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Jun21

RICK KELLY GRABS 4TH PLACE IN DARWIN

rgp_hiddenvalley09_au3h42021Rick Kelly has delivered Jack Daniel's Racing its fourth top five finish for the season, but that elusive first podium for 2009 has slipped through Kelly's fingers in the final race of the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin today.
Kelly ran second for the majority of today's race, on-track for the first podium finish for the new Kelly Racing operation, only for a late and controversial Safety Car called for the stalled car of Tim Slade to bunch the pack and slash the significant gap that Kelly had established between himself and third placed Garth Tander.

Kelly was unable to hold onto second once the race was restarted with nine laps remaining, with Craig Lowndes pushing Kelly wide onto the grass shortly after the restart and Alex Davison taking advantage of his soft tyres to pass Kelly's #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore with four laps to go.

In the end, Kelly was able to withstand a challenge from Tander to hold onto fourth, equalling his best finish for the season, following a solid ninth place in qualifying earlier in the day.

Kelly rises one spot in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series standings, passing Mark Winterbottom to again lie in seventh place on the points table after 10 of 26 races.

Jack Daniel's Racing team-mate Todd Kelly qualified in fourth position earlier in qualifying, his third consecutive top five qualifying performance.

The 29-year-old made a solid start to today's 69-lap race but his #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore soon developed an engine misfire.

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Jun20

TODD KELLY 5TH IN DARWN

rgp_hiddenvalley09_au3h0655Todd Kelly has delivered Jack Daniel's Racing its third top five finish of the 2009 season with fifth place in the opening race of the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin today.
Kelly had a consistent day aboard the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, qualifying fifth in the Top 10 Shootout earlier in the day before netting the new operation's ninth top 10 finish of the year.

Kelly, who was second fastest in qualifying prior to the shootout, started today's 34-lap race on the soft ‘option' tyres before switching to the control tyre at his pit stop on lap 16.

The result moved the 29-year-old up two spots in the V8 Supercar Championship Series standings into 20th position. 

Rick Kelly qualified in 18th position aboard his #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, opting to save his softer ‘option' tyres for tomorrow's race.

As a result, Kelly was one of the highest finishing cars in today's race that completed the journey without using the faster soft tyre, keeping that ace up his sleeve for tomorrow.

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Jun19

RICK AND TODD KELLY RIGHT ON THE PACE IN DARWIN

rgp_hiddenvalley09_au3h1307Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates Rick and Todd Kelly are both right on the pace with the fifth and eighth fastest times respectively in practice for the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley in Darwin today.
Todd Kelly was fastest in Part A and Part B of practice at the 2.9-kilometre circuit today aboard the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, ending the day with eighth fastest time overall.

Crucially for Todd Kelly, he did not use an additional set of tyres in Part C of practice, saving them for qualifying later in the weekend.

Rick Kelly used Part B of practice to work on car set-up options for the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, before hitting the top of the timesheets part way through Part C of practice as the first driver to break into the one minute and nine seconds time bracket.

Rick Kelly, who finished the day as fifth fastest, is confident ahead of tomorrow's elimination qualifying and 34-lap race, but did flag the idea of allowing each car a set of dedicated, new practice tyres at each event.

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Jun05

TASMANIA REVIEW AND SKI RACING LONG WEEKEND

Although we didn't bring home any trophies from Tassie, it was definately the most promising weekend we have had so far this year.

If a few things had of fallen into place we could have seen both Jack Daniels cars on the podium.  The guys have all worked extremely hard on the performance areas of the cars and we are really starting to get somewhere with our pace and consistency.

It was especially great for the team to have the #7 car on the front row of the grid in race 2 and car #15 break the lap record.

Preparations are going to plan for Darwin and I am really looking forward to some warmer weather!

This weekend I am heading to Berri for the SA ski racing titles.

The outboard that Rick and I usually race is in bits at the moment so we are borrowing Dad's 6 litre inboard.  We will be competing in 3 out of the 6 races over the weekend.  I must admit I am not looking forward to jumping in the freezing cold Murray River however a long weekend away will be fantastic.

I will update the website early next week and let you know how we went.

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Hope you all enjoy you're weekend too.

All the best,

TK   

 
May31

KELLYS SHOW PODIUM PACE IN TASMANIA

rgp_falken400_tas09_ha4s8352Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates Todd and Rick Kelly have both shown that they have what it takes to score podium results in 2009 on a day of sensational speed but no reward for the pair at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania today.
The brothers, who are racing as full-time team-mates for the first time as part of the new Kelly Racing operation this year, both showed that their new outfit, in only its fourth championship event, has the pace to match the front-runners.

Todd Kelly qualified in second position this morning, his best qualifying performance since the Oran Park in 2007 to earn the best starting position for Jack Daniel's Racing this season.

Todd Kelly grabbed the lead momentarily on the opening lap aboard the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, before settling into second position.

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May30

TODD KELLY FIFTH WHILE RICK SMASHES LAP RECORD IN TASMANIA

Jack Daniel's Racing driver Todd Kelly has scored his first top five finish of the season with a strong drive to fifth place in the first race of the Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston today.
Kelly, a race winner in Tasmania last year, qualified his #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore in 11th position but used a combination of strategy and strong car pace to move up into the top five.

The 29-year-old entered pit lane at the end of the first lap to complete his compulsory 50-litre fuel stop but elected to keep his soft tyres fitted for the entire 42-lap race.

The decision paid off and Kelly, who also survived a door-rubbing clash with James Courtney down the back straight, progressively moved up the order to grab fifth place, his third top 10 finish this season. The finish lifted Kelly four spots in the points into 19th place in the standings.

Meanwhile Rick Kelly smashed the Symmons Plains Raceway V8 Supercar lap record with a 51.4713 second time on lap six of today's race. The previous mark, set in 2005 by Steven Richards, was 52.0170 seconds.

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May30

POSITIVE START IN TASMANIA FOR JACK DANIEL'S RACING

rgp_falken400_tas09_rt4o1680In practice today both Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodores faired well, with Todd Kelly 10th fastest in Rick Kelly finishing the day in 14th position on the timesheets after the two major segments of practice held today.

Todd Kelly, who won the Saturday race at the 2.4-kilometre circuit last year, was also able to participate in the first segment of practice, allocated for rookie drivers, endurance event co-drivers and those outside the top 15 in the championship standings.

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POS NAME POINTS
1 Jamie Wincup 1272
2 Will Davison 1128
3 Garth Tander 954
4 Craig Lowndes 906
5 Lee Holdsworth 897
6 Steven Johnson 873
7 Rick Kelly 807
8 Mark Winterbottom 765
9 Shane Van Gisbergen 729
10 Russell Ingall 728
20 Todd Kelly 495