The 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula Ford regulations.[1] It was the thirteenth annual Australian national series for Formula Fords.[2]
The series was won by Jeff Summers driving an Elfin 620B.[3]
The series was contested over eight rounds.[3]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Round winner | Car[4] | |
| 1 | Sandown | 14 February | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620B | |
| 2 | Amaroo Park | 11 April | Garry Tully | Elfin 620B | |
| 3 | Surfers Paradise | 16 May | Chris Clearihan | Bowin P4A | |
| 4 | Oran Park | 6 June | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 | |
| 5 | Amaroo Park | 11 July | Garry Tully | Elfin 620B | |
| 6 | Calder | 1 August | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620B | |
| 7 | Oran Park | 22 August | Jon McGinn | Bowin P6F | |
| 8 | Sandown | 12 September | Warren Smith | Lola T440 |
Round 2 was to be held at an Oran Park meeting in March but, after that meeting was cancelled, an additional round was scheduled at a meeting at the same circuit in August.[3]
Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first ten places at each round.[4]
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | San | Ama | Sur | Ora | Ama | Cal | Ora[5] | San | Total | |
| 1 | Jeff Summers | Elfin 620B | J Summers | 20 | - | 15 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 99 | |
| 2 | Garry Tully | Elfin 620B | G Tully | 10 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 20 | - | 3 | 2 | 66 | |
| 3 | Warren Smith | Lola T440 | Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale | - | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | - | 15 | 20 | 65 | |
| 4 | Jon McGinn | Birrana F73 Bowin P6F | J McGinn Edward Vieusseux Racing[6] | 6 | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 20 | 4 | 54 | |
| 5 | Geoff Walters | Elwyn 003 | G Walters | - | 10 | 2 | 20 | 8 | - | 10 | - | 50 | |
| 6 | Chris Davison | Elfin 620B | C Davison | 4 | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | 8 | 8 | 45 | |
| 7 | Warwick Rooklyn | Mawer 004 | W Rooklyn | 3 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 12 | - | 41 | |
| 8 | Laurie Bennett | Wren | L Bennett | 15 | 12 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Bruce Connolly | Galloway | B Connolly[7] | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | - | 10 | 27 | |
| 10 | Chris Clearihan | Bowin P4A | C Clearihan | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | |
| 11 | Don Bretland | Van Diemen RF77 | D Bretland | 8 | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 20 | |
| 12 | Tim Murray | Elwyn | T Murray | 12 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | |
| = | Gary Brabham | Birrana | GT Brabham | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | 18 | |
| 14 | David Roberts | PRS RH01 | D Roberts | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| = | Alan Swindells | Bowin P6F | A Swindells | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| 16 | David Stanley | Image Mk3 | D Stanley | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| 17 | Neil Cunningham | Van Diemen | Alan Gow | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | |
| = | Matthew Ruggles | Rennmax BN3 | Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 19 | Tomas Mezera | Carlboro | T Mezera | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| 20 | Steve Farrell | Elwyn 003[8] | Milldent Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| 21 | Roger Martin | PRS | R Martin | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| = | Robert Benson | Wren 004 | R Benson | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| = | Rodney Moody | Birrana F72 | R Moody | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 24 | Ron Barnacle | Elfin 620B | Nissalco Garage Equipment | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| = | John Edmonds | Birrana | J Edmonds | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| 26 | Mark Day | Wren | M Day | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| = | Alan Bisset | Wren 801 | A Bisset | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Cars were powered by 1.6 litre Ford engines,[2] as mandated by Australian Formula Ford regulations.[9]