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Todd Kelly

Todd Kelly 2009 01.jpg
Todd Kelly in 2009

Nationality
 Australian
Born
9 October 1979 (1979-10-09) (age 39)
Melbourne, Victoria
Supercars Record
Car number 7
Current team Nissan Motorsport
Series championships 0
Races 541
Race wins 19
Podium finishes 58
Pole positions 7
2017 Championship position 18th (1536 pts)


Todd Kelly (born 9 October 1979) is a retired Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He is the older brother of fellow Supercars driver and former Bathurst 1000 winner, Rick Kelly. He drove for the Holden Racing Team from 2003 until 2007, and Perkins Engineering in 2008.[1] Since 2009, he has been with his family team Kelly Racing (now known as Nissan Motorsport Australia).[2] He is the youngest driver to have reached 100 starts in the series.




Contents






  • 1 Supercars Championship


  • 2 Career results


  • 3 Bathurst 1000 results


  • 4 Bathurst 24 Hour results


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Supercars Championship


Season 2001 was Kelly's first full-time season in V8 Supercars (although he had previously raced in the category in 99' and 00'), he drove for the K-Mart Racing Team alongside Greg Murphy. He and Greg finished 3rd at Bathurst. He finished his first full season in 6th[3] and broke through for his first-round victory in the last round of the season at Sandown Raceway. Season 2002 saw him take four second places, and fifth[4] in the championship.


After two successful years with K-Mart Racing Team, the departure of Jason Bright left a vacancy at the Holden Racing Team in 2003. Kelly and new team-mate Mark Skaife won the Sandown 500 in very wet conditions and in controversial circumstances with a late race tussle with the Team Dynamic Commodore of Jason Richards and Simon Wills. Kelly finished ninth[5] in the championship, behind his brother Rick in eighth. Kelly was part of the two-car Holden Monaro assault by Garry Rogers Motorsport on the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour race. With co-drivers Jason Bright, Greg Murphy and Peter Brock, Kelly won the race with Murphy crossing the line only 0.3505 seconds ahead of the teams lead car (and the 2002 race winner) driven by Garth Tander and co-driven by Steven Richards, Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty.


Season 2004 saw him finish behind his brother in the Championship, but this time two places up in seventh.[6] Season 2005 was Kelly's most successful year in V8 Supercars, claiming five podiums. Three of them were wins, including the Bathurst 1000 with Mark Skaife which was Todd's 26th birthday and also the V8 Supercars China Round, the series' only ever event to be held in China. He finished 4th[7] in the standings, ahead of teammate Skaife in fifth.


Kelly's 2006 season was fairly average throughout the first six rounds, albeit largely through mechanical failures, however after strong driving performances at the next three rounds including second in both the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 when he paired up with younger brother Rick Kelly. Kelly's seat was taken by HSV Dealer Team driver Garth Tander. He was just starting to show some of the form that had him finish fourth in the championship in 2005. He finished the year off strongly, with a second and first place in the last two rounds which left him in sixth place[8] at the end of the year.




Todd Kelly (left) and Garth Tander at a press conference in 2007


Season 2007 was another average year for Kelly, he won the Clipsal 500 but was not able to continue that edge. He came second at Phillip Island and at the Grand Finale, finishing seventh[9] in the championship. In doing so, helped secure Garth Tander the driver's championship. At the conclusion of the season, Kelly announced he would drive for Jack Daniel's Racing from 2008 onwards after a five-year association with HRT.[10] This move is believed to have also been supported by 2007 champion Garth Tander confirming he will be moving from HSVDT to HRT.


Kelly's 2008 proved to be inconsistent. After starting the year well at Clipsal, where he finished fifth for the round, the middle part of the season saw a lack of the results expected from Kelly. After a major suspension geometry issue was resolved during the course of the Bathurst weekend, the car showed a sudden turn of speed. He finished 4th at Surfers Paradise, then scored a stunning race win in the wet at Symmons Plains,[11] the first victory of any kind (race or round) for a Perkins Engineering entry since 2006. Kelly finished the season in 12th position.[12]



Career results




The Nissan Altima L33 of Todd Kelly at the 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide




