Bradley Jones or Brad Jones (born 2 April 1960) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in V8 Supercars. April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... V8 Supercars in action The V8 Supercar is a category of touring car racing that evolved in Australia in the early 1990s. ...

Jones grew up in the country town of Albury in New South Wales, where he still lives now. He has a range of experience in domestic and international racing that he puts to use in the V8 Supercar team he owns and runs with his brother Kim. Jones has driven with a number of manufacturers including Ford, Holden, Lotus, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Mitsubishi at domestic and international circuits in Japan, Macau and Belgium as well as Australia and New Zealand. Albury (postcode: 2640, ) is a city in New South Wales, located on the Hume Highway on the Northern side of the Murray River. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Greg Murphy in a Holden Commodore leads 3 other cars at Bathurst V8 Supercar is a touring car racing category, the most popular category of domestic motorsport in Australia and one of the worlds biggest and most professional racing championships. ... Ford Motor Company (also called simply Ford NYSE: F), is an American company that manufactures and sells automobiles worldwide. ... This article is about the Australian car manufacturer. ... Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. ... Volkswagen (Ger. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Audi is a German automobile maker with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. ... Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (in Japanese: 三菱自動車工業, in romaji Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese automobile company, manufacturing an extensive range of cars and trucks (see Fuso). ...

Jones started his racing career at the age of 14 doing motor cross racing from which he eventually progressed up to Formula Ford in 1980. In 1985 the Mitsubishi Ralliart Team realised his talents and gave him a run in the two major Australian endurance races, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 in a factory Group A Mitsubishi Starion. This relationship lasted a few years. In the late 1980s Jones got called upon for his services to drive for the Factory Holden Racing Team for the endurance races. While he was with the factory team he became quite successful and gained many podiums at both Sandown and Bathurst. Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ... Ralliart is the motorsports division of Mitsubishi Motors. ... Holden Corner (aka Hell Corner) of the Mount Panorama Circuit The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 km motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ... The Mitsubishi Starion was a three-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear wheel drive five-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1990 in various locations around the world. ... V8 Supercars in action V8 Supercar is the main motor racing series in Australia. ...

At this very time he was also having great success in the AUSCAR series which he eventualy won 5 consecutive times in his self run team, Coopertools Racing, with help from his brother Kim and won the 94/95 Australian NASCAR series likewise. In 1995 he switched from the Holden Racing Team to the Wayne Gardner Coca Cola Team where he drove in both Sandown and Bathurst for 1995 and 1996 in a Holden Commodore. Once he lost the contract to drive with them he had to wait another year to get a contract to drive with the Mitre 10 Larkham Motorsport Ford Team. In the late 1990s He set up a highly successful Audi Super Touring team for the Australian Super Touring Championship and won that twice. He also won the Australian GT-Production Car Championship once. AUSCAR (Australian Stock Car Auto Racing) was the Australian counterpart of NASCAR External link AUSCAR Categories: Stub | Stock car racing | Australian sport ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... V8 Supercars in action V8 Supercar is the main motor racing series in Australia. ... Wayne Gardner Wayne aboard the Honda NSR500 (Donington Park) Wayne Michael Gardner (born October 11, 1959) was an Australian motorcycle road racer and touring car racer. ... The Holden Commodore is a car built by the Holden division of General Motors in Australia. ... Supertouring or Class II Touring Cars were the rules laid out by the FIA for national touring car racing in 1994, based on the 2. ...

In 2000 the Jones brothers agreed that it would be a good decision to move to V8 Supercars full time with their own team, the Ozemail Racing Team. In just the second year after the team was established, Jones and co-driver John Cleland finished second at the Bathurst 1000 after fighting Mark Skaife right to the end of the 1000 kilometre race with a gap at the end of only just over 2 seconds after a 6 hour race. V8 Supercars in action The V8 Supercar is a category of touring car racing that evolved in Australia in the early 1990s. ... John Cleland (born July 15, 1952 in Wishaw). ... Holden Corner (aka Hell Corner) of the Mount Panorama Circuit The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 km motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... Mark Skaife (b 3 April 1967) is one of the most popular and successful touring car race drivers Australia has ever produced. ...

In 2002, Brad Jones Racing returned to the Mount Panorama Circuit with a two car team, Jones teaming up with John Bowe led the race for the first 59 laps, setting the fastest ever race lap time in the history of the event at the time. In 2003 BJR took pole position at the mountain but didn't finish as well at the end but that took a turn in 2004 when the team took 3rd at the mountain. Mount Panorama Circuit is a car racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales. ... John Bowe (born 1 February 1950 in Cheshire, England) is an actor best known for his performances on television. ...

In 2005 there was a change of team sponsor and the team was now called Team BOC. The team started on a high when Jones and Bowe placed first and second in the V8 Supercar support races at the Australian Grand Prix when they were the only team to choose wet tyres while the others took slicks in changing weather conditions. It then swiftly changed for the worse at Bathurst when Brad and the team could only manage 26th qualifying position and and on race day were wiped out while charging through the field within the first 10 laps. Brad sat sobbing in his Team BOC Falcon as he waited for the car to be repaired. Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ...

In 2006 there is new hope for Brad and the team as they go into the year with a new engine supplier, Stone Brothers Racing, and staff changes.