Fullwood Podium the Perfect Tonic for BJR

After 147 races, Bryce Fullwood has finally landed a podium in Supercars, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for Brad Jones Racing after a tough couple of rounds. 

Fullwood was fast at Symmons Plains and swooped on the podium when Thomas Randle knocked both himself and Broc Feeney out of contention for the final spot on the podium. 

“Obviously it means a lot,” he said about finally shaking champagne in Supercars. “We all put our blood, sweat and tears into our racing, we do absolutely everything we can. 

“This sport has a knack of really kicking you when you’re down. We’ve really struggled this first part of the year, we had a really good Bathurst [500] and then from there, it’s been really, really tough. 

“The guys and girls at BJR haven’t slept a lot in the last couple of weeks and have done a lot of work. And they’ve really turned some stuff around for us. 

“I can really see the grit in the team, they really wanted this. It’s awesome to be able to repay them for all the hard work and look forward to trying to continue the form into the enduros.”

Team owner Brad Jones was visibly moved by the podium, not just because of what it means to Fullwood, who has been close since joining BJR, but also his team. 

“Bryce had been fast all weekend,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of things go just on the wrong side for us and today it wasn’t like that. 

“It’s encouraging. It’s what we need right now.”

Like all the other teams, BJR had to work its way through the changeable weather on Saturday, but then was able to put on a show in the all-dry Sunday. The only downside for the team was a crash that took Jaxon Evans out of the race. 

“Today things fell into place, I felt like it was a really good day. Very unfortunate with the SCT car that’s taken the gloss off it a little bit, but by and large, our cars were pretty speedy today.

“Bryce drove really sensibly. When Feeney got up behind him, he let him go just so he didn’t him push back into the next pack.

“It was a very mature drive. He was in the right place at the right time and it went the right way, and here we are on the podium.

“It’s gone the other way many times.

“This is a good reset for the team coming into the enduros. I think any time you get a podium, it changes the feel of the place.

“Last year we had a lot of podiums and this year we’ve had good speed on and off, but a lot of things are different.”

BJR now has one win and one podium for the season, but Jones says it feel like it has turned the corner. 

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