Kelly Racing

Kelly Grove Racing
Team PrincipalRick and Todd Kelly, Brenton Grove
Debut2009
Final Season2021
Round wins1
Pole positions6
2020 position9th (2760 pts)

Kelly Racing (formerly known as Kelly Grove Racing and Nissan Motorsport) is an Australian motor racing team which competes in the Dunlop Super2 Series. It formerly competed in the Supercars Championship from 2009 to 2021. The team made its debut in 2009, and raced Holden VE Commodores until the end of the 2012 season. In 2013, the team switched to competing with Nissan Altimas, and was rebranded Nissan Motorsport.

Following the Nissan sponsorship concluding, the team was rebranded back to Kelly Racing in 2019. For 2020 Kelly Racing campaigned two Ford Mustang GTs in the championship. The team is based in the Melbourne suburb of Braeside. The team's current drivers are Andre Heimgartner and David Reynolds.

In 2019 the team expanded into the new TCR Australia Touring Car Series, running another four cars, a pair each of Opel Astra TCRs branded as Holden Astras and Subaru WRX STI TCRs. In 2021, the team was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing after the Grove Group bought a majority shareholding in the team.

Former Kelly Racing logo
Former Nismo logo

Introduction

Despite some initial hurdles,[1] the team was formed in 2009,[2] after several months of preparation. The two sons of the owners, Rick and Todd were lead drivers for 2009, with sponsorship from Jack Daniel's. Jack Perkins and Dale Wood (though later replaced by Mark McNally), were confirmed as drivers of the third and fourth Kelly Racing entries.

Formation

After a troubled relationship with Tom Walkinshaw, with whom they formed the HSV Dealer Team, team principals John and Margaret Kelly took their two V8 Supercar Racing Entitlement Contracts (RECs) to set up Kelly Racing, forcing Walkinshaw to find other RECs to run his second team in the championship.

With a decision by Holden to reduce support for most teams running their Commodore product in the series for 2009,[3] along with the impending economic crisis,[4] Larry Perkins chose to scale back his involvement in the sport through his Perkins Engineering team at the end of 2008. A deal was concluded that saw Perkins Engineering sell much of its hardware including cars to the new team, as well as provide engineering services with the functions gradually to be transferred to Kelly Racing. Many of the former Perkins Engineering transferred to Kelly Racing. Perkins also retained ownership of his RECs and was thus the entrant for the team's third and fourth cars.

Racing numbers were swapped so that the Kelly owned licences could make use of the #7 racing number, to suit major sponsor Jack Daniel's and their "Old Number 7" brand. This sponsorship had been carried over from Perkins Engineering, where Todd Kelly was previously using the #7 racing number.

2009

The new team had its track debut at Winton Raceway on 3 March 2009, running the allowed 20-lap shakedown test for newly constructed cars in the V8 Supercar category,[2] which was declared a success by both Todd and Rick. Following this initial shakedown, the team appeared at the official category test day at the same circuit on 9 March 2009, where all four cars appeared.[5][6]

The team's first race was the 2009 Clipsal 500. The two Kelly brothers finished in the top ten in the first race,[7] Todd in 7th and Rick in 10th, after starting 24th and 17th respectively.[8] Wood, who did not set a qualifying time after a crash in practice, finished 14th after starting from pitlane. Perkins failed to finish due to badly damaged steering caused by brushing the wall. Rick was the only one of the four drivers to finish the second race, again in 10th place.[9] Todd Kelly and Jack Perkins both inflicted steering damage from contact with other cars while Dale Wood spun into the wall. The team left the weekend with Rick Kelly 8th in the championship standings, Todd Kelly in 16th, Dale Wood in 24th and Jack Perkins in 30th.[10] Todd made the following comment on the team's first weekend: "Getting an event under our belt, we've now got pages and pages of things we need to address and improve on. This is our first race as a brand new team so given that, I think the weekend wasn't too bad."

Todd and Rick achieved numerous top ten results as the season went on, the best being Rick's 4th places at Winton and Hidden Valley, while Perkins and Wood struggled. Wood was replaced by Mark McNally from the Townsville round onwards.

Todd and Rick teamed up in the #7 car for the endurances races at Phillip Island and Bathurst with Nathan Pretty and Ben Collins driving the #15 car. Dale Wood returned to the driving seat to partner Jack Perkins in the #11 car while Tony Ricciardello joined Mark McNally in the #16 car. The Kelly brothers finished fifth in the L&H 500 after Todd won one of the qualifying races.[11] Bet 24/7 came on board as major sponsor for the #11 car before Bathurst, with Perkins and Wood running #247 for the Bathurst weekend. Todd and Rick Kelly were running in second place with only a handful of laps to go in the Bathurst 1000, but a damaged rear wing and a late safety car led to the brothers finishing in eighth place.[12]

Perkins reverted to #11 for the remainder of the season. The team scored its first podium finish at the Island 300, which turned out to be the first in a hat-trick of podiums for the team, with Rick finishing third and second at Phillip Island and Todd finishing second in race one at Barbagallo. The final championship standings saw Rick Kelly finish in eighth, Todd Kelly in 18th, Jack Perkins in 26th, Dale Wood in 29th and Mark McNally in 30th. Jack Daniel's Racing (#7 and #15) finished sixth in teams' championship with Kelly Racing (#11 and #16) in 13th and last of the two car teams.

