Todd Kelly

Jack Daniel's Racing driver Rick Kelly has again emphasised the speed and potential of the new team at the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Melbourne today.
Kelly led three laps and ran in the top five for the majority of today's 65-lap race, but the timing of a Safety Car went against the dual Bathurst winner and fading soft ‘option' tyres saw him fall down the order late in the race.

Kelly qualified in fourth position, climbing to eventually take the lead by starting on his unused soft tyres before pitting on lap 15.

Kelly switched to the harder ‘control' tyre for the middle stint of the race, planning to revert back to the soft tyres to make for a fast finish to the race.

Jack Daniel's Racing driver Todd Kelly has stormed up the order to grab fourth place in the opening race of the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Melbourne today.

Today's finish is the fifth top five finish for the new team, further demonstration that Jack Daniel's Racing is knocking on the door of a debut podium result.

Kelly's #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore was one of the fastest cars all day at the 3.1-kilometre circuit, qualifying as the third fastest car for today's Top 10 Shootout.

But a locked brake on the entry to Turn 1 on his Shootout lap cost Kelly valuable time and left him to start today's 33-lap race from 10th position.

Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates Todd and Rick Kelly have put in a day of solid work in practice for the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Melbourne today.
The brothers worked hard with their race engineers Barry Ryan and David Swenson and the entire Jack Daniel's Racing crew in preparation for this weekend's two races.

On combined times, Rick Kelly ended the day with the 13th fastest time aboard the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore and Todd Kelly was 24th fastest in his #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, with effort spent on race set-ups rather than fast lap times.

Earlier today, Dale Wood drove Rick Kelly's #15 Jack Daniel's Commodore in Part A of practice, allocated to drivers in the bottom 50 percent of the championship standings or ‘co-drivers' who are not full-time drivers in the category.

Jack Daniel's Racing drivers Todd and Rick Kelly will adopt two different approaches in their quest for a podium finish at the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge in Melbourne this weekend.
Rick Kelly, who lies eighth in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series standings, is determined to climb back up the leaderboard after suffering his first DNF for the season in Townsville.

Rick Kelly dropped two spots in the points standings as a result, but is confident that the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore has the pace required for strong results in this weekend's two races.

While Rick Kelly aims at jumping into the top five in the points tally, brother and team-mate Todd Kelly has different priorities.

Some horror luck so far this season sees Todd Kelly down in 21st in the points standings, but that stat does not truly reflect the pace of the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore.

Todd Kelly, a two-time Sandown event winner, is now concentrating hard on the engineering development of the team's cars as well as pushing hard for outright race results.

Kawasaki is proud to come onboard as the newest sponsor of V8 Supercar driver Todd Kelly.

Currently driving for the Jack Daniels Racing Team, Todd Kelly has achieved much in his career to date including a 4th place finish overall in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series and in the same year, won what many regard as one of the most important events on the Australian sporting calendar, the Bathurst 1000.

Through the sponsorship agreement, Todd now rides a 2009 model Kawasaki KLX450R motorcycle.

Todd says, "Due to my racing schedule, I haven't had a chance to fully enjoy the KLX450R but from the time I have spent on it, I'm very impressed. I'm very happy to have Kawasaki on board as a personal sponsor and look forward to working with them in the future."

Kawasaki National Sales and Marketing Manager, Rob Walker says, "Kawasaki is excited to enter into a relationship with such a talented sportsman as Todd Kelly. Todd is a very well respected driver who has achieved some outstanding results in his career so far. It is only fitting that Kawasaki, the brand that now boasts the number 1 selling motorcycle in Australia, enters into a working relationship with a champion like Todd Kelly. Kawasaki looks forward to a long and productive relationship with Todd."

 

Kelly Racing V8 Supercar driver Todd Kelly has given Red Rooster kart giveway winner Robert Arnold a one-on-one coaching lesson at Sun City Kart Raceway in Townsville, Queensland today.

Kelly conducted a one-on-one coaching session with the Moranbah resident (just west of Mackay, Qld) this morning as part of the 30-year-old's ultimate motorsport prize, courtesy of Red Rooster, the Townsville Bulletin, HotFM and Kelly Racing.

Arnold won the Red Rooster karting competition in the lead-up to the Dunlop Townsville 400, with his mother Patricia lodging the winner entry form from the Townsville Bulletin at a Red Rooster store and forwarding the prize to her son.

Mr Arnold, an avid motorsport fan, had already arranged to attend the inaugural Dunlop Townsville 400 over the weekend, so extended his stay by one day to get some hands on tips from Kelly.