Todd fought back to be well inside the top 10 and not far behind his brother and team-mate, but a wheel gun problem at his second pit stop not only delayed his stop, but prevented the crew from changing the front left tyre on the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore.
With an aging front left tyre at a track where four of the six corners are right-handers, Todd soldiered home to score a 14th place finish and gain vital championship points.
James Courtney won today's race ahead of Garth Tander and Shane Van Gisbergen.
The sixth event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series will be held in two weeks time on May 14-16 at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, which is also the test track for Jack Daniel's Racing.
JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD
RICK KELLY - #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
"Eleventh wasn't too bad in qualifying," said Rick Kelly.
"If we could have qualified higher, in the race we actually had the car to finish higher. So it was a bit of a bummer.
"There were cars out there that are really quick like (James) Courtney and Shane Van Gisbergen as well. But apart from a couple I think we had as good a car as a lot of guys in front of us.
"If we had qualified higher we would have finished higher because we had the pace.
"All in all, Queensland Raceway and I have never been friends as far as results go so we're pretty happy to come here, particularly given the Friday we had, and gather up some good points to move a little further forward in the championship again.
"We need to really solidly finish in the top four or five from now on to stay within a shot of a good championship position.
"The further we get into the year, the further it gets away and the further forward we have to finish. So we've all got to pull together as a team now to take that next step."
TODD KELLY - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
"We finally started to get a handle on the car," said Todd Kelly.
"We made a change in the first top, which was not really any better, and then we kind of worked out what the car needed and changed it for the second stop.
"It would have been a really good car for the last stint but we had a really bad pit stop. It was a slow stop because the left front wouldn't come off.
"I lost a lot of time while the crew was trying to get it off and then I went back out onto the track with the same left front, which was absolutely caned from the stint before.
"So from then on I was in a fair bit of trouble. Too many things went wrong in the race. I was on the outside at the start on the first two corners and was run wide and lost a heap of positions.
"The promising thing was that the Jack Daniel's Commodore was where it needs to be."
ARMOR ALL GOLD COAST 600 UPDATE: Scott Dixon, who will drive for Jack Daniel's Racing at the Armor All Gold Coast 600 this October, has won the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway in the United States today.
Dixon now sits second in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series points standings after five races.
RESULTS: Race Two (Series Race 10)
1. #18 James Courtney 65 laps
2. #2 Garth Tander
3. #9 Shane Van Gisbergen
4. #39 Russell Ingall
5. #888 Craig Lowndes
6. #34 Michael Caruso
7. #15 Rick Kelly
8. #17 Steven Johnson
9. #6 Steven Richards
10. #3 Tony D'Alberto
14. #7 Todd Kelly
RESULTS: Sunday Qualifying
1. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:09.7934
2. #18 James Courtney 1:09.8794
3. #888 Craig Lowndes 1:09.8869
4. #9 Shane Van Gisbergen 1:09.9472
5. #33 Lee Holdsworth 1:09.9813
6. #39 Russell Ingall 1:10.0123
7. #17 Steven Johnson 1:10.0455
8. #2 Garth Tander 1:10.1112
9. #19 Jonathon Webb 1:10.1158
10. #6 Steven Richards 1:10.1301
11. #15 Rick Kelly 1:10.1341
12. #7 Todd Kelly 1:10.1627
V8 Supercar Championship Series Points Standings
After Race 10 of 26
1. Jamie Whincup 1191
2. James Courtney 1167
3. Shane Van Gisbergen 984
4. Garth Tander 972
5. Craig Lowndes 969
6. Rick Kelly 908
7. Lee Holdsworth 903
8. Mark Winterbottom 894
9. Michael Caruso 834
10. Steven Johnson 749
19. Todd Kelly 453
IPSWICH 300 DETAILS:
Circuit: Queensland Raceway
Location: Willowbank, Queensland
Circuit Length: 3.12 kilometres
Average Speed: 162 km/h
Maximum Speed: 255 km/h
Format: 120km race Saturday and 200km race Sunday
2009 Attendance: 48,986 (three days)
2009 Saturday Pole Position: Jamie Whincup
2009 Saturday Race Winner: Jamie Whincup
2009 Sunday Pole Position: Mark Winterbottom
2009 Sunday Race Winner: Will Davison
AUS TELEVISION SCHEDULE – SEVEN NETWORK
Times subject to amendment – please check local guides
Monday 3 May 2010 (Replay on Fox Sports 3)
5:00pm – 7:30pm (V8 Supercars Race 1 and 2 Highlights)
Saturday 8 May 2010
1:30pm – 2:30pm (Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series)