2010

In 2010 Jason Bargwanna and Tony Ricciardello joined the team.

Rick took the team's first pole position at Winton but did not manage a win. Only one podium result came out of 2010, Rick finishing third in the rain-affected first race of the Sydney 500.

For the endurance races, Rick and Todd were not allowed to pair up due to new regulations regarding endurance co-drivers. Owen Kelly, of no relation to the two brothers, joined Rick in the #15 car while Dale Wood drove with Todd. Ricciardello was partnered by Taz Douglas while two-time Australian touring car champion Glenn Seton partnered Bargwanna. Rick and Owen had a strong run at the Phillip Island 500, finishing fourth after needing to conserve fuel at the end of the race, while the other three cars all finished outside the top fifteen. The team had a disappointing Bathurst, with none of the cars finishing in the top ten, the best result 16th place for Rick and Owen.

The team hired Scott Dixon and Alex Tagliani as its international drivers for the Gold Coast 600, Dixon driving with Todd Kelly and Tagliani with Bargwanna. Owen Kelly remained with Rick and Wood moved into the #16 car with Ricciardello. It proved to be another average weekend, with Rick and Owen again providing the best result, a sixth place in race two.

The final championship standings saw Rick and Todd repeat their 2009 efforts, finishing eighth and 18th respectively. Bargwanna ended up 24th and Ricciardello was 26th. Jack Daniel's Racing was fifth in the teams' championship and Kelly Racing was 11th.

2011

The Jack Daniel's Racing drivers remained the same for 2011, but two new drivers were hired for Kelly Racing, Greg Murphy[13] and David Reynolds.[14]

2011 was the team's most successful season to date. Rick Kelly scored the team's first race win in wet conditions at the Hamilton 400.[15] Todd made it an extra special day by finishing in third place despite having a broken windscreen wiper. Rick won a further two races, with a win in Darwin at Hidden Valley and a win at Sandown later in the season, placing 6th in the championship. Todd for a third year straight placed 18th in the series, Reynolds impressed on his return to V8 Supercars, with numerous top ten qualifying efforts and two top five race results, eventually placing 19th. Murphy placed a respectable 13th in the Pepsi Max Holden.

For the endurance races, the team signed David Russell, Allan Simonsen, Owen Kelly and Tim Blanchard to drive with the team, with Russell joining Todd in Car #7, Simonsen joining Murphy in car #11, Owen Kelly joining Rick in #15 and Blanchard pairing up with Reynolds in #16. For the Gold Coast 600, the team signed Richard Westbrook to drive with Todd, Oliver Gavin to drive with Murphy, Jörg Bergmeister to drive with Rick and Alex Tagliani to join Reynolds. At Phillip Island, all cars finished in the top 15, with car #16 the best in 6th. At Bathurst, a fifth car was entered, the #77 Shannons-Mars Racing Commodore, with Grant Denyer and Cameron Waters driving the car. Car #11 claimed Pole position, with #16 qualifying in 4th, the Jack Daniels cars qualified in 16th and 19th, car #77 qualified 29th and Last. Murphy and Simonsen eventually finished 11 seconds behind the winners in 3rd position, with car #16 finishing in 19th, Car #15 placing 22nd and Car #7 placing 24th, some 7 laps down on Murphy and Simonsen, the fifth car of Denyer and Waters did not finish.

2012

2012 started with the announcement that they would switch to Nissan for 2013 making them the first team to change manufacturers for the new regulations.

Rebirth as Nissan Motorsport

Rick Kelly driving for the team in 2013.
James Moffat driving for the team in 2013.
The Nissan Altimas of Michael Caruso and James Moffat at the 2015 Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint.
The Nissan Altima of Michael Caruso at the 2018 Adelaide 500

2013

In January 2013 the RECs of Larry Perkins were purchased for the third and fourth entries.[16] For 2013 the team was rebranded as Nissan Motorsport. Michael Caruso and James Moffat were recruited to drive the third and fourth entries.

2014

All four drivers continued with the team in 2014. After the 2014 Season, Norton ended their title sponsorship of the Moffat and Caruso entries.

2015

For 2015, the Norton inspired race numbers, #36 and #360, were replaced, with Caruso changing to Nissan's traditional #23 (a wordplay on the marque itself, "ni" meaning two and "san" meaning three) and Moffat to #99. Jack Daniels also downsized their sponsorship to just the #15 car of Rick Kelly, with Carsales replacing Jack Daniels on the #7 car of Todd Kelly.

