Both brothers have performed well at Barbagallo Raceway in the past, with Rick Kelly scoring Perth podiums with second overall at the 2007 event and third overall in 2004.
JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD
Rick Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
"For us as a team, we are all pretty excited and still pretty confident in our ability coming out of a good event at Phillip Island, where we scored our first podium for Kelly Racing," said Rick Kelly.
"We're pretty keen to repeat that and bring home some more silverware: Particularly Todd because he had great pace at Phillip Island but he had some bad luck.
"So we're coming off a bit of a high from Phillip Island going into Perth.
"Perth is a track that's quite different to anywhere else we've been. It's obviously the first time we're going there as a team so our main aim is to get a car set-up between all four of our cars pretty quickly at the start of the weekend so we can tick that box as far as next year goes.
"It's the first event that we're using the soft tyre in a long time, since before the enduros, so we need to click our heads back into that thought-pattern and work out how to best use that through the weekend and use that to our advantage.
"It makes it hard to get a solid result both days because you only have one set of the soft tyres. So we've got to work out the best time to use them on our Jack Daniel's Commodores and also how long they will last on that surface.
"All-in-all we are looking forward to this weekend. Perth is a place that some of our sponsors are from and it's an enjoyable place to go.
"We are going over nice and early to have a bit of a look around and support our WA sponsors and we're looking forward to the lead in to the weekend as well as the racing."
QUESTION: Do you think you can replicate the pace you had at Phillip Island in Perth and do you think that the Island 300, being the second race of the season at Phillip Island, helped your pace there because being a new team, this year is a learning experience to some degree at each and every track?
"It certainly did help. Phillip Island the other weekend is a taste of how we are going to be next year, because really it's the first time that we go to all the events as a team this year.
"So Perth is going to be a little bit tougher for us compared to going back to Phillip Island the second time. But in saying that we've still had great pace at all the other tracks we've been to for the first time.
"We've just got to work at learning as quickly as we can and use all four cars to our advantage to get a set-up early in the weekend."
Todd Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
"Rick and I are both extremely happy with how our Jack Daniel's Commodores are going at the moment and it will be good to have the second event with my new engineer James Small," said Todd Kelly.
"We got along pretty well at Phillip Island but there are always a few teething problems, so I'm looking forward to having another weekend with James to get on top of that.
"I can't wait to get back in the car. We had real good pace at the last event (at Phillip Island) but I just had a bad run with luck.
"So we're pretty confident that we can get our cars set-up really well and have another really strong weekend in Perth."
QUESTION: How do you feel about Barbagallo? You have been fast at Phillip Island on both visits there this year so that's obviously a track that suits Jack Daniel's Racing. Is Barbagallo a track that could also potentially suit you and the team?
"With the Perkins Jack Daniel's Racing Commodores last year we had a lot of dramas with ignition and gearshift problems.
"The actual handling of the car was quite good. The car was fairly quick. We were well inside the top 10 for most of the weekend.
"I quite enjoy the place and to evolve what we did there last time with everything that we've learned since then with the new team and with these new Kelly Racing Jack Daniel's Commodores especially, we're quietly confident that we will go quite well.
"It's certainly a track that I enjoy driving on and it could potentially suit the direction we have gone in with our cars."
KEY FACTS:
- Rick Kelly a double podium placegetter in Perth ...
* Rick Kelly scored third overall at Barbagallo Raceway in 2004 and second overall in 2007.
* Kelly also picked up two trophies two weeks ago at Phillip Island - the first two trophies for Kelly Racing
* Todd Kelly's best overall finish in Perth is fourth place in 2003
- Dunlop's soft tyre is back for the Bigpond 300 at Barbagallo Raceway ...
* This weekend's event in Perth is the first event with the option tyre since Queensland Raceway in August
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Points Standings after Race 22 of 26
1. Jamie Whincup 2905
2. Will Davison 2783
3. Garth Tander 2565
4. Craig Lowndes 2292
5. Mark Winterbottom 1964
6. Steven Johnson 1961
7. Rick Kelly 1925
8. Lee Holdsworth 1817
9. James Courtney 1790
10. Russell Ingall 1676
17. Todd Kelly 1423
JACK DANIEL'S RACING DRIVERS AT BARBAGALLO:
Todd Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
Last time at Barbagallo ...
2008 Qualifying: Eighth
2008 Race One: Ninth
2008 Race Two: Eighth
2008 Race Three: DNF
Debut: 2001
Events: Eight
Races: 24
Best Qualifying: Third (2006)
Top 10 in Qualifying: Five
Best Race Finish: Second (Race 3 - 2003)
Top 10 Finish in Race: 16
Rick Kelly - #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
Last time at Barbagallo ...
2008 Qualifying: Seventh
2008 Race One: Sixth
2008 Race Two: Fifth
2008 Race Three: Sixth
Debut: 2002
Events: Seven
Races: 21
Best Qualifying: Second (2007)
Top 10 in Qualifying: Five
Best Race Finish: Second
Race Two - 2004
Race One - 2007
Race Two - 2007
Top 10 Finish in Race: 13
BIGPOND 300 DETAILS:
Circuit: Barbagallo Raceway
Location: Wanneroo, Western Australia
Circuit Length: 2.415 kilometres
Format: 100km race Saturday and 200km race Sunday
2008 Pole Position: Mark Winterbottom
2008 Race One Winner: Mark Winterbottom
2008 Race Two Winner: Mark Winterbottom
2008 Race Three Winner: Mark Winterbottom
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
All times are local Australian Western Standard Time (WA)
Add three hours for Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time
Friday 20 November 2009
12:25pm - 1:00pm: Practice - Part A
1:15pm - 2:05pm: Practice - Part B
2:45pm - 3:35pm: Practice - Part C
Saturday 21 November 2009
9:30am - 9:50am: Qualifying - Leg 1
9:55am - 10:10am: Qualifying - Leg 2
10:25am - 10:55am: Top 10 Shootout
1:05pm: Race 1 (Series Race 23) - 42 laps
Sunday 22 November 2009
10:00am - 10:20am: Qualifying (for Race 2)
12:35pm: Race 2 (Series Race 24) - 84 laps
TELEVISION SCHEDULE - SEVEN NETWORK
Times subject to amendment - please check local guides.
Saturday 21 November 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm AEDST
Sunday 22 November 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm AEDST
