Jordan Boys shifts focus to S5000 but still holds Supercars dream

By Bruce Williams and Thomas Miles

Jordan Boys has a busy year ahead, having shifted focus to S5000, but he still holds ambitions on “putting everyone on notice” in the 2023 Supercars Championship.

Having already made five cameo appearances over the last three seasons, Boys will complete a full S5000 season for the first time with Garry Rogers Motorsport.

The 25-year-old who has had his racing miles limited recently is excited by the challenge, which begins this weekend at Race Tasmania. 

But Jordan Boys also revealed a Supercars Gen3 wildcard with Terry Wyhoon’s Image Racing is also in the works.

“I am going to do the whole season in S5000 and then I would like to do a (Supercars) wildcard with Terry and image Racing,” he told Auto Action.

“But we just have to wait and see to get some cars built first.

“But I am locked in for the whole thing in S5000 with GRM. I have only got to do one-off stuff in those cars, so I am really keen to build across a full seven-round season.

“It will be the most racing I get to do for a long time with the budget constraints, so it will be a fair bit of racing.”

Jordan Boys rides the Turn 2 kerb on his way to a podium at last year’s S5000 Tasman Series round on the Gold Coast. Image: Daniel Kalisz

Although Jordan Boys will be chasing championship success with GRM in the S5000’s he is using the open-wheel campaign to keep himself “sharp” for Supercars.

“That is the idea. I want to stay sharp for when I come back and do some co-drives at Sandown and Bathurst,” he said.

“I need to put myself in a good spot to do a really good job at Bathurst and kind of put everyone on notice of what I am here to do.

 “It was all about trying to stay fresh for that and those things are faster than a Supercar, so it is the best thing to keep me sharp.”

The Albury-based driver already has two Bathurst 1000 starts under his belt with Brad Jones Racing, and six wildcard appearances with Image Racing.

Jordan Boys’ top wildcard result was a P11 at The Bend, while he also showed strong pace on the Thursday at last year’s Great Race by putting car #96 into the top four.

He raced alongside Macauley Jones at the 2022 Bathurst 1000 and stayed out of trouble to finish 13th.

Jordan Boys driving the #96 Brad Jones Racing Commodore at the 2022 Bathurst 1000. Image: Mark Horsburgh EDGE Photographics

Boys was unable to reveal the exact details of his 2023 co-driving plans, but suggested he will remain in BJR colours.

The 25-year-old said a “similar” deal is already locked away, hoping it can carry his momentum from last year’s exploits.

I am pretty sorted there and we will announce it sometime soon,” he said.

“It is pretty similar to last year and we are happy to keep it consistent. 

“I am looking to forward to building off it (2022) really.”

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