2016

Moffat left the team at the end of 2015 with Dale Wood returning to the team.[17] Caruso won a race for the team at Hidden Valley. The Team also ran a fifth entry in the Bathurst 1000, with Renee Gracie and Simona de Silvestro driving the #360 Harvey Norman Supergirls Altima. The entry placed 14th.

2017

In 2017, Dale Wood was replaced by Simona de Silvestro.[18] Todd Kelly, Rick Kelly and Michael Caruso remained with the team.

2018

For 2018, Todd Kelly retired and was replaced by Andre Heimgartner. Rick Kelly, Michael Caruso and Simona de Silvestro continued with the team.

Rebirth as Kelly Racing

2019

Following the termination of Nissan's sponsorship, in 2019 the team resumed operating under the Kelly Racing brand.[19] The team will continue to compete with the Nissan Altima under licence from the company.[20][21]

2020

In 2020 the team scaled back to two cars and switched to running Ford Mustang GTs.[22] The surplus RECs were sold to Team 18 and Matt Stone Racing.

Rebirth as Kelly Grove Racing

2021

The team was rebranded as Kelly Grove Racing, after the Grove Group bought a 50% shareholding.[23][24]

Rick Kelly announced his retirement at the end of 2020, he was replaced by David Reynolds who returned to the team. Reynolds brought sponsorship from Penrite, with the car changing to #26 (representing 1926, the year in which Penrite was founded)[25] and his Race Engineer Alistair McVean. Andre Heimgartner continued with the team in car #7.

2022

In 2022, Grove Group will take 100% ownership with the team rebranded Grove Racing. Neither Kelly will continue their involvement with the team.[26]

Results

Car No. 3 results

Year Driver No. Make 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 40 Position Pts
2009 Jack Perkins 11 Holden ADE
R1
Ret
ADE
R2
Ret
HAM
R3
19
HAM
R4
17
WIN
R5
19
WIN
R6
19
SYM
R7
21
SYM
R8
21
HDV
R9
Ret
HDV
R10
24
TOW
R11
18
TOW
R12
22
SAN
R13
13
SAN
R14
Ret
QLD
R15
23
QLD
R16
26
PHI
R17
14
BAT
R18
14
SUR
R19
14
SUR
R20
15
SUR
R21
Ret
SUR
R22
18
PHI
R23
25
PHI
R24
23
BAR
R25
26
BAR
R26
24
SYD
R27
Ret
SYD
R28
Ret
26th 993
2010 Jason Bargwanna YMC
R1
13
YMC
R2
15
BHR
R3
15
BHR
R4
14
ADE
R5
Ret
ADE
R6
24
HAM
R7
15
HAM
R8
9
QLD
R9
19
QLD
R10
Ret
WIN
R11
23
WIN
R12
Ret
HDV
R13
19
HDV
R14
21
TOW
R15
22
TOW
R16
10
PHI
R17
20
BAT
R18
Ret
SUR
R19
11
SUR
R20
20
SYM
R21
Ret
SYM
R22
17
SAN
R23
17
SAN
R24
20
SYD
R25
9
SYD
R26
22
24th 1208
2011 Greg Murphy YMC
R1
21
YMC
R2
9
ADE
R3
18
ADE
R4
19
HAM
R5
8
HAM
R6
Ret
BAR
R7
15
BAR
R8
24
BAR
R9
10
WIN
R10
18
WIN
R11
11
HID
R12
12
HID
R13
22
TOW
R14
19
TOW
R15
20
QLD
R16
6
QLD
R17
7
QLD
R18
13
PHI
R19
11
BAT
R20
3
SUR
R21
6
SUR
R22
4
SYM
R23
Ret
SYM
R24
14
SAN
R25
Ret
SAN
R26
21
SYD
R27
16
SYD
R28
11
13th 1750
2012 Karl Reindler ADE
R1
20
ADE
R2
20
SYM
R3
23
SYM
R4
24
HAM
R5
Ret
HAM
R6
20
BAR
R7
23
BAR
R8
23
BAR
R9
17
PHI
R10
16
PHI
R11
23
HID
R12
17
HID
R13
Ret
TOW
R14
25
TOW
R15
22
QLD
R16
14
QLD
R17
21
SMP
R18
22
SMP
R19
25
SAN
R20
20
BAT
R21
19
SUR
R22
Ret
SUR
R23
DNS
YMC
R24
21
YMC
R25
21
YMC
R26
Ret
WIN
R27
21
WIN
R28
15
SYD
R29
7
SYD
R30
14
24th 1147
2013 Michael Caruso 36 Nissan ADE
R1
23
ADE
R2
Ret
SYM
R3
16
SYM
R4
19
SYM
R5
17
PUK
R6
13
PUK
R7
12
PUK
R8
14
PUK
R9
16
BAR
R10
11
BAR
R11
25
BAR
R12
Ret
COA
R13
20
COA
R14
15
COA
R15
15
COA
R16
24
HID
R17
10
HID
R18
21
HID
R19
11
TOW
R20
18
TOW
R21
22
QLD
R22
25
QLD
R23
24
QLD
R24
16
WIN
R25
2
WIN
R26
Ret
WIN
R27
Ret
SAN
R28
20
BAT
R29
25
SUR
R30
Ret
SUR
R31
10
PHI
R32
10
PHI
R33
Ret
PHI
R34
Ret
SYD
R35
7
SYD
R36
19
23rd 1233
2014 ADE
R1
18
ADE
R2
8
ADE
R3
14
SYM
R4
21
SYM
R5
14
SYM
R6
19
WIN
R7
19
WIN
R8
17
WIN
R9
8
PUK
R10
17
PUK
R11
20
PUK
R12
13
PUK
R13
5
BAR
R14
20
BAR
R15
15
BAR
R16
10
HID
R17
12
HID
R18
10
HID
R19
13
TOW
R20
10
TOW
R21
Ret
TOW
R22
11
QLD
R23
13
QLD
R24
24
QLD
R25
8
SMP
R26
5
SMP
R27
20
SMP
R28
8
SAN
R29
18
BAT
R30
15
SUR
R31
5
SUR
R32
3
PHI
R33
5
PHI
R34
7
PHI
R35
9
SYD
R36
22
SYD
R37
8
SYD
R38
Ret
10th 1939

