Flight cancellation triggers Fullwood engineer change

Brad Jones Racing has been forced into a temporary engineer change for Bryce Fullwood for this weekend’s Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint.

Fullwood’s Data Engineer Jason Bonney will stand in for regular Lead Engineer Phil Keed, with BJR Head of Engineering Paul Scalzo taking on radio communications.

Veteran engineer Keed will be absent from the Perth event after a flight cancellation meant he could not make it back from the United States in time.

Keed was Stateside in Charlotte, where his son was competing in a BMX world championship event.

"There's been a small change to the #14 crew this weekend," a BJR post reads.

"Engineer Phil Keed won't be in Perth. Phil's flights coming back from the USA were cancelled and unfortunately he won't make it to WA in time.

"Data Engineer Jason Bonney will be stepping up with Head of Engineering Paul Scalzo on radio comms for #14.

"Bryce and Jason have worked closely together ahead of the weekend and are confident in their preparation."

Fullwood is 20th in the standings after Taupō, where teammate Andre Heimgartner scored the team's first win in nearly four years.

Practice 1 in Perth begins on Friday afternoon at 2:20pm local time/4:20pm AEST.