Jason Bright

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Jason "Brighty" Bright is a racing driver from Australia. Bright was born on March 7, 1973 in Moe.

Bright started his motor racing career at the age of 15 in 1988 and won the Junior Club Championship at the Gippsland Go Kart Club. One year later, Bright won the Senior Club Championships.

In 1990, Bright was the runner-up in the Victorian Go Karting Championship, but in 1991 he won the championship.

1992 saw Bright move into single-seaters and into the Victorian Formula Ford Championship and finished 4th and dovetailed this with another go-kart campaign, finishing 3rd overall in Australia.

Bright made his debut in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1993, in a factory Spectrum. In the season, he had a best finish of 6th at Symmons Plains, but in the Australian Formula Ford Festival at Winton, he finished 2nd. Bright finished 3rd in the 1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship, behind Steven Richards and Gavin Monaghan. He won the Formula Ford race supporting the Australian Grand Prix.

1995 was a fantastic season for Bright, winning the Australian Formula Ford Championship, winning the Australian Grand Prix support race and the Lexmark Indy 300 support race. He was also nominated for 2 major Australian awards.

1996 saw Bright race in the United States and Australia. Bright won 2 races in the US Formula Ford 2000 Championship, at St. Petersburg and Mosport, in Canada, and finished as Rookie of the Year and runner-up in the championship to Steve Knapp. He also finished runner-up in the Formula Holden championship behind Paul Stokell, winning 3 races. But in 1997, Bright dominated that championship, winning 7 races and made his V8 Supercar debut at Symmons Plains, finishing 9th, but better was to come, finishing 3rd in the Bathurst 1000 with Alan Jones.

In 1998, Bright won the Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards and recorded a pole at Darwin.

In 1999, he had 6 podiums, including a win at Darwin and 3 poles. He also took part in the sportscar race at Adelaide to bring in 2000 and finished 3rd in class.

2000 saw Bright go to the Indy Lights series in America, where he had 5 podiums, and finished 6th overall. He also made his Champ Car debut at the Lexmark Indy 300.

2001 saw Bright return to the V8 Supercar series, with the multi-championship-winning Holden Racing Team. Bright won the season-opening Clipsal 500 and led for most of the 1st half of the season before fading to 3rd. 2002 was another good season at HRT, with 2 wins and a pole.

2003 saw Bright move to Team Brock and consistency was the key to get him 4th in the standings. 2004 saw Team Brock become Paul Weel Racing and Bright won 3 races finishing 3rd in the championship.

Bright crossed marques in 2005 when he moved to Ford Performance Racing and finished 9th overall.

Bright had an awful start to the 2006 season, finishing 15th and 25th in Adelaide.

He lives with partner Elysia in Melbourne.