Todd Kelly

Todd and Rick Kelly have unveiled one of the largest team sponsorship deals in Australian sport in Melbourne today with the iconic Jack Daniel's brand re-signing with Kelly Racing.
The extension of the relationship will see the Kelly brothers race in the colours of Jack Daniel's Racing well into the future as the pair aims to take their one-year-old team to the very front of the V8 Supercars field.

Team co-owner and Jack Daniel's Racing driver Todd Kelly said that he and the entire team enjoyed a special relationship with Jack Daniel's.

"The relationship that we've built with Jack Daniel's has been awesome," said Todd Kelly.

"To have a sponsor that is so involved with the team and is not just a sponsor, but a friend, is great for us."

"Having Jack Daniel's confirmed is fantastic. It gives us real security and stability and that's incredibly important when you are building a team.

Jack Daniel's Racing has its sights set on a big season in 2010 as brothers Todd and Rick Kelly seek to take their team to the next level in the ultra-competitive V8 Supercar Championship Series.
Rick Kelly, driver of the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Commodore, has used the off-season break to assess his goals for the new season.

Kelly, who recently turned 27, has set himself the goal of winning a second V8 Supercar championship crown in 2010.

"It's a very different approach in 2010 compared to 2009 in terms of how we will go about our racing and it's exciting to build up to this point after only one year and go 'right, let's hit it hard'," said Rick Kelly.

"When we set our goals for this year, I was sitting at the farm back home in Mildura and I thought to myself 'what should I aim for this year? Third place in the championship in our second year?' But I don't think it's worth doing that.

Bathurst winning brothers and Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates Todd and Rick Kelly have ambitious goals for the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
The pair will remain actively involved in the day-to-day running of Kelly Racing in its second year of operation in 2010, but admit that they will focus more intently on driving duties this season now that their four-car V8 Supercar team is well established.

Rick Kelly, driver of the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Commodore, says that he has never been fitter, more focused or more determined than he is right now, with the first race of the season just weeks away.

"It was great to get the team to the level that we did in our first year and compete for podiums," said Rick Kelly.

"It was a good achievement but we can't just do that this year. We've all been hell bent on getting to a point where we are ready to win races. We think we are at that point now.

Jack Daniel's Racing drivers Todd and Rick Kelly have both failed to finish the final race of the Sydney Telstra 500 at the brand new Sydney Olympic Park street circuit in New South Wales today.
The double DNF was an unfortunate end to a stellar first year of Kelly Racing, which opened its doors in March and scored three podiums in its first season in a strong final phase of the 2009 season.

After qualifying third earlier today, Rick Kelly made a strong start to today's 74-lap race aboard the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore to quickly move into second place.

But the dual Bathurst winner was one of many drivers caught out by the treacherous Turn 8, first making contact with the tyre wall on the exit of the corner on lap 10 and then spearing into the same tyres on lap 12, ending his day with suspension damage.

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Todd Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
QUESTION: The crash today was not ideal but the crew did another great job to fix the car in time for you to do some laps in Meeting Rides.

"We were tracking along pretty well until we hit the fence and it's a shame that it ended our day short, because the track obviously kept getting more and more rubber on it as people put better and better tyres on.

"It's certainly going to make it a bit harder to go straight into qualifying now but we're confident that we had a reasonably good car.

"Hopefully people haven't made too many improvements - we'll certainly find out tomorrow."

Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates Todd and Rick Kelly are looking to end the first season of their V8 Supercar team on a high at the Sydney Telstra 500 on the streets of Homebush this weekend.
The Bathurst-winning brothers will hit Sydney for the 14th and final event of this year's V8 Supercar Championship Series following a year of hard work and encouraging progress for Kelly Racing, which opened its doors in March.

Todd Kelly will drive the team's spare car in Sydney, following a heavy crash at the Bigpond 300 in Perth two weeks ago.

Kelly's #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore sustained extensive left-hand-side damage and as a result the 30-year-old will now drive Chassis PE045, with the Jack Daniel's Racing crew working around the clock to prepare the car.

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