Car No. 7 results

Year Driver No. Make 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 40 Position Pts
2018 Andre Heimgartner 7 Nissan ADE
R1
17
ADE
R2
25
MEL
R3
18
MEL
R4
16
MEL
R5
21
MEL
R6
14
SYM
R7
17
SYM
R8
19
PHI
R9
15
PHI
R10
14
BAR
R11
25
BAR
R12
8
WIN
R13
16
WIN
R14
11
HID
R15
16
HID
R16
16
TOW
R17
12
TOW
R18
11
QLD
R19
15
QLD
R20
14
SMP
R21
24
BEN
R22
19
BEN
R23
Ret
SAN
QR
6
SAN
R24
14
BAT
R25
16
SUR
R26
19
SUR
R27
C
PUK
R28
18
PUK
R29
8
NEW
R30
8
NEW
R31
6
17th 1775
2019 ADE
R1
13
ADE
R2
13
MEL
R3
15
MEL
R4
18
MEL
R5
9
MEL
R6
14
SYM
R7
18
SYM
R8
17
PHI
R9
3
PHI
R10
13
BAR
R11
17
BAR
R12
23
WIN
R13
8
WIN
R14
11
HID
R15
16
HID
R16
11
TOW
R17
12
TOW
R18
18
QLD
R19
12
QLD
R20
7
BEN
R21
5
BEN
R22
20
PUK
R23
8
PUK
R24
19
BAT
R25
Ret
SUR
R26
Ret
SUR
R27
21
SAN
QR
2
SAN
R28
8
NEW
R29
21
NEW
R30
12
16th 1875
2020 Ford ADE
R1
11
ADE
R2
10
MEL
R3
C
MEL
R4
C
MEL
R5
C
MEL
R6
C
SMP1
R7
15
SMP1
R8
10
SMP1
R9
15
SMP2
R10
17
SMP2
R11
12
SMP2
R12
2
HID1
R13
9
HID1
R14
10
HID1
R15
16
HID2
R16
15
HID2
R17
10
HID2
R18
8
TOW1
R19
Ret
TOW1
R20
14
TOW1
R21
15
TOW2
R22
18
TOW2
R23
24
TOW2
R24
17
BEN1
R25
4
BEN1
R26
2
BEN1
R27
7
BEN2
R28
14
BEN2
R29
10
BEN2
R30
14
BAT
R31
11
14th 1444
2021 BAT
R1
15
BAT
R2
9
SAN
R3
8
SAN
R4
5
SAN
R5
11
SYM
R6
22
SYM
R7
10
SYM
R8
22
BEN
R9
1
BEN
R10
7
BEN
R11
10
HID
R12
15
HID
R13
17
HID
R14
Ret
TOW1
R15
12
TOW1
R16
12
TOW2
R17
19
TOW2
R18
20
TOW2
R19
15
SYD1
R20
15
SYD1
R21
8
SYD1
R22
13
SYD2
R23
Ret
SYD2
R24
7
SYD2
R25
10
SYD3
R26
10
SYD3
R27
16
SYD3
R29
24
SYD4
R29
15
SYD4
R30
C
BAT
R31
NC
17th 1394

Car No. 26 results

Year Driver No. Make 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 40 Position Pts
2009 Rick Kelly 15 Holden ADE
R1
10
ADE
R2
10
HAM
R3
7
HAM
R4
14
WIN
R5
4
WIN
R6
7
SYM
R7

