Kelly refitted his soft tyres but was unable to challenge the leaders as he had in the first part of the race, falling to finish in 19th place.
James Courtney won today's race ahead of Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup.
The final two races of the 2010 V8 Supercars Championship Series will be held in two weeks time at the Sydney Telstra 500 in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct in New South Wales.
JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD:
RICK KELLY - #15 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"We tried a few set-up changes different to what we would normally do today," said Rick Kelly.
"We learned a lot to be honest and we saw what our car was doing compared to the cars around us that we were racing.
"It was good to do that but it does hurt our pace a bit in some areas.
"It was another interesting race. We finished eighth. It was not an ideal weekend for our championship but a good learning and a step forward with car set-up.
"Everyone within our team just made slight errors this weekend, including the drivers. I've made several this weekend and I'm disappointed with that and it's cost us a few points.
"If we just tidy up all those little things it would get our car back up into the third, fourth, fifth range and we need to find just a little bit more pace to contend for wins. We're close.
"The red flag was probably a good thing for us. I got the chance to tell 'Swenno' (David Swenson - #15 Jack Daniel's Commodore Race Engineer) to talk about the changes we had made for the race, we made a few modifications and off we went.
"The pit stop in that race just before the red flag hurt us because we had to queue behind Todd and obviously we lost a good 10 seconds there and it put us several spots behind where we would have been.
"That cost us a little bit but that's what it's all about, a lot of crazy stuff went on in that middle part of the race and at least we've come out of it with a top 10 and a straight car."
TODD KELLY - #7 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"The strategy we had didn't really work out, which was a shame because I was really happy with my Jack Daniel's Commodore," said Todd Kelly.
"I tried to look after the softs at the start because not many others were using them. So I didn't push all that hard, trying to pluck people off one by one without wearing the tyres out.
"When we went onto the hard tyres and everyone was on the same tyres, the car was really good. I didn't have the pace of the two blokes in first and second but we were in third or fourth, trucking along competitively.
"At the end after the red flag we had to run the softs in the long final stint and we were just nowhere. We got crashed into a few times and bent all the front end.
"So a good car, but bad strategy and the red flag destroyed any chance we had of a podium.
"It was a bit weird sitting there on the grid during the red flag, seeing people work on in their cars changing dampers and all sorts of stuff.
"It was all a bit strange and I was standing there having a bit of a laugh at one point. It's amazing what you are allowed to do in that situation.
"You could almost drag your whole garage out onto the track and rebuild your whole car if you wanted to by the look of it.
"That's something that we need to be better prepared for next time. If your car is not good enough you could re-engineer it in that situation."
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Points Standings after Race 24 of 26
1. James Courtney 2932
2. Jamie Whincup 2879
3. Mark Winterbottom 2729
4. Craig Lowndes 2567
5. Garth Tander 2382
6. Shane Van Gisbergen 2262
7. Lee Holdsworth 2141
8. Rick Kelly 2122
9. Paul Dumbrell 2094
10. Michael Caruso 1892
18. Todd Kelly 1393
RESULTS: Race 2 (Series Race 24)
1. #18 James Courtney 60 laps
2. #5 Mark Winterbottom
3. #1 Jamie Whincup
4. #33 Lee Holdsworth
5. #17 Steven Johnson
6. #47 Tim Slade
7. #55 Paul Dumbrell
8. #15 Rick Kelly
9. #19 Jonathon Webb
10. #51 Greg Murphy
19. #7 Todd Kelly
RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #55 Paul Dumbrell 1:10.5053
2. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:10.5323
3. #33 Lee Holdsworth 1:10.5825
4. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:10.6355
5. #18 James Courtney 1:10.6596
6. #888 Craig Lowndes 1:10.8005
7. #14 Jason Bright 1:10.8197
8. #34 Michael Caruso 1:10.9764
9. #24 Fabian Coulthard 1:10.9946
10. #22 Will Davison 1:10.9989
11. #15 Rick Kelly 1:11.0018
15. #7 Todd Kelly 1:11.1693
NORTON 360 SANDOWN CHALLENGE DETAILS:
Circuit: Sandown International Raceway
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Circuit Length: 3.1 kilometres
Format: 39-lap/120km race Saturday, 65-lap/200km race Sunday
2009 Attendance: 41,068 (three days)
2009 Saturday Pole Position Winner: Will Davison
2009 Saturday Race Winner: Will Davison
2009 Sunday Pole Position Winner: Will Davison
2009 Sunday Race Winner: Garth Tander
RACE REPLAYS – SPEED CHANNEL (FOXTEL 505 & 206)
Times subject to amendment – please check local guides
Saturday 20 November 2010: 9:30pm – 10:30pm (Race 1 Highlights)
Sunday 21 November 2010: 7:00pm – 8:00am (Race 1 Highlights)
Sunday 21 November 2010: 12:30pm – 1:30pm (Race 1 Highlights)
Sunday 21 November 2010: 9:30pm – 11:00pm (Race 2 Highlights)
Monday 22 November 2010: 10:30am – 11:30am (Race 1 Highlights)
Monday 22 November 2010: 11:30am – 1:00pm (Race 2 Highlights)
