Brad Jones Racing
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| Manufacturer | Holden |
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| Team Principal |
Brad Jones Kim Jones |
| Team Manager | Chris Clark |
| Race Drivers | 8. Nick Percat 14. Tim Slade 21. Tim Blanchard 8. Andrew Jones (Dunlop Series) 14. Macauley Jones (Dunlop Series) 21. Josh Kean (Dunlop Series) |
| Chassis | Holden VF Commodore |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Round wins | 2 |
| Race wins | 10 |
| Pole positions | 14 |
| 2016 position | 8/14: 6th (3,722 points) 21: 16th (1,266 points) |
Brad Jones Racing is an Australian motor racing team owned by brothers Kim and Brad Jones based in Albury. The team competes in the Supercars Championship and the Dunlop Series. Recently they have also returned to the Australian Formula Ford Championship where Brad and Kim began their careers. The team are both the only rurally based V8 Supercar team and the only V8 Supercar team in New South Wales. The team's current drivers are Nick Percat and Tim Slade. It also prepares a customer VF Commodore for Tim Blanchard Racing which will replace Britek Motorsport in 2017.
Brad Jones Racing began as a Formula Ford team in which both Brad and Kim raced. Kim stopped racing relatively early, partially in recognition of Brad's ability as a driver with Kim becoming team manager. The team's peak in open wheel racing came in 1981 when running an Elwyn chassis, Brad finished sixth in the Australian Formula Ford Championship. The pair faded as the 1980s developed, though Brad Jones would continue driving Bryan Thompson's twin-turbo Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC - Chevrolet in Sports Sedan and GT racing.
When Thompson came out of driving retirement in 1983, Brad Jones moved into driving a Mitsubishi Starion in Group E Series Production Touring Cars. Jones and the turbocharged Starion came to almost dominate Group E racing in Australia during 1983 and 1984 which led to the Jones brothers becoming involved in Kevin Bartlett's Mitsubishi touring car team, known occasionally as Mistubishi Ralliart. Racing with Mitsubishi gave Brad several opportunities to race overseas, racing the Starion turbos in Australia, Japan and across Asia. During this time, Brad Jones again linked with Bryan Thompson to drive both the Mercedes Chev and a Chevrolet Monza to 2nd place (behind Thompson who also drove both cars) in the 1985 Australian GT Championship. Jones also drove the Monza in selected races throughout 1986, mostly at their "local" track, the Winton Motor Raceway.
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