- Jason Bright
V8 Supercar Driver
Caption = Jason Bright atHidden Valley Raceway
Name = Jason Bright
Nationality = flagicon|Australia Australian
Car number = 25
Team =Britek Motorsport
Championships = 0
Races = 125
Wins = 8
Podiums = 31
Poles =
2007 Championship position = 21st (71 pts)Jason Bright (born
March 7 ,1973 inMoe, Victoria ) is anAustralia nracing driver currently competing in theV8 Supercar series forBritek Motorsport , a team he also owns.Racing career
Australia
Bright started his motor racing career at the age of 15 in 1988 and won the Junior Club Championship at the Gippsland Go Kart Club. One year later, Bright won the Senior Club Championships.
In 1990, Bright was the runner-up in the Victorian Go Karting Championship and he went on to win the championship in 1991.
1992 saw Bright move into single-seaters and into the Victorian
Formula Ford Championship and finished fourth and dovetailed this with another go-kart campaign, finishing third overall in Australia.Bright made his debut in the
Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1993, in a factory supported Spectrum. In the season, he had a best finish of sixth at Symmons Plains, but in the Australian Formula Ford Festival at Winton, he finished second. Bright finished third in the 1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship, behindSteven Richards and Gavin Monaghan. He won the Formula Ford race supporting theAustralian Grand Prix .1995 was a fantastic season for Bright, winning the Australian Formula Ford Championship, winning the
Australian Grand Prix support race and theLexmark Indy 300 support race. He was also nominated for two major Australian awards.He finished runner-up in the 1996
Australian Drivers' Championship behind Paul Stokell, winning 3 races. But in 1997, Bright dominated that championship, winning seven races and made hisV8 Supercar debut atSymmons Plains , finishing ninth, but better was to come as he finished third in theSandown 500 with Alan Jones but failed to capitalise at Bathurst a few weeks later, finishing eleventh.In 1998 Bright became a full time touring car driver, joining
Stone Brothers Racing , showing considerable promise with several top six performances and a third place at Calder Park. He and co-driverSteven Richards won the Bathurst Classic (the V8Supercar version of the Bathurst 1000 that year) coming back after Bright crashed heavily in practice and only being able to record a single flying lap in qualifying because of the extensive repairs.In 1999, he had six podiums, including a win at
Hidden Valley Raceway and three pole positions. He also took part in the sportscar race at Adelaide to bring in 2000 and finished third in class.2001 saw Bright return to the
V8 Supercar series after a stint inChamp Car competition (see below), with the multi-championship-winningHolden Racing Team . Bright won the season-openingClipsal 500 and led for most of the first half of the season before fading to third. 2002 was another good season at HRT, with 2 wins and a pole.2003 saw Bright move to
Paul Weel Racing and consistency was the key to get him fourth in the standings. 2004 saw Bright win three races finishing third in the championship. Bright also won the 2003 Bathurst 24hr race in aHolden Monaro driving with the latePeter Brock ,Greg Murphy andTodd Kelly . This car was run by rivalV8 Supercar teamGarry Rogers Motorsport .Bright crossed marques in 2005 when he moved to
Ford Performance Racing and finished ninth overall.Bright had an awful start to the 2006 season, finishing 15th and 25th in Adelaide. However he improved throughout the season, ending with a win at the
Sandown 500 and the inauguralDesert 400 at theBahrain International Circuit as well as podiums at Surfers Paradise and Symmons Plains.Overseas
Bright's first taste of international competition was in 1996, a hectic year in which he raced in both the United States and Australia. He won two races in the US Formula Ford 2000 Championship, at St. Petersburg and
Mosport , finished second in the championship behindSteve Knapp and was awarded Rookie of the Year.In 2000, Bright left Australia to join the
Indy Lights series in America, where he had five podium finishes and finished sixth in the standings. He also made hisChamp Car debut at theLexmark Indy 300 that year.In 2006, he drove for
Prodrive in anAston Martin at theSebring 12 Hour finishing fourth.Britek Motorsport
Bright established his own V8 Supercar team, Britek Motorsport, in 2005. He was driving for
Ford Performance Racing at the time and thus his team had restrictions on testing and driver licensing. The team is officially referred to as Fujitsu Racing, after their marquee sponsor. Bright joined his own team in 2007. He nearly won the 2007 Bathurst 1000 but a bad tyre call in the pits left him hitting the wall at McPhillamy Park with 10 laps to go.Britek also briefly ran
Ford Australia s entry in theAustralian Rally Championship , a pair ofSuper 2000 Ford Fiesta s for Michael Guest andDarren Windus .Personal life
Bright lives in one of Melbournes beachside suburbs.
Current Season
Bright is currently coming 22nd. He has currently finished in the top 10 4 times and has had a podium in the first race at Phillip Island.
Career results
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