | Stephen Finn | 1 |
Note: All cars were powered by 1600cc Ford production block engines.[6]