DOWNSHIFTING: Brad Jones

He is a racer's racer who began in Formula Ford in 1980, moved through production cars and sports sedans, and became the 'King of Calder' in AUSCAR and NASCAR wth help from his brother Kim, before graduating to Supercars. Now he has the biggest team in the pitlane, with four Chevrolet Camaros again in 2025.

1. What makes you laugh?

I love laughing. I've always got a funny story. I find humour in lots of things that other people probably probably don't, but I try to see the humour in things.

2. What’s on your playlist?

I like house music. So probably nothing you have ever heard. They're not really bands, they are DJs. One of the young mechanics at work, Harry, has a playlist and I listen to it.

3. What was the last movie you saw?

I really like movies, and as I kid wanted to buy the local movie theatre so I wouldn't have to pay. I watched Equaliser 3 the other night with Denzel Washington and I'm always up for a bit of action adventure.

4. One road, one car, one passenger?

Probably the Great Ocean Road in something like a Porsche. I like good roads and I'm fortunate where I live in Albury that there are lots of good ones out the back of Hume Weir and over the mountains. A Corvette, maybe, something with grip and power. I don't care about the passenger, as long as they are not too heavy.

5. Your dream car - to park and admire?

I like nice cars. I see them as art. So something sleek that looks good. I sometimes wonder what would be like to have a Bugatti. t would be nice to open the garage door and have a Bugatti or Ferrari sitting there. I wuld like to own a Lamborghini Miura, which was in the Shell ad when I was a kid.

6. Your greatest motorsport success?

I don't think about it that much. But survival, I guess. Still being here after the majority of my life in motorsport, and still being involved and relatively relevant.  

7. Your greatest failure?

You can only control some things in life. Not winning a Bathurst 1000 is a disappointment but, on the other side, I've been on the podium more times than most.

8. Your one regret?

The truth is, I don't have a lot of regrets. They weigh you down and you can't change them.

9. What is your guilty pleasure?

Collecting little Corgi model cars. It came out of the pandemic when I'd be looking at things online in the middle of the night for stuff I had when I was a kid. I've got a couple of hundred.

10. Which actor would play you in the movie of your life?

Danny Devito. Nah, Chevy Chase, he's taller.