Todd Kelly

Jason Bargwanna and Rick Kelly have topped the time sheets at the first official test day of the 2010 V8 Supercar season at Winton Motor Raceway in rural Victoria today.
Bargwanna's best time aboard the #11 Rock Holden Commodore was under the V8 Supercar lap record for the 3.0-kilometre circuit, giving him the fastest time for the day in his first full-blown hit-out for Kelly Racing.

Second fastest was Rick Kelly aboard his Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, making it a fantastic day for the squad.

Both Bargwanna and Kelly stuck to their own testing schedules throughout the day, each saving their best set of tyres for the final stages of proceedings to rocket to the top of the timesheets.

Todd Kelly was also pleased with his efforts today, turning his first laps in a brand new Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore at Winton today.

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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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