TCR race winner-turned Trans Am driver Jordan Cox will not contest the Trans Am Cup Series this season.
A large contributing factor was the loss of long-time partner Schaeffler in the offseason.
Schaeffler had elected to focus its sponsorship commitments on Cam Hill’s Brad Jones Racing GR Supra in the Supercars Championship, thus leaving a sizeable hole in the budget at GRM.
Cox reflected fondly on his time at GRM, which yielded several TCR race wins before a difficult single season in Trans Am.
“We worked a little bit to try and see if we can figure out a sponsor for my car, but in the end it just wasn’t working out,” Cox told Speedcafe.
“Barry [Rogers] was sorry to see me not at the team this year, and I’ve spoken to a couple of boys there, and it’s a shame that we’re not keeping on going.
“I had a great stint there for a bit, and some fond memories and good times there, of course.
“I was there for six consecutive seasons. I think Moff [James Moffat] is probably the only guy that’s been there longer than I have.”
Changing priorities with the birth of his daughter, coupled with a difficult end to the 2025 season contributed to Cox’s absence from the field.
“It’s not very well known to everybody in the motorsport world, but I had my little daughter in November last year,” said Cox.
“So when she came along, all of a sudden motorsport wasn’t the most important thing in the world.
“Last year was tough. It wasn’t a good year. Results-wise, so much potential and then so many things go wrong.
“I think I was on to my third engine at the end of the year, and I was even on fire at one point last year. That was a week after my daughter was born.
“Anything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong, but we also had some great results.
“At some points, we had flashes of speed, which was really good. In typical GRM fashion, we always turned up and put our best foot forward each time.”
Despite not being on the grid this year, Cox insists that if the right opportunity was to present itself, he will be on the race track again.
“There were a few teams that inquired with me and asked me what I was doing and I hadn’t even put any thought into it,” said Cox.
“So now that life’s all settled down again, funnily enough the racing season started and I didn’t have a seat.
“I’m a racer at heart, so now life’s all settled again, if something comes up, I’m definitely in.”
While not in a full-time seat, Cox still has race cars of his own in which he competes at a grassroots level, including an Improved Production Mazda RX-7 previously raced by Leanne Ferrier.
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