11
SYM
R8
27
HDV
R9
15
HDV
R10
4
TOW
R11
7
TOW
R12
Ret
SAN
R13
24
SAN
R14
13
QLD
R15
14
QLD
R16
10
PHI
QR
30
PHI
R17
5
BAT
R18
8
SUR
R19
12
SUR
R20
9
SUR
R21
20
SUR
R22
9
PHI
R23
3
PHI
R24
2
BAR
R25
7
BAR
R26
16
SYD
R27
9
SYD
R28
Ret
8th 2162
2010 YMC
R1
10
YMC
R2
4
BHR
R3
9
BHR
R4
4
ADE
R5
23
ADE
R6
6
HAM
R7
8
HAM
R8
6
QLD
R9
8
QLD
R10
7
WIN
R11
18
WIN
R12

4
HDV
R13
14
HDV
R14
9
TOW
R15
15
TOW
R16
13
PHI
QR

1
PHI
R17

4
BAT
R18
16
SUR
R19
14
SUR
R20
6
SYM
R21
14
SYM
R22
25
SAN
R23
7
SAN
R24
8
SYD
R25
3
SYD
R26
7
8th 2347
2011 YMC
R1
13
YMC
R2
19
ADE
R3
12
ADE
R4
2
HAM
R5
1
HAM
R6

6
BAR
R7
9
BAR
R8
16
BAR
R9
12
WIN
R10
4
WIN
R11
17
HID
R12
1
HID
R13
20
TOW
R14
7
TOW
R15
13
QLD
R16
4
QLD
R17
4
QLD
R18
17
PHI
QR
6
PHI
R19
8
BAT
R20
22
SUR
R21
7
SUR
R22
5
SYM
R23
14
SYM
R24
12
SAN
R25

1
SAN
R26
9
SYD
R27
10
SYD
R28
12
6th 2358
2012 ADE
R1
7
ADE
R2
11
SYM
R3
19
SYM
R4
16
HAM
R5
5
HAM
R6
12
BAR
R7
9
BAR
R8
20
BAR
R9
19
PHI
R10
6
PHI
R11
Ret
HID
R12
Ret
HID
R13
23
TOW
R14
8
TOW
R15
20
QLD
R16
12
QLD
R17
25
SMP
R18
17
SMP
R19
15
SAN
QR
6
SAN
R20
12
BAT
R21
15
SUR
R22
8
SUR
R23
11
YMC
R24
27
YMC
R25
12
YMC
R26
9
WIN
R27
13
WIN
R28
19
SYD
R29
6
SYD
R30
11
14th 1894
2013 Nissan ADE
R1
11
ADE
R2
14
SYM
R3
20
SYM
R4
23
SYM
R5
16
PUK
R6
12
PUK
R7
7
PUK
R8
10
PUK
R9
15
BAR
R10
26
BAR
R11
16
BAR
R12
18
COA
R13
6
COA
R14
8
COA
R15
9
COA
R16
8
HID
R17
5
HID
R18
25
HID
R19
12
TOW
R20
12
TOW
R21
20
QLD
R22
13
QLD
R23
21
QLD
R24
9
WIN
R25
14
WIN
R26
22
WIN
R27
Ret
SAN
QR
21
SAN
R28
16
BAT
R29
19
SUR
R30
11
SUR
R31
6
PHI
R32
20
PHI
R33
13
PHI
R34
8
SYD
R35
9
SYD
R36
18
14th 1754
2014 ADE
R1
6
ADE
R2
11
ADE
R3
5
SYM
R4
Ret
SYM
R5
24
SYM
R6
20
WIN
R7
20
WIN
R8
18
WIN
R9
14
PUK
R10
20
PUK
R11
17
PUK
R12
15
PUK
R13
8
BAR
R14
19
BAR
R15
22
BAR
R16
14
HID
R17
17
HID
R18
22
HID
R19
9
TOW
R20
14
TOW
R21
19
TOW
R22
18
QLD
R23
11
QLD
R24
5
QLD
R25
15
SMP
R26
6
SMP
R27
9
SMP
R28
14
SAN
QR
14
SAN
R29
13
BAT
R30
8
SUR
R31
19
SUR
R32
9
PHI
R33
8
PHI
R34
8
PHI
R35
11
SYD
R36
5
SYD
R37
14
SYD
R38
7
13th 1921
2015 ADE
R1
15
ADE
R2
6
ADE
R3
7
SYM
R4
14
SYM
R5
16
SYM
R6
14
BAR
R7
9
BAR
R8
8
BAR
R9

