Todd Kelly

Jack Daniel's Racing pairing Todd and Rick Kelly are pleased with the improvement they have found in practice for the L&H 500 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria today.
The brothers' #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore finished the day with the ninth fastest time on combined results, with the duo and Race Engineer David Swenson pleased with the speed found over the course of the day with various set-up work at the 4.446-kilometre circuit.

Endurance specialists Nathan Pretty and Ben Collins were 18th fastest on combined times aboard the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, an encouraging start for the pair.

British driver Collins compared the fast and flowing Phillip Island layout to the Thruxton and Oulton Park circuits in his homeland, while Pretty used today's practice to reacquaint himself with V8 Supercar competition.

Team-mates and brothers Todd and Rick Kelly both see their #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore as one of the cars to watch in the L&H 500 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria this weekend.
The Bathurst-winning brothers will team-up for only the second time in their career for this year's V8 Supercar endurance events, starting with the Phillip Island event this weekend.

The Kelly brothers paired up for the endurance events in 2006, finishing a close second in both races.

Teaming up again in the first season of their brand new team, Todd and Rick are one of only three combinations in this year's endurance events where both drivers are previous Bathurst winners, together with Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes (Car #888) and Greg Murphy and Mark Skaife (Car #51).

Older brother Todd Kelly says that the Kelly combination is one of the dark horses for this year's V8 Supercar ‘season of endurance'.

"We are definitely the dark horse for these two endurance races," said Todd Kelly.

"It's not going to be easy and there are going to be a lot of pairings that are going to be extremely hard to beat and a lot of good quality, competitive and reliable cars.

"But we are quietly confident. If we're going to have any success in our first year, these two events are going to be the ones where we've got half a chance of having a really good run.

Hi All,

After the heat at Queensland last round I decided to take a couple of days off to spend with my family at the Snow.

The last time I snow skied I was only 10 years old. I really enjoyed the challenge of learning something new and also loved watching our little boy Mason learn the basics at ski school.

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I definitely wasn't the most stylish skier on the mountain however I did look the part thanks to Smith Optics who kindly fitted us all out in goggles, beanies and helmets....thanks David!

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Now we look forward to the first of the endurance races at Phillip Island Sept 11-13.

All the best,
Todd Kelly

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Jack Daniel's Racing driver Todd Kelly has charged up the order late in the race to grab sixth place in the opening race of the Queensland House and Land.com 300 at Queensland Raceway near Ipswich today.
The finish made him the highest placed Holden Commodore in today's race and lifted his one spot in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship standings into 18th place after 15 races.

Jack Daniel's Racing has now scored 14 top 10 finishes so far this season, with seven top 10 race results each for Todd and Rick Kelly.

Todd Kelly made his fifth Top 10 Shootout appearance for the season earlier in the day, starting today's 33-lap race from 10th position on the grid.

Kelly elected to start the race on his harder Control tyres, switching to four of the softer Sprint tyres at his fuel pit stop on lap 12.

Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates Todd and Rick Kelly see this weekend's Queensland House and Land.com 300 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich as crucial to their build-up for this year's V8 Supercar endurance events.
With the long distance races at Phillip Island and Bathurst a clear priority for the first year team this season, the Bathurst winning brothers see the Ipswich event, the final opportunity to test their Jack Daniel's Commodores under race conditions before the enduros, as a vital part of their preparations for the 'season of endurance'.

Currently eighth in the V8 Supercar Championship Series standings, Rick Kelly says that the Queensland Raceway layout requires a unique car set-up, putting drivers and engineers to the test over the course of this weekend, where two races will be held.