Kelly at his final Supercars event, the 2017 Coates Hire Newcastle 500










































































































































































Season
Series
Position
Car
Team
1996

Australian Formula Ford Championship
12th

Van Diemen RF93 Ford
Todd Kelly
1997

Australian Formula Ford Championship

3rd

Van Diemen RF95 Ford
Todd Kelly
1998

Australian Drivers' Championship

3rd

Reynard 92D Holden
Todd Kelly
1999

Shell Championship Series
36th

Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore

Holden Young Lions

Australian Drivers' Championship
8th

Reynard 92D Holden

Greg Murphy Racing
2000

Shell Championship Series
17th

Holden VT Commodore

Holden Racing Team
2001

Shell Championship Series
6th

Holden VX Commodore

K-mart Racing
2002

V8 Supercar Championship Series
5th

Holden VX Commodore

K-mart Racing
2003

V8 Supercar Championship Series
9th

Holden VY Commodore

Holden Racing Team
2004

V8 Supercar Championship Series
7th

Holden VY Commodore

Holden Racing Team
2005

V8 Supercar Championship Series
4th

Holden VZ Commodore

Holden Racing Team
2006

V8 Supercar Championship Series
6th

Holden VZ Commodore

Holden Racing Team
HSV Dealer Team
2007

V8 Supercar Championship Series
6th[13]

Holden VE Commodore

Holden Racing Team
2008

V8 Supercar Championship Series
12th

Holden VE Commodore

Jack Daniel's Racing
2009

V8 Supercar Championship Series
18th

Holden VE Commodore

Kelly Racing
2010

V8 Supercar Championship Series
18th

Holden VE Commodore

Kelly Racing
2011

International V8 Supercars Championship
18th

Holden VE Commodore

Kelly Racing
2012

International V8 Supercars Championship
22nd

Holden VE Commodore

Kelly Racing
2013

International V8 Supercars Championship
25th

Nissan Altima L33

Nissan Motorsport
2014

International V8 Supercars Championship
22nd

Nissan Altima L33

Nissan Motorsport
2015

International V8 Supercars Championship
17th

Nissan Altima L33

Nissan Motorsport
2016

International V8 Supercars Championship
14th

Nissan Altima L33

Nissan Motorsport
2017

Virgin Australia Supercars Championship
18th

Nissan Altima L33

Nissan Motorsport


Bathurst 1000 results











































































































































































Year
Team
Car
Co-driver
Position
Laps

1998

John Faulkner Racing

Holden Commodore VS

New Zealand John Faulkner
DNF
136

1999

Holden Young Lions

Holden Commodore VT

Australia Mark Noske
6th
161

2000
Holden Young Lions
Holden Commodore VT

Australia Nathan Pretty
5th
161

2001

Kmart Racing

Holden Commodore VX

New Zealand Greg Murphy

3rd
161

2002
Kmart Racing
Holden Commodore VX

New Zealand Greg Murphy
13th
159

2003

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VY

Australia Mark Skaife
8th
161

2004
Holden Racing Team
Holden Commodore VY

Australia Mark Skaife
14th
159

2005
Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VZ

Australia Mark Skaife

1st
161

2006
HSV Dealer Team
Holden Commodore VZ

Australia Rick Kelly

2nd
161

2007
Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VE

Australia Mark Skaife
DNF
149

2008

Perkins Engineering
Holden Commodore VE

Australia Shane Price
17th
157

2009

Kelly Racing
Holden Commodore VE

Australia Rick Kelly
8th
161

2010
Kelly Racing
Holden Commodore VE

Australia Dale Wood
20th
161

2011
Kelly Racing
Holden Commodore VE

Australia David Russell
24th
154

2012
Kelly Racing
Holden Commodore VE

Australia Tim Blanchard
18th
154

2013
Nissan Motorsport

Nissan Altima L33

Australia David Russell
DNF
20

2014
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33

United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
7th
161

2015
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33

United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
20th
156

2016
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33

Australia Matthew Campbell
DNF
157

2017
Nissan Motorsport
Nissan Altima L33

Australia Jack Le Brocq
7th
161


Bathurst 24 Hour results























Year
Team
Co-Drivers
Car
Class
Laps
Overall
Position
Class
Position

2003

Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport

Australia Peter Brock
New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Jason Bright

Holden Monaro 427C
A
527

1st

1st


References





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  2. ^ "Jack Daniel's teams up with Kelly Racing". Holden Motorsport. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2009.


  3. ^ "2001 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  4. ^ "2002 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  5. ^ "2003 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  6. ^ "2004 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  7. ^ "2005 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  8. ^ "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  9. ^ "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  10. ^ Jack Daniel's Racing Signs Todd Kelly Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine


  11. ^ "Hot Toddy goes down well in cold Tassie". 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.


  12. ^ "2008 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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  13. ^ 2007 V8 Series results Archived 3 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine




External links







  • Official Todd Kelly Website

  • Todd Kelly Kelly Racing Profile

  • Todd Kelly Holden Motor Sport Profile

  • Todd Kelly V8 Supercars Official Profile









Sporting positions
Preceded by
Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly


Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2005
(with Mark Skaife)
Succeeded by
Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup









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