Rick Kelly

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Rick Kelly
Rick Kelly signing autographs in 2009.
Nationality	Australian

V8 Supercar Record
Car number	15
Current team	Kelly Racing
Series Championships	1 (2006)
Races	165
Round Wins	5
Podium finishes	28
Race Wins	13
Pole positions	7
2012 Championship position	14th (1894 pts)

Rick Kelly (born 17 January 1983 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is a current V8 Supercar racing driver, currently living in Melbourne, Victoria. He is the younger brother of former Bathurst 1000 champion, Todd Kelly. He previously drove for the HSV Dealer Team and has previously contributed to winning at the Bathurst 1000 alongside Greg Murphy in 2003 and 2004 under the banner of Kmart Racing.^[1] Kelly was the 2006 V8 Supercar Champion for the HSV Dealer Team.^[2] He moved to the new formed family team Kelly Racing for 2009 and onwards.^[3]

2006 Supercar Championship

In 2006, Kelly won the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series after being one of the most consistent performers throughout the season. The victory, however, was not without its share of controversy.

Despite not winning a single round overall (though he did win an individual race), Kelly entered the final round of the series at Phillip Island seven points ahead of his nearest competitor, Craig Lowndes, (who had won four rounds) due to consistent high points finishes in all twelve of the previous 2006 rounds.

Coming into the third and final race of the round, Lowndes had managed to pull back the deficit to be even on points with Kelly, meaning that the driver out of the two who finished first would clinch the championship. Two laps into the final race, Kelly collided with Lowndes, who then slid into Todd Kelly. Damage to Lowndes car resulted in him finishing 29th, whereas Rick Kelly finished 18th and was awarded the series title despite not having won a single round.^[4]^[5]

Career results

The Jack Daniel's Racing entered Holden VE Commodore of Rick Kelly at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Kelly placed 14th in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2000	Australian Formula Ford Championship	2nd	Stealth Van Diemen RF94 Ford
2001	Australian Drivers' Championship	1st	Reynard 94D Holden	Birrana Racing
2001	Shell Championship Series	47th	Holden VX Commodore	K-Mart Racing Team Holden Racing Team
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	12th	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Young Lions
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	8th	Holden VX Commodore	K-mart Racing Team
2004	V8 Supercar Championship Series	6th	Holden VY Commodore	K-mart Racing Team
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	8th	Holden VZ Commodore	HSV Dealer Team
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	1st	Holden VZ Commodore	HSV Dealer Team
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	4th	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	7th	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	8th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	8th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	6th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	14th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	14th	Nissan Altima	Nissan Motorsport

Charitable work

Kelly has joined other publicly known figures in support of the "Oscar's Law" campaign, a protest against the factory farming of companion animals. The campaign is named after a neglected dog found in central Victoria, Australia, and was launched in 2010. The list of supporters includes Kate Ceberano (singer), Jon Stevens (singer) and Sia (musician).^[6] Kelly not only appears on the campaign's website, but he has also promoted the campaign on his Twitter account.^[7]

References

↑ Bob Jennings (11 October 2004). "Murphy and Kelly go back-to-back at Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
↑ "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Final Points". V8 Supercars Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ "Jack Daniel's teams up with Kelly Racing". Holden Motorsport. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
↑ McKay, Peter (11 December 2006) Kelly emerges in dramatic finale
↑ Stanford, James (11 December 2006); Stewards reject Lowndes' appeal; The Herald Sun
↑ "Home". Oscar's law. Oscar's Law. 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
↑ Rick Kelly (24 August 2011). "Get on board to help stop puppy farms and the sale of puppy's in pet shops.". Rick Kelly Twitter account. Twitter. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Simon Wills	Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship 2001	Succeeded by Will Power
Preceded by Mark Skaife Jim Richards	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2003, 2004 (with Greg Murphy)	Succeeded by Mark Skaife Todd Kelly
Preceded by Russell Ingall	Winner of the V8Supercar Championship Series 2006	Succeeded by Garth Tander

Teams, drivers and events of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship

Scheduled events

Clipsal 500 Adelaide Tasmania 400 Winton 400 ITM 500 Auckland Perth 400 Skycity Triple Crown 400 Sucrogen Townsville 500

Coates Hire Ipswich 400 Sydney Motorsport Park 400 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Armor All Gold Coast 600 Phillip Island 400 Sydney 500

Events in italics are part of the Endurance Cup.

Teams and drivers contesting the championship

Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Racing Team	Erebus Motorsport	Ford Performance Racing	Nissan Motorsport
1. Jamie Whincup 888. Craig Lowndes	2. Garth Tander 22. James Courtney	4. Lee Holdsworth 9. Will Davison	5. Mark Winterbottom 6. Chaz Mostert	7. Todd Kelly 15. Rick Kelly	36. Michael Caruso 360. James Moffat

Brad Jones Racing	Dick Johnson Racing	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Satellite team of Ford Performance Racing	Britek Motorsport Satellite team of Brad Jones Racing	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
8. Jason Bright 14. Fabian Coulthard	16. Scott Pye 17. David Wall	18. Jack Perkins	21. Dale Wood	23. Russell Ingall

Volvo Polestar Racing	Walkinshaw Racing Satellite team of the Holden Racing Team	Rod Nash Racing Satellite team of Ford Performance Racing	Tekno Autosports	James Rosenberg Racing Satellite team of the Holden Racing Team
33. Scott McLaughlin 34. Robert Dahlgren	47. Tim Slade	55. David Reynolds	97. Shane Van Gisbergen	222. Nick Percat

v t e Bathurst 1000 winners

Nine-time	Peter Brock

Seven-time	Jim Richards

Six-time	Larry Perkins Mark Skaife

Five-time	Craig Lowndes

Four-time	Harry Firth Bob Jane Allan Moffat Greg Murphy Jamie Whincup

Three-time	Dick Johnson Steven Richards Garth Tander

Two-time	John Bowe John Goss Allan Grice Russell Ingall Rick Kelly Tony Longhurst

One-time	Aaltonen Bailey Bargwanna Bartlett Bond Bosworth D. Brabham G. Brabham Bright Coad Davison Dumbrell Fitzpatrick French Geoghegan Gibson Hahne Hansford Harvey Holden Ickx T. Kelly McLeod McPhee Mezera Morris Mulholland Parsons Percat Percy Reynolds Roberts Roxburgh Rydell Sampson Seton Winterbottom

v t e Australian Touring Car Championship / V8 Supercar champions

Five-time	Ian Geoghegan Dick Johnson Mark Skaife Jamie Whincup

Four-time	Bob Jane Allan Moffat Jim Richards

Three-time	Peter Brock Craig Lowndes

Two-time	Marcos Ambrose Norm Beechey Glenn Seton

One-time	Colin Bond John Bowe James Courtney Robbie Francevic Russell Ingall Rick Kelly David McKay Bob Morris Bill Pitt Garth Tander

Persondata
Name	Kelly, Rick
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing driver
Date of birth	17 January 1983
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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