SUDDENLY, three of Brad Jones Racing’s four Supra seats for 2026 have names attached to them and Jaxon Evans is still playing the waiting game.

While André Heimgartner always had another year to run on his contract, yesterday the Albury outfit confirmed the signature of Cameron Hill – at Bryce Fullwood’s expense – and retention of Macauley Jones.

That just leaves the fourth slot at BJR, which is a whole different kettle of fish.

That’s because it is underpinned by an external Teams Racing Charter belonging to Pete Smith of SCT Logistics, making for a different complexion to how the final say pans out.

Evans is a pro and has generally made progress in terms of his on-track Supercars performance, although a shocking run of outs through winter put a dampener on his championship ranking.

He seems to be well regarded by both BJR owner Brad Jones and SCT head of motorsport programs Andrew Jones.

Jaxon Evans is sharing the #12 SCT Camaro with Jack Smith in the 2025 Ryco Enduro Cup. Pic: Supplied/Pace Images

But you never know when it comes to silly season, and there have been lingering murmurs still connecting rising star Zach Bates to a possible Toyota opportunity – of which SCT now holds the last remaining vacancy for next year.

It should be noted however that Evans wasn’t confirmed for this season until last November.

“I’m not really sure where we’re at, at the moment,” the 29-year-old told V8 Sleuth.

“There’s still some stuff being negotiated but there’s no confirmation of anything yet, so no good news to report, but working hard to make sure I’m on the grid in some capacity next year.

“It’s been a pretty crazy silly season outside of our camp and there’s obviously a lot of movement happening.

“I’m not confirmed in my seat. It’s something that we’re still discussing, but I’d like to think that I’ve done a good enough job in the race results where we have finished.

“I have had a string of bad luck which doesn’t ever look good on paper but internally I feel like our progress has been really strong and I feel like when the car is good and we’re on, we’re just as fast as my teammates.

“So I’m confident that I can be back next year, but we’ll just have to wait and see.”

Pic: Mark Walker

For Evans, the prospect of being an inaugural Gen3 Toyota driver is an exciting one.

“That’s certainly one thing that I want to be a part of,” he said.

“I think it’s an awesome project for WAU and BJR. To be able to drive the Supra in its first year of Supercars competition would be pretty special, but we’ll just see what happens.”

Evans is being partnered by Jack Smith through the Ryco Enduro Cup, in what is a reversal of roles from their 2022-23 pairing.

“Jack’s good. It has kind of felt like full circle. Now we’re driving together again, except in the opposite roles,” said Evans.

“He did a really good job at Tailem Bend and I think maybe surprised a few people, but we were confident that him coming back to it was always going to be a positive.

“He’s always relaxed and he really seemed to enjoy any laps that he got at The Bend. So looking forward to going to Bathurst and hopefully having a good run.”

Mount Panorama is a track Evans is particularly familiar with, from his many starts over the years in the Bathurst 12 Hour.

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