Todd finished 22nd in this morning's race after starting from 27th position. Rick faired better in qualifying with 16th and 10th place starting position for today's two races.
Jason Bright and Jamie Whincup won the two races held at Barbagallo Raceway today, with drivers Karl Reindler and Steve Owen lucky to emerge without serious injury after a scary start line crash in this morning's race.
The next event of the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship will be held at Winton Motor Raceway in rural Victoria on May 20-22.
JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD:
RICK KELLY - #15 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"The car was not fast enough on Friday when we rolled it out of the truck and traditionally this year we have been able to turn that around," said Rick Kelly.
"Unfortunately this weekend we didn't manage to do that.
"The #15 Jack Daniel's Commodore didn't look after its tyres very well at all. We managed to qualify reasonably both days and it just fell back from there.
"The frustrating thing is we went slightly in one direction in set-up in that last race and it was a lot better.
"We now know which way we need to go with the car. Unfortunately it's three days too late.
"It's disappointing from the results point of view for us but we have to put that down to a bad round. If this is a bad round for us then that is not too bad. We certainly don't want to have these sort of weekends but they do happen.
"We know what to do here next year set-up-wise and we head to the next event trying very hard to get back up the front.
"It's critical to still score solid points when you are not having the best weekend. When others have a bad round, hopefully they are a little further back than what we were here.
"We didn't have a car that was capable of being in the top six or so. To finish around the ninth to 12th mark is probably not too bad for us considering.
"We did score some points and some others that are around us in the championship points had good rounds and others had bad rounds, so I don't think we finished too badly given the car speed we had.
"We have a test day at Winton before we race there later this month, so we will be working really hard to get our car speed back on track. I had pole there last year but our cars are very different now to what they were 12 months ago."
TODD KELLY - #7 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"I was a bit deflated after the last couple of days going into the last race," said Todd Kelly.
"We were scratching our heads in terms of what we were doing wrong. We made some pretty big changes to my Jack Daniel's Commodore for the last race and it was the best it has been by a long way in that race.
"There are a couple of corners where I swear I was going quicker on old tyres in the last race than what I did in qualifying on new ones.
"The difference was massive. We worked it out and it was all a little bit too late.
"If I had that set-up earlier in the weekend I think we were capable of a top 10. Once we qualified poorly the traffic meant it was very hard to get back up there, even with the improved car speed.
"At least we worked it out. After the different range of tracks we have this year we have a lot broader idea on what we need to do with the cars.
"I was pretty nervous that we were not going to work it out but in the end but, just in the nick of time, we found the direction that we had to go in."
2011 V8 Supercars Championship
Drivers Points Standings after Race 9 of 26
1. Jamie Whincup 946
2. Craig Lowndes 804
3. Garth Tander 737
4. Shane Van Gisbergen 730
5. Will Davison 714
6. Rick Kelly 713
7. Jason Bright 674
8. Alex Davison 666
9. Mark Winterbottom 665
10. Steven Johnson 639
15. David Reynolds 438
19. Todd Kelly 418
20. Greg Murphy 404
RESULTS: Race Three (Series Race 9)
1. #88 Jamie Whincup 50
2. #8 Jason Bright
3. #2 Garth Tander
4. #888 Craig Lowndes
5. #1 James Courtney
6. #17 Steven Johnson
7. #9 Shane Van Gisbergen
8. #14 Jason Bargwanna
9. #47 Tim Slade
10. #11 Greg Murphy
12. #15 Rick Kelly
16. #7 Todd Kelly
24. #16 David Reynolds 49 laps
RESULTS: Race Two (Series Race 8)
1. #8 Jason Bright 50 laps
2. #88 Jamie Whincup
3. #14 Jason Bargwanna
4. #888 Craig Lowndes
5. #47 Tim Slade
6. #4 Alex Davison
7. #2 Garth Tander
8. #6 Will Davison
9. #33 Lee Holdsworth
10. #9 Shane Van Gisbergen
16 #15 Rick Kelly
20. #16 David Reynolds 49 laps
22. #7 Todd Kelly 49 laps
24. #11 Greg Murphy 49 laps
RESULTS: Sunday Qualifying – Race Two Times (Fastest)
1. #88 Jamie Whincup 54.9898
2. #8 Jason Bright 55.1614
3. #888 Craig Lowndes 55.3178
4. #4 Alex Davison 55.3445
5. #2 Garth Tander 55.3548
6. #17 Steven Johnson 55.3631
7. #14 Jason Bargwanna 55.3666
8. #6 Will Davison 55.4050
9. #1 James Courtney 55.4377
10. #33 Lee Holdsworth 55.4447
14. #15 Rick Kelly 55.5545
18. #11 Greg Murphy 55.5879
26. #16 David Reynolds 55.8995
27. #7 Todd Kelly 55.9244
RESULTS: Sunday Qualifying – Race Three Times (2nd Fastest)
1. #88 Jamie Whincup 55.1464
2. #8 Jason Bright 55.3250
3. #888 Craig Lowndes 55.3610
4. #2 Garth Tander 55.4305
5. #1 James Courtney 55.4530
6. #17 Steven Johnson 55.4782
7. #4 Alex Davison 55.4876
8. #5 Mark Winterbottom 55.4974
9. #21 Karl Reindler 55.5409
10. #15 Rick Kelly 55.5779
11. #11 Greg Murphy 55.5974
23. #16 David Reynolds 55.8999
26. #7 Todd Kelly 56.0415
TRADING POST PERTH CHALLENGE DETAILS:
Circuit: Barbagallo Raceway
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Circuit Length: 2.4 kilometres
Format: Three 50-lap races (one Saturday, two Sunday)
2009 Saturday Pole Position Winner: Craig Lowndes
2009 Saturday Race Winner: Jamie Whincup
2009 Sunday Pole Position Winner: Jamie Whincup
2009 Sunday Race Winner: Craig Lowndes
