Todd Kelly

Australian racing driver

Todd Kelly
Todd Kelly in 2009
Nationality Australian
Born9 October 1979 (1979-10-09) (age 44)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Racing licence FIA Gold
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races541
Wins19
Podiums58
Pole positions7

Todd Evan 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 Kelly Grove Racing).[2] He is the youngest driver to have reached 100 starts in the series.

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 Dynamik 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 Holden Commodore (VE) in which Kelly placed 6th in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The car is pictured in 2018.
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 2nd Reynard 92D Holden Todd Kelly
1999 Shell Championship Series 36th Holden Commodore (VS)
Holden Commodore (VT)
Holden Young Lions
Australian Drivers' Championship 8th Reynard 92D Holden Greg Murphy Racing
2000 Shell Championship Series 17th Holden Commodore (VT) Holden Racing Team
2001 Shell Championship Series 6th Holden Commodore (VX) K-mart Racing
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 5th Holden Commodore (VX) K-mart Racing
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 9th Holden Commodore (VY) Holden Racing Team
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 7th Holden Commodore (VY) Holden Racing Team
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 4th Holden Commodore (VZ) Holden Racing Team
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 6th Holden Commodore (VZ) Holden Racing Team
HSV Dealer Team
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 6th[13] Holden Commodore (VE) Holden Racing Team
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 12th Holden Commodore (VE) Jack Daniel's Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 18th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 18th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 18th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 22nd Holden Commodore (VE) 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