20
WIN
R10
7
WIN
R11
2
WIN
R12

11
HID
R13
3
HID
R14

21
HID
R15

13
TOW
R16
16
TOW
R17
16
QLD
R18
16
QLD
R19
13
QLD
R20
17
SMP
R21
6
SMP
R22
12
SMP
R23
15
SAN
QR
14
SAN
R24
10
BAT
R25
16
SUR
R26
9
SUR
R27
2
PUK
R28
14
PUK
R29
11
PUK
R30
17
PHI
R31
17
PHI
R32
8
PHI
R33
6
SYD
R34
7
SYD
R35
8
SYD
R36
3
9th 2154
2016 ADE
R1
9
ADE
R2
13
ADE
R3
7
SYM
R4
4
SYM
R5
Ret
PHI
R6
14
PHI
R7
11
BAR
R8
9
BAR
R9
5
WIN
R10
4
WIN
R11
15
HID
R12
15
HID
R13
15
TOW
R14
21
TOW
R15
12
QLD
R16
8
QLD
R17
14
SMP
R18
9
SMP
R19
11
SAN
QR
14
SAN
R20
10
BAT
R21
Ret
SUR
R22
21
SUR
R23
17
PUK
R24
7
PUK
R25
12
PUK
R26
9
PUK
R27
24
SYD
R28
6
SYD
R29
Ret
13th 1835
2017 ADE
R1
5
ADE
R2
17
SYM
R3
Ret
SYM
R4
DNS
PHI
R5
16
PHI
R6
9
BAR
R7
14
BAR
R8
15
WIN
R9
15
WIN
R10
14
HID
R11

Ret
HID
R12
10
TOW
R13
17
TOW
R14
12
QLD
R15
8
QLD
R16
13
SMP
R17
11
SMP
R18
20
SAN
QR
13
SAN
R19
14
BAT
R20
13
SUR
R21
10
SUR
R22
11
PUK
R23
11
PUK
R24
12
NEW
R25
10
NEW
R26
4
14th 1773
2018 ADE
R1
23
ADE
R2
14
MEL
R3
17
MEL
R4
13
MEL
R5
17
MEL
R6
Ret
SYM
R7
15
SYM
R8
11
PHI
R9
2
PHI
R10
3
BAR
R11
14
BAR
R12
10
WIN
R13
1
WIN
R14
4
HID
R15
6
HID
R16
5
TOW
R17
15
TOW
R18
7
QLD
R19
13
QLD
R20
9
SMP
R21
6
BEN
R22
2
BEN
R23
17
SAN
QR
16
SAN
R24
8
BAT
R25
11
SUR
R26
22
SUR
R27
C
PUK
R28
16
PUK
R29
22
NEW
R30
9
NEW
R31
17
8th 2515
2019 ADE
R1
11
ADE
R2
24
MEL
R3
22
MEL
R4
16
MEL
R5
16
MEL
R6
19
SYM
R7
17
SYM
R8
15
PHI
R9
7
PHI
R10
8
BAR
R11
15
BAR
R12
20
WIN
R13
14
WIN
R14
Ret
HID
R15
21
HID
R16
16
TOW
R17
17
TOW
R18
6
QLD
R19
16
QLD
R20
8
BEN
R21
23
BEN
R22
11
PUK
R23
19
PUK
R24
11
BAT
R25
8
SUR
R26
10
SUR
R27
14
SAN
QR
17
SAN
R28
22
NEW
R29
13
NEW
R30
19
17th 1820
2020 Ford ADE
R1
9
ADE
R2
13
MEL
R3
C
MEL
R4
C
MEL
R5
C
MEL
R6
C
SMP1
R7
14
SMP1
R8
19
SMP1
R9
17
SMP2
R10
18
SMP2
R11
6
SMP2
R12
17
HID1
R13
15
HID1
R14
13
HID1
R15
10
HID2
R16
14
HID2
R17
11
HID2
R18
22
TOW1
R19
17
TOW1
R20
20
TOW1
R21
14
TOW2
R22
11
TOW2
R23
11
TOW2
R24
16
BEN1
R25
6
BEN1
R26
6
BEN1
R27
8
BEN2
R28
23
BEN2
R29
9
BEN2
R30
15
BAT
R31
17
16th 1316
2021 David Reynolds 26 BAT
R1
9
BAT
R2
11
SAN
R3
11
SAN
R4
22
SAN
R5
3
SYM
R6
16
SYM
R7
8
SYM
R8
8
BEN
R9
BEN
R10
BEN
R11
WIN
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
TOW
R18
TOW
R19
SMP
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
BAR
R23
BAR
R24
BAR
R25
BAT
R26
PUK
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
SUR
R30
SUR
R31
8th* 156*

