He won the New South Wales state championship in 1993, and moved straight to the Australian Formula Ford Championship after his father bought him an ex-Craig Lowndes Van Diemen FF1600.
Vyhrál šampionát státu New South Wales v roce 1993, poté přešel do Australské Formule Ford, když mu jeho otec půjčil od Craiga Lowndese vůz Van Diemen FF1600.