Macauley Jones turned in some career-best performances last year. A keen participant through the Toyota GR Supra's development, he will be looking to build into the new season.
Macauley Jones' sixth full-time season was his most impressive yet.
The 31-year-old qualified inside the top 10 three times last year, including a career-best fourth in Tasmania, where he was in the fight to win the second race of the weekend on route to fifth, another PB.
In the back end of the season, Jones turned plenty of laps at Winton in the Toyota GR Supra development mule, and will be eager to turn that experience into consistent strong results.
Part of a famous Australian motorsport family – his father Brad won two Australian Super Touring titles and cousin Andrew was another former Supercars full-timer – Jones is still out to prove himself.
Jones has done it all before in pathway categories, winning the 2011 South Australian Rotax Light and three state junior karting titles, leading to a drive in the Australia Formula Ford Championship.
Rookie of the Year honours followed and by 2014 he was mixing experience in the NZ Toyota Racing Series with a Dunlop Super2 Series partial campaign, headlined by a top 10 finish on debut in Townsville.
Next up was a PIRTEK Enduro Cup debut in 2015 for Brad Jones Racing, performing solidly alongside Dale Wood.
Three more endurance seasons would follow before getting his chance to become a main game regular, succeeding Blanchard in the CoolDrive entry.
Along the way, he had gotten a taste of solo action with a series of top-tier wildcards, and took a special Super2 victory at Bathurst in 2017.
He should have gone back-to-back at the Mountain if not for a last-lap tangle with Garry Jacobson while leading in ’18, part of a shocking run of luck that cost him a chance at the title.