28 Facts About Jason Bright

Jason Paul Bright was born on 7 March 1973 and is a retired Australian racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.

Jason Bright drove the No 56 Ford FG X Falcon for Britek Motorsport, a satellite team of Prodrive Racing Australia, before retiring from full-time racing at the end of the 2017.

In 1990, Jason Bright was the runner-up in the Victorian Go Karting Championship and he went on to win the championship in 1991.

Jason Bright made his debut in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1993, in a factory-backed Spectrum.

Jason Bright finished third in the 1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship, behind Steven Richards and Gavin Monaghan.

Jason Bright won the Formula Ford race supporting the Australian Grand Prix.

Jason Bright finished runner-up in the 1996 Australian Drivers' Championship behind Paul Stokell, winning 3 races.

In 1998, Jason 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.

Jason Bright took part in the sportscar race at Adelaide to bring in 2000 and finished third in class.

Jason Bright won the season-opening Clipsal 500 and led for most of the first half of the season before fading to third.

Jason Bright won the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour race in a Holden Monaro driving with the late Peter Brock, Greg Murphy and Todd Kelly.

Jason Bright crossed marques in 2005 when he moved to Ford Performance Racing.

Jason Bright had an awful start to the 2006 season, finishing 15th and 25th in Adelaide.

For 2007, Jason Bright left FPR to join his struggling Britek Motorsport team and battled in the midfield.

Brad Jones Racing team owner, Kim Jones confirmed that Jason Bright will be joining the team for the 2010 season.

Jason Bright confirmed that he would re-join Prodrive Racing Australia after leaving BJR for the 2017 Supercars Championship season, just 10 years after he left the team for Britek Motorsports, making him the fourth driver in the team.

Jason Bright won two races in the US Formula Ford 2000 Championship, at St Petersburg and Mosport, finished second in the championship behind Steve Knapp and was awarded Rookie of the Year.

In 2000, Jason Bright left Australia to join the Indy Lights series in America, where with race engineer Gerald Tyler, had five podium finishes and finished sixth in the standings.

Jason Bright made his Champ Car debut at the Lexmark Indy 300 that year.

Jason Bright established his own V8 Supercar team, Britek Motorsport, in 2005.

Jason Bright was driving for Ford Performance Racing at the time and thus his team had restrictions on testing and driver licensing.

Jason Bright 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.

The team's franchises remained live in 2009 with one leased out and Jason Bright running the other as a Stone Brothers Racing customer team.

Jason Bright followed this up with a win at Winton and was amongst the favourites to win the championship with a high of 4th in the championship standings.

Later in the season, Jason Bright injured his ribs and missed 3 events as a result.

Jason Bright finished the 2013 Championship season in 7th place, one place below teammate Fabian Coulthard.

Jason Bright had a disastrous start to 2014, with a monumental crash in Race 3 at the Clipsal 500 giving him his first and only DNF for the season.

Since then, Jason Bright has been rather inconsistent, with only one podium finish; a win at the Auckland 500.