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points
1999 Holden Young Lions Holden VT Commodore EAS
R1
Ret
EAS
R2
DNS
EAS
R3
DNS
ADE
R4
BAR
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
PHI
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
SAN
R14
23
SAN
R15
24
SAN
R16
22
QLD
R17
14
QLD
R18
15
QLD
R19
14
CAL
R20
CAL
R21
CAL
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SYM
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
ORA
R29
ORA
R30
ORA
R31
QLD
R32
Ret
BAT
R33
6
36th 304
2000 PHI
R1
15
PHI
R2
9
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
ADE
R6
11
ADE
R7
Ret
EAS
R8
22
EAS
R9
18
EAS
R10
16
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
CAN
R14
19
CAN
R15
1
CAN
R16
4
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
WIN
R20
10
WIN
R21
8
WIN
R22
Ret
ORA
R23
8
ORA
R24
13
ORA
R25
13
CAL
R26
29
CAL
R27
18
CAL
R28
13
QLD
R29
Ret
SAN
R30
SAN
R31
SAN
R32
BAT
R33
5
17th 575
2001 K-Mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHI
R1
8
PHI
R2
7
ADE
R3
15
ADE
R4
5
EAS
R5
16
EAS
R6
8
HDV
R7
18
HDV
R8
8
HDV
R9
20
CAN
R10
Ret
CAN
R11
18
CAN
R12
16
BAR
R13
7
BAR
R14
7
BAR
R15
6
CAL
R16
29
CAL
R17
Ret
CAL
R18
21
ORA
R19
4
ORA
R20
8
QLD
R21
3
WIN
R22
11
WIN
R23
25
BAT
R24
3
PUK
R25
8
PUK
R26
18
PUK
R27
5
SAN
R28
3
SAN
R29
1
SAN
R30
3
6th 2479
2002 ADE
R1
9
ADE
R2
12
PHI
R3
3
PHI
R4
2
EAS
R5
11
EAS
R6
5
EAS
R7
6
HDV
R8
5
HDV
R9
3
HDV
R10
6
CAN
R11
3
CAN
R12
10
CAN
R13
2
BAR
R14
4
BAR
R15
Ret
BAR
R16
5
ORA
R17
Ret
ORA
R18
Ret
WIN
R19
3
WIN
R20
2
QLD
R21
10
BAT
R22
13
SUR
R23
7
SUR
R24
3
PUK
R25
5
PUK
R26
4
PUK
R27
1
SAN
R28
4
SAN
R29
Ret
5th 1345
2003 Holden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore ADE
R1
5
ADE
R1
5
PHI
R3
5
EAS
R4
Ret
WIN
R5
DSQ
BAR
R6
7
BAR
R7
7
BAR
R8
2
HDV
R9
7
HDV
R10
24
HDV
R11
Ret
QLD
R12
3
ORA
R13
6
SAN
R14
1
BAT
R15
8
SUR
R16
10
SUR
R17
Ret
PUK
R18
2
PUK
R19
4
PUK
R20
4
EAS
R21
3
EAS
R22
Ret
9th 1628
2004 ADE
R1
Ret
ADE
R2
10
EAS
R3
19
PUK
R4
17
PUK
R5
10
PUK
R6
14
HDV
R7
2
HDV
R8
2
HDV
R9
1
BAR
R10
11
BAR
R11
8
BAR
R12
10
QLD
R13
9
WIN
R14
7
ORA
R15
5
ORA
R16
7
SAN
R17
23
BAT
R18
14
SUR
R19
3
SUR
R20
DSQ
SYM
R21
3
SYM
R22
3
SYM
R23
Ret
EAS
R24
27
EAS
R25
12
EAS
R26
5
7th 1623
2005 Holden VZ Commodore ADE
R1
8
ADE
R2
4
PUK
R3
8
PUK
R4
Ret
PUK
R5
9
BAR
R6
Ret
BAR
R7
23
BAR
R8
7
EAS
R9
6
EAS
R10
4
SHA
R11
1
SHA
R12
3
SHA
R13
1
HDV
R14
1
HDV
R15
1
HDV
R16
2
QLD
R17
6
ORA
R18
Ret
ORA
R19
22
SAN
R20
2
BAT
R21
1
SUR
R22
Ret
SUR
R23
14
SUR
R24
8
SYM
R25
15
SYM
R26
11
SYM
R27
7
PHI
R28
13
PHI
R29
16
PHI
R30
6
4th 1760
2006 ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
ORA
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
SAN
R21
BAT
R22
SUR
R23
SUR
R24
SUR
R25
SYM
R26
SYM
R27
SYM
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
6th 2815
2007 Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1
1
ADE
R2
2
BAR
R3
Ret
BAR
R4
10
BAR
R5
7
PUK
R6
6
PUK
R7
4
PUK
R8
2
WIN
R9
27
WIN
R10
11
WIN
R11
4
EAS
R12
4
EAS
R13
5
EAS
R14
1
HDV
R15
4
HDV
R16
8
HDV
R17
4
QLD
R18
8
QLD
R19
11
QLD
R20
19
ORA
R21
8
ORA
R22
2
ORA
R23
11
SAN
R24
9
BAT
R25
Ret
SUR
R26
Ret
SUR
R27
26
SUR
R28
Ret
BHR
R29
11
BHR
R30
28
BHR
R31
Ret
SYM
R32
12
SYM
R33
20
SYM
R34
Ret
PHI
R35
6
PHI
R36
2
PHI
R37
1
6th 381
2008 Perkins Engineering ADE
R1
ADE
R2
EAS
R3
EAS
R4
EAS
R5
HAM
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
BAR
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
SAN
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
HDV
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
WIN
R21
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
PHI
Q
PHI
R24
BAT
R25
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
ORA
R35
ORA
R36
ORA
R37
12th 2053
2009 Kelly Racing ADE
R1
7
ADE
R2
Ret
HAM
R3
8
HAM
R4
24
WIN
R5
Ret
WIN
R6
24
