{"id":298148,"date":"2025-11-21T00:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/298148\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:05:16","slug":"supercars-news-rj-batteries-to-continue-supporting-toyota-team-brad-jones-racing-bjr-confirms-first-toyota-naming-rights-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/298148\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: R&J Batteries to continue supporting Toyota team Brad Jones Racing BJR confirms first Toyota naming rights sponsor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndre Heimgartner’s #8 R&J Batteries-backed Chevrolet Camaro. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The Albury-based team will switch from Chevrolet to Toyota in a seismic shift, marking the first time since 2007 the team hasn\u2019t be in GM equipment.<\/p>\n

Next year will mark the sixth season R&J Batteries has sponsored the #8 entry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to be able to announce R&J Batteries as a naming rights sponsor for Car 8 in 2026,\u201d said team owner Brad Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to take them on the journey with us as we enter a whole new era for our team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an immense project for us and to have the support and belief from R&J Batteries means a lot for our crew.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy relationship with R&J Batteries, the staff, and Ray [Robson] and Stu [Hamilton], really is a little like looking in the mirror.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find that they\u2019re great people to deal with. Honest as the day is long, they deliver exactly what they say.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to have people like that to be doing business with, and there\u2019s so many synergies between BJR and R&J Batteries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heimgartner has been part of Brad Jones Racing since 2022, taking the reins of the #8 car from Nick Percat.<\/p>\n

The New Zealander said he is looking forward to continuing his relationship with the Australian business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been part of the R&J family for five years now and I\u2019m excited to keep that relationship going,\u201d said Heimgartner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to celebrate some big milestones with Ray and Stuart over the years, and I\u2019m keen to add some more for that next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a partnership that\u2019s been going for a while now and for myself, It\u2019s really cool to have those people that you work closely with over the years to want to extend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to see R&J down the side of a Supra next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heimgartner will be joined by Cameron Hill and Macauley Jones<\/a> at Brad Jones Racing in 2026.<\/p>\n

Jaxon Evans will depart the team<\/a> in the wake of SCT Logistics taking its Teams Racing Charter to Triple Eight Race Engineering where it will field Jackson Walls.<\/a><\/p>\n

Walkinshaw Andretti United has picked up Evans for the 2026 endurance season<\/a>, replacing PremiAir Racing\u2019s Jayden Ojeda.<\/p>\n


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