Jason Bright announces retirement from full-time Supercars racing
Jason Bright has announced his retirement from full-time racing in the Supercars championship ahead of the 2017 season finale.
“This year has been flat-out with racing, my business and my family,” said Bright to supercars.com.
“I was expecting it to be two years here, but if that opportunity wasn’t going to be there I wasn’t going to bust my balls to be on the grid, so I’d decided a little while ago I’d step aside. Overall I’m happy with how this year has gone. We’ve been in the top 10 the last few rounds and I’m looking forward to Newcastle and going out on a positive note.”
The Prodrive Racing Australia driver is however keen to be back for the 2018 Supercars endurance races as a co-driver.
“I’m still interested in fronting up for the enduros every year in a good car and there are plenty of other races I can do for the future, whether it’s big international events that I’ve done before or GT racing here that’s not as time consuming as Supercars,” said Bright.
“To do the enduros it’s good to be driving something else to keep your eye in, but I’ll have to see what’s available over the next couple of months.”
The 44-year-old drove his full Supercars season in 1998 after making his debut in the series the year before with a one-off drive for Garry Rogers Motorsport.