SYM
R7
5
SYM
R8
Ret
HDV
R9
5
HDV
R10
28
TOW
R11
10
TOW
R12
Ret
SAN
R13
4
SAN
R14
18
QLD
R15
6
QLD
R16
18
PHI
R17
5
BAT
R18
8
SUR
R19
19
SUR
R20
23
SUR
R21
18
SUR
R22
15
PHI
R23
29
PHI
R24
21
BAR
R25
2
BAR
R26
Ret
SYD
R27
14
SYD
R28
Ret
18th 1624
2010 YMC
R1
25
YMC
R2
26
BHR
R3
20
BHR
R4
Ret
ADE
R5
13
ADE
R6
12
HAM
R7
20
HAM
R8
8
QLD
R9
29
QLD
R10
14
WIN
R11
6
WIN
R12
22
HDV
R13
9
HDV
R14
8
TOW
R15
17
TOW
R16
19
PHI
R17
18
BAT
R18
20
SUR
R19
20
SUR
R20
Ret
SYM
R21
15
SYM
R22
7
SAN
R23
11
SAN
R24
19
SYD
R25
Ret
SYD
R26
21
18th 1435
2011 YMC
R1
10
YMC
R2
Ret
ADE
R3
7
ADE
R4
Ret
HAM
R5
3
HAM
R6
15
BAR
R7
27
BAR
R8
22
BAR
R9
16
WIN
R10
21
WIN
R11
Ret
HID
R12
16
HID
R13
Ret
TOW
R14
14
TOW
R15
17
QLD
R16
17
QLD
R17
Ret
QLD
R18
15
PHI
R19
14
BAT
R20
24
SUR
R21
13
SUR
R22
9
SYM
R23
11
SYM
R24
8
SAN
R25
3
SAN
R26
20
SYD
R27
9
SYD
R28
16
18th 1550
2012 ADE
R1
8
ADE
R2
23
SYM
R3
10
SYM
R4
10
HAM
R5
14
HAM
R6
9
BAR
R7
21
BAR
R8
22
BAR
R9
23
PHI
R10
12
PHI
R11
11
HID
R12
11
HID
R13
14
TOW
R14
15
TOW
R15
21
QLD
R16
13
QLD
R17
16
SMP
R18
14
SMP
R19
23
SAN
QR
17
SAN
R20
18
BAT
R21
18
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
22nd 1263
2013 Nissan Altima L33 ADE
R1
Ret
ADE
R2
Ret
SYM
R3
Ret
SYM
R4
16
SYM
R5
Ret
PUK
R6
17
PUK
R7
18
PUK
R8
15
PUK
R9
14
BAR
R10
20
BAR
R11
17
BAR
R12
21
COA
R13
25
COA
R14
16
COA
R15
14
COA
R16
19
HID
R17
17
HID
R18
12
HID
R19
20
TOW
R20
16
TOW
R21
15
QLD
R22
15
QLD
R23
22
QLD
R24
10
WIN
R25
24
WIN
R26
14
WIN
R27
Ret
SAN
R28
11
BAT
R29
Ret
SUR
R30
17
SUR
R31
Ret
PHI
R32
16
PHI
R33
16
PHI
R34
13
SYD
R35
10
SYD
R36
17
25th 1139
2014 ADE
R1
16
ADE
R2
9
ADE
R3
Ret
SYM
R4
Ret
SYM
R5
13
SYM
R6
21
WIN
R7
17
WIN
R8
23
WIN
R9
13
PUK
R10
16
PUK
R11
13
PUK
R12
19
PUK
R13
24
BAR
R14
8
BAR
R15
16
BAR
R16
16
HID
R17
20
HID
R18
23
HID
R19
Ret
TOW
R20
18
TOW
R21
20
TOW
R22
19
QLD
R23
24
QLD
R24
16
QLD
R25
21
SMP
R26
Ret
SMP
R27
17
SMP
R28
15
SAN
QR
11
SAN
R29
20
BAT
R30
7
SUR
R31
Ret
SUR
R32
19
PHI
R33
8
PHI
R34
5
PHI
R35
14
SYD
R36
Ret
SYD
R37
23
SYD
R38
14
22nd 1323
2015 ADE
R1
14
ADE
R2
12
ADE
R3
10
SYM
R4
23
SYM
R5
13
SYM
R6
13
BAR
R7
12
BAR
R8
12
BAR
R9
13
WIN
R10
5
WIN
R11
13
WIN
R12
12
HID
R13
10
HID
R14
12
HID
R15
17
TOW
R16
17
TOW
R17
10
QLD
R18
19
QLD
R19
6
QLD
R20
Ret
SMP
R21
17
SMP
R22
25
SMP
R23
24
SAN
QR
22
SAN
R24
24
BAT
R25
20
SUR
R26
13
SUR
R27
17
PUK
R28
12
PUK
R29
17
PUK
R30
13
PHI
R31
11
PHI
R32
19
PHI
R33
5
SYD
R34
11
SYD
R35
16
SYD
R36
13
17th 1664
2016 ADE
R1
6
ADE
R2
16
ADE
R3
6
SYM
R4
19
SYM
R5
12
PHI
R6
11
PHI
R7
12
BAR
R8
7
BAR
R9
23
WIN
R10
13
WIN
R11
13
HID
R12
7
HID
R13
13
TOW
R14
10
TOW
R15
23
QLD
R16
12
QLD
R17
9
SMP
R18
24
SMP
R19
9
SAN
QR
18
SAN
R20
7
BAT
R21
Ret
SUR
R22
8
SUR
R23
21
PUK
R24
19
PUK
R25
16
PUK
R26
15
PUK
R27
11
SYD
R28
12
SYD
R29
19
14th 1808
2017 ADE
R1
22
ADE
R2
9
SYM
R3
9
SYM
R4
18
PHI
R5
6
PHI
R6
11
BAR
R7
11
BAR
R8
18
WIN
R9
12
WIN
R10
17
HID
R11
18
HID
R12
20
TOW
R13
Ret
TOW
R14
17
QLD
R15
18
QLD
R16
12
SMP
R17
25
SMP
R18
10
SAN
R19
16
BAT
R20
7
SUR
R21
Ret
SUR
R22
12
PUK
R23
15
PUK
R24
18
NEW
R25
15
NEW
R26
10
18th 1536

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

The 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour winning Holden Monaro
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.
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  7. ^ "2005 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  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.
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  13. ^ 2007 V8 Series results Archived 3 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Todd Kelly.
  • 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 Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2005
(with Mark Skaife)
Succeeded by
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