Car No. 78 results

Year Driver No. Make 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 40 Position Pts
2011 David Reynolds 16 Holden YMC
R1
17
YMC
R2
4
ADE
R3
22
ADE
R4
14
HAM
R5
24
HAM
R6
20
BAR
R7
19
BAR
R8
20
BAR
R9
24
WIN
R10
22
WIN
R11
20
HID
R12
Ret
HID
R13
21
TOW
R14
24
TOW
R15
23
QLD
R16
18
QLD
R17
18
QLD
R18
5
PHI
Q
6
PHI
R19
6
BAT
R20
19
SUR
R21
19
SUR
R22
11
SYM
R23
22
SYM
R24
22
SAN
R25
18
SAN
R26
13
SYD
R27
13
SYD
R28
13
19th 1519
2012 Greg Murphy 51 ADE
R1
24
ADE
R2
DNS
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5
DNF
HAM
R6
17
BAR
R7
12
BAR
R8
16
BAR
R9
11
PHI
R10
24
PHI
R11
14
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q
26
SAN
R20
27
BAT
R21
13
SUR
R22
13
SUR
R23
20
YMC
R24
25
YMC
R25
27
YMC
R26
Ret
WIN
R27
Ret
WIN
R28
Ret
SYD
R29
Ret
SYD
R30
Ret
28th 649
David Russell ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
21
SYM
R4
Ret
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
Ret
HID
R13
Ret
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q
SAN
R20
BAT
R21
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
40th 311
Jacques Villeneuve ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
21
SYM
R4
Ret
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
Ret
TOW
R15
24
QLD
R16
24
QLD
R17
24
SMP
R18
24
SMP
R19
26
SAN
Q
SAN
R20
BAT
R21
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
NC 0
2013 James Moffat 360 Nissan ADE
R1
14
ADE
R2
13
SYM
R3
19
SYM
R4
20
SYM
R5
15
PUK
R6
22
PUK
R7
9
PUK
R8
13
PUK
R9
10
BAR
R10
10
BAR
R11
10
BAR
R12
8
COA
R13
16
COA
R14
10
COA
R15
17
COA
R16
14
HID
R17
15
HID
R18
23
HID
R19
Ret
TOW
R20
15
TOW
R21
14
QLD
R22
10
QLD
R23
23
QLD
R24
12
WIN
R25
1
WIN
R26
11
WIN
R27
8
SAN
QR
20
SAN
R28
26
BAT
R29
18
SUR
R30
Ret
SUR
R31
Ret
PHI
R32
Ret
PHI
R33
21
PHI
R34
7
SYD
R35
20
SYD
R36
Ret
18th 1448
2014 ADE
R1
20
ADE
R2
12
ADE
R3
9
SYM
R4
18
SYM
R5
12
SYM
R6
22
WIN
R7
18
WIN
R8
6
WIN
R9
9
PUK
R10
10
PUK
R11
15
PUK
R12
8
PUK
R13
16
BAR
R14
21
BAR
R15
21
BAR
R16
8
HID
R17
11
HID
R18
Ret
HID
R19
7
TOW
R20
21
TOW
R21
18
TOW
R22
16
QLD
R23
Ret
QLD
R24
13
QLD
R25
5
SMP
R26
12
SMP
R27
6
SMP
R28
4
SAN
QR
22
SAN
R29
Ret
BAT
R30
2
SUR
R31
13
SUR
R32
Ret
PHI
R33
18
PHI
R34
11
PHI
R35
18
SYD
R36
14
SYD
R37
17
SYD
R38
15
16th 1734
2015 ADE
R1
11
ADE
R2
7
ADE
R3
Ret
SYM
R4
12
SYM
R5
19
SYM
R6
22
BAR
R7
13
BAR
R8
20
BAR
R9
7
WIN
R10
17
WIN
R11
22
WIN
R12
19
HID
R13
4
HID
R14
11
HID
R15
14
TOW
R16
11
TOW
R17
17
QLD
R18

