Macauley Jones

Macauley Jones returns for a second year in the Team CoolDrive Commodore, eager to improve on a tough rookie campaign.

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 out to prove himself.

The Albury product’s best finish last year was 15^th at Surfers Paradise but he progressed enough throughout the season to convince Racing Entitlements Contract owner Tim Blanchard that more will be possible in 2020.

After all, Jones has done it all before in pathway categories.

He won 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.

Jones will don the #3 this year as part of a switch from the usual CoolDrive #21.