Jordan Cox will join the grid for this weekend’s FIA TCR World Tour races at The Bend Motorsport Park, taking the contingent of local entries up to eight.
Cox will be behind the wheel of the Garry Rogers Motorsport-developed Peugeot 308 P51 TCR, which made it’s début in TCR Australia at the end of last year.
Cox won twice in the car in the final two events of the season, demonstrating encouraging pace in the car.
The 31-year-old has been one of the mainstays of TCR Australia, joining the series from the third event of the 2019 season.
Since then, Cox has gone on to score nine victories in TCR Australia, making him the series second most successful driver.
With TCR Australia in a state of change in 2025, Cox has been focussing on his campaign in the Trans Am series, in which he will also be racing this weekend and sits fifth overall in the standings, with both categories on the bill supporting Australia’s top-tier Supercars series.
“I’m absolutely excited, I haven’t been able to race TCR this year, but I still love it and have definitely missed it,” said Cox.
“The category brings such a tough racing style, and while Trans Am is similar in that way, they are two very different categories.
“Aerodynamically you can lean on that area of the car a lot more in the TCR and the braking points are a bit deeper so there’s just a lot of mental notes to be aware of jumping between the two as I will at The Bend.
“I’m up for the challenge of double duties, I did it once last year, I certainly won’t be short of racing laps and it will be awesome to represent Schaeffler and my personal partners Viola Private Wealth across two different categories in the one weekend.
“We’ll be on the world stage for TCR which is super cool but I’m really not concerned about the spotlight, it’s just about focusing on doing the best job possible for the team in what’s going to be a super competitive field filled with the world’s best.”