In the following year the series was granted national title status by CAMS and officially became the Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Other graduates of Australian Formula Ford include Brad Jones, Marcos Ambrose, Tomas Mezera, Jason Bright, Steven Richards, David Besnard, Will and Alex Davison, and nine-time Formula One race winner Mark Webber finished third in the F1 World championship on three occasions.

Van Diemen faded in the mid-2000s and Australian grids are now almost exclusively filled with Spectrums and French made Mygales.

[9] The Formula Ford Association subsequently announced that approval had been obtained from CAMS to organize a national series for 2014.

[12] During the 2016 season, the championship ran one event at a race meeting sanctioned by the Australian Auto Sport Alliance.

If the winner is ineligible (as was the case in 2016 because of age), the driver highest in points eligible for the award will claim the prize.

The 2018 Australian Formula Ford winner won the Shootout, and was awarded a 2019 USF2000 ride fully funded by the promoters.