DSQ
QLD
R19

DSQ
QLD
R20
10
SMP
R21
12
SMP
R22
18
SMP
R23
Ret
SAN
QR
20
SAN
R24
18
BAT
R25
10
SUR
R26
10
SUR
R27
8
PUK
R28
11
PUK
R29
14
PUK
R30
14
PHI
R31
5
PHI
R32
14
PHI
R33
8
SYD
R34
24
SYD
R35
Ret
SYD
R36
16
18th 1643
2016 Dale Wood 96 ADE
R1
20
ADE
R2
18
ADE
R3
Ret
SYM
R4
22
SYM
R5
20
PHI
R6
20
PHI
R7
18
BAR
R8
18
BAR
R9
20
WIN
R10
14
WIN
R11
14
HID
R12
20
HID
R13
18
TOW
R14
23
TOW
R15
18
QLD
R16
17
QLD
R17
19
SMP
R18
15
SMP
R19
21
SAN
QR
20
SAN
R20
18
BAT
R21
9
SUR
R22
7
SUR
R23
22
PUK
R24
Ret
PUK
R25
21
PUK
R26
21
PUK
R27
18
SYD
R28
Ret
SYD
R29
Ret
22nd 1273
2017 Simona de Silvestro 78 ADE
R1
20
ADE
R2
23
SYM
R3
15
SYM
R4
15
PHI
R5
13
PHI
R6
13
BAR
R7
23
BAR
R8
25
WIN
R9
23
WIN
R10
20
HID
R11
20
HID
R12
28
TOW
R13
18
TOW
R14
23
QLD
R15
27
QLD
R16
19
SMP
R17
19
SMP
R18
23
SAN
Q
22
SAN
R19
18
BAT
R20
Ret
SUR
R21
16
SUR
R22
23
PUK
R23
18
PUK
R24
17
NEW
R25
20
NEW
R26
17
24th 1131
2018 ADE
R1
18
ADE
R2
18
MEL
R3
Ret
MEL
R4
23
MEL
R5
23
MEL
R6
16
SYM
R7
23
SYM
R8
21
PHI
R9
24
PHI
R10
22
BAR
R11
15
BAR
R12
12
WIN
R13
22
WIN
R14
23
HID
R15
22
HID
R16
17
TOW
R17
25
TOW
R18
22
QLD
R19
19
QLD
R20
20
SMP
R21
14
BEN
R22
23
BEN
R23
23
SAN
QR
22
SAN
R24
Ret
BAT
R25
14
SUR
R26
18
SUR
R27
C
PUK
R28
21
PUK
R29
18
NEW
R30
10
NEW
R31
24
23rd 1323
2019 ADE
R1
15
ADE
R2
16
MEL
R3
18
MEL
R4
19
MEL
R5
17
MEL
R6
21
SYM
R7
21
SYM
R8
21
PHI
R9
15
PHI
R10
18
BAR
R11
12
BAR
R12
12
WIN
R13
23
WIN
R14
23
HID
R15
19
HID
R16
20
TOW
R17
19
TOW
R18
10
QLD
R19
18
QLD
R20
19
BEN
R21
Ret
BEN
R22
22
PUK
R23
16
PUK
R24
7
BAT
R25
13
SUR
R26
21
SUR
R27
22
SAN
QR
12
SAN
R28
15
NEW
R29
19
NEW
R30
18
19th 1564

Bathurst 1000 results

Year No. Car Drivers Pos. Laps
2009 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Rick Kelly
8th 161
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Nathan Pretty
United Kingdom Ben Collins
20th 156
16 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Tony Ricciardello
Australia Mark McNally
17th 160
247 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Jack Perkins
Australia Dale Wood
14th 160
2010 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Dale Wood
20th 160
11 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Jason Bargwanna
Australia Glenn Seton
DNF 132
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Owen Kelly
16th 161
16 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Tony Ricciardello
Australia Taz Douglas
22nd 158
2011 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia David Russell
24th 154
11 Holden Commodore (VE) New Zealand Greg Murphy
Denmark Allan Simonsen
3rd 161
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Owen Kelly
22nd 159
16 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia David Reynolds
Australia Tim Blanchard
19th 161
77 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Grant Denyer
Australia Cameron Waters
DNF 95
2012 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Tim Blanchard
18th 161
11 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Karl Reindler
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
19th 161
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Russell
15th 161
23 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Cameron Waters
Australia Jesse Dixon
20th 158
51 Holden Commodore (VE) New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Owen Kelly
13th 161
2013 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia David Russell
DNF 20
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Karl Reindler
19th 161
300 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
25th 147
360 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia James Moffat
Australia Taz Douglas
18th 161
2014 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
7th 161
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Russell
8th 161
36 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
15th 158
360 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia James Moffat
Australia Taz Douglas
2nd 161
2015 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
20th 156
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Russell
16th 161
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
13th 161
99 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia James Moffat
Australia Taz Douglas
10th 161
2016 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Matt Campbell
DNF 157
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Russell Ingall
DNF 156
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
8th 161
96 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Dale Wood
Australia David Russell
9th 161
360 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia Renee Gracie
14th 159
2017 15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Wall
13th 159
20 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Jack Le Brocq
7th 161
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
6th 161
78 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia David Russell
DNF 152
2018 7 Nissan Altima (L33) New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Aaren Russell
16th 161
11 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Garry Jacobson
11th 161
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
DNF 69
78 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia Alex Rullo
14th 161
2019 3 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Garry Jacobson
Australia Dean Fiore
19th 159
7 Nissan Altima (L33) New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Bryce Fullwood
Ret 157
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Dale Wood
8th 161
78 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia Alex Rullo
13th 160
2020 7 Ford Mustang GT New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe
11th 161
15 Ford Mustang GT Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Dale Wood
17th 144
2021 7 Ford Mustang GT New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Matt Campbell
NC 159
26 Ford Mustang GT Australia David Reynolds
Australia Luke Youlden
11th 161
  • Wildcard Entries are listed in Italics

Supercars Championship drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in V8 Supercars, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team in an endurance race co-driver basis are listed in italics.

Super2 drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in Super2 Series, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team in an endurance race co-driver basis are listed in italics.

References

  1. ^ "Kelly Racing is far from a done deal". V8 Supercars Australia. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
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