Rick Kelly

Rick Kelly
Rick Kelly in 2020
Nationality	Australian
Born	17 January 1983 (1983-01-17) (age 41) Mildura, Victoria
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Supercars Championship career
Championships	1 (2006)
Races	580
Wins	15
Podiums	60
Pole positions	12

Rick Kelly (born 17 January 1983) is an Australian professional racing driver who previously competed in the Supercars Championship. He last drove the No. 15 Ford Mustang GT for Kelly Racing. Previously, he drove for the HSV Dealer Team with whom he won the Bathurst 1000 alongside Greg Murphy in 2003 and 2004.^[1] In 2006, Kelly extended his success by winning the V8 Supercar Championship for the HSV Dealer Team.^[2] His older brother Todd Kelly was also a racing driver who won the Bathurst 1000 in 2005. His parents John and Margaret Kelly formed Kelly Racing in 2009 with Rick and Todd Kelly as lead drivers, expanding to a 4 car operation.^[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), or scoring a pole position in any 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’s 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]

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 singers Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens, and Sia.^[6] Kelly not only appears on the campaign's website, but he has also promoted the campaign on his Twitter account.^[7]

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  Kelly placed 14th in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VE Commodore
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  Kelly placed 14th in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima
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  Kelly placed 13th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima
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  Kelly placed 14th in the 2017 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima
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  Kelly placed 8th in the 2018 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima

Career results

Career summary

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2001	K-mart Racing Team	Holden Commodore VX	Nathan Pretty	14th	158
2002	Holden Young Lions	Holden Commodore VX	Nathan Pretty	4th	161
2003	K-mart Racing Team	Holden Commodore VY	Greg Murphy	1st	161
2004	K-mart Racing Team	Holden Commodore VY	Greg Murphy	1st	161
2005	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	Garth Tander	16th	149
2006	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	Todd Kelly	2nd	161
2007	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VE	Garth Tander	DNF	134
2008	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VE	Paul Radisich	DNS	0
			Paul Dumbrell David Reynolds	20th	127
2009	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Todd Kelly	8th	161
2010	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Owen Kelly	16th	161
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Owen Kelly	22nd	159
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	David Russell	15th	161
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Karl Reindler	19th	161
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	David Russell	8th	161
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	David Russell	16th	161
2016	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Russell Ingall	DNF	156
2017	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	David Wall	13th	159
2018	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Garry Jacobson	11th	161
2019	Kelly Racing	Nissan Altima L33	Dale Wood	8th	161
2020	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang Mk.6	Dale Wood	17th	144

References

External links

• Official Rick Kelly Website Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
• Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Profile
• Rick Kelly V8 Supercars Official Profile
• Rick Kelly career summary at DriverDB.com
• Rick Kelly driver statistics at Racing-Reference