Kelly Grove Racing

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Kelly Grove Racing
Kelly Grove Racing Logo.png
ManufacturerFord
Team PrincipalRick and Todd Kelly, Brenton Grove
Race Drivers7. Andre Heimgartner
26. David Reynolds
26. Luke Youlden
Race Engineers7. Dilan Talabani
26. Alistair McVean
ChassisMustang GT
Debut2009
Drivers' Championships0
Round wins1
Race wins7
Pole positions6
2020 position9th (2760 pts)

Kelly Grove Racing (formerly known as Kelly Racing and Nissan Motorsport) was an Australian motor racing team which competes in the Supercars Championship. The team made its debut in 2009, and raced Holden VE Commodores until the end of the 2012 season. In 2013, the team switched to competing with Nissan Altimas, and was rebranded Nissan Motorsport.

Following the Nissan sponsorship concluding, the team was rebranded back to Kelly Racing in 2019. For 2020 Kelly Racing campaigned two Ford Mustang GTs in the championship. The team is based in the Melbourne suburb of Braeside. The team's current drivers are Andre Heimgartner and David Reynolds.

In 2019 the team expanded into the new TCR Australia Touring Car Series, running another four cars, a pair each of Opel Astra TCRs branded as Holden Astras and Subaru WRX STI TCRs. In 2021, the team was rebranded Kelly Grove Racing after the Grove Group bought a majority shareholding in the team.

Kelly Racing[]

Former Kelly Racing logo
Former Nismo logo

Introduction[]

Despite some initial hurdles,[1] the team was formed in 2009,[2] after several months of preparation. The two sons of the owners, Rick and Todd were lead drivers for 2009, with sponsorship from Jack Daniel's. Jack Perkins and Dale Wood (though later replaced by Mark McNally), were confirmed as drivers of the third and fourth Kelly Racing entries.

Formation[]

The Holden VE Commodore of Todd Kelly at the Sydney 500 in December 2009.
The Holden VE Commodore of Jason Bargwanna at the 2010 Clipsal 500.
The Holden VE Commodore of Greg Murphy at the 2011 Clipsal 500.
The Holden VE Commodore of David Reynolds at the 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide.
The Holden VE Commodore of Rick Kelly at the 2012 Clipsal 500.

After a troubled relationship with Tom Walkinshaw, with whom they formed the HSV Dealer Team, team principals John and Margaret Kelly took their two V8 Supercar Racing Entitlement Contracts (RECs) to set up Kelly Racing, forcing Walkinshaw to find other RECs to run his second team in the championship.

With a decision by Holden to reduce support for most teams running their Commodore product in the series for 2009,[3] along with the impending economic crisis,[4] Larry Perkins chose to scale back his involvement in the sport through his Perkins Engineering team at the end of 2008. A deal was concluded that saw Perkins Engineering sell much of its hardware including cars to the new team, as well as provide engineering services with the functions gradually to be transferred to Kelly Racing. Many of the former Perkins Engineering transferred to Kelly Racing. Perkins also retained ownership of his RECs and was thus the entrant for the team's third and fourth cars.

Racing numbers were swapped so that the Kelly owned licences could make use of the #7 racing number, to suit major sponsor Jack Daniel's and their "Old Number 7" brand. This sponsorship had been carried over from Perkins Engineering, where Todd Kelly was previously using the #7 racing number.

2009[]

The new team had its track debut at Winton Raceway on 3 March 2009, running the allowed 20-lap shakedown test for newly constructed cars in the V8 Supercar category,[2] which was declared a success by both Todd and Rick. Following this initial shakedown, the team appeared at the official category test day at the same circuit on 9 March 2009, where all four cars appeared.[5][6]

The team's first race was the 2009 Clipsal 500. The two Kelly brothers finished in the top ten in the first race,[7] Todd in 7th and Rick in 10th, after starting 24th and 17th respectively.[8] Wood, who did not set a qualifying time after a crash in practice, finished 14th after starting from pitlane. Perkins failed to finish due to badly damaged steering caused by brushing the wall. Rick was the only one of the four drivers to finish the second race, again in 10th place.[9] Todd Kelly and Jack Perkins both inflicted steering damage from contact with other cars while Dale Wood spun into the wall. The team left the weekend with Rick Kelly 8th in the championship standings, Todd Kelly in 16th, Dale Wood in 24th and Jack Perkins in 30th.[10] Todd made the following comment on the team's first weekend: "Getting an event under our belt, we've now got pages and pages of things we need to address and improve on. This is our first race as a brand new team so given that, I think the weekend wasn't too bad."

Todd and Rick achieved numerous top ten results as the season went on, the best being Rick's 4th places at Winton and Hidden Valley, while Perkins and Wood struggled. Wood was replaced by Mark McNally from the Townsville round onwards.

Todd and Rick teamed up in the #7 car for the endurances races at Phillip Island and Bathurst with Nathan Pretty and Ben Collins driving the #15 car. Dale Wood returned to the driving seat to partner Jack Perkins in the #11 car while Tony Ricciardello joined Mark McNally in the #16 car. The Kelly brothers finished fifth in the L&H 500 after Todd won one of the qualifying races.[11] Bet 24/7 came on board as major sponsor for the #11 car before Bathurst, with Perkins and Wood running #247 for the Bathurst weekend. Todd and Rick Kelly were running in second place with only a handful of laps to go in the Bathurst 1000, but a damaged rear wing and a late safety car led to the brothers finishing in eighth place.[12]

Perkins reverted to #11 for the remainder of the season. The team scored its first podium finish at the Island 300, which turned out to be the first in a hat-trick of podiums for the team, with Rick finishing third and second at Phillip Island and Todd finishing second in race one at Barbagallo. The final championship standings saw Rick Kelly finish in eighth, Todd Kelly in 18th, Jack Perkins in 26th, Dale Wood in 29th and Mark McNally in 30th. Jack Daniel's Racing (#7 and #15) finished sixth in teams' championship with Kelly Racing (#11 and #16) in 13th and last of the two car teams.

2010[]

In 2010 Jason Bargwanna and Tony Ricciardello joined the team.

Rick took the team's first pole position at Winton but did not manage a win. Only one podium result came out of 2010, Rick finishing third in the rain-affected first race of the Sydney 500.

For the endurance races, Rick and Todd were not allowed to pair up due to new regulations regarding endurance co-drivers. Owen Kelly, of no relation to the two brothers, joined Rick in the #15 car while Dale Wood drove with Todd. Ricciardello was partnered by Taz Douglas while two-time Australian touring car champion Glenn Seton partnered Bargwanna. Rick and Owen had a strong run at the Phillip Island 500, finishing fourth after needing to conserve fuel at the end of the race, while the other three cars all finished outside the top fifteen. The team had a disappointing Bathurst, with none of the cars finishing in the top ten, the best result 16th place for Rick and Owen.

The team hired Scott Dixon and Alex Tagliani as its international drivers for the Gold Coast 600, Dixon driving with Todd Kelly and Tagliani with Bargwanna. Owen Kelly remained with Rick and Wood moved into the #16 car with Ricciardello. It proved to be another average weekend, with Rick and Owen again providing the best result, a sixth place in race two.

The final championship standings saw Rick and Todd repeat their 2009 efforts, finishing eighth and 18th respectively. Bargwanna ended up 24th and Ricciardello was 26th. Jack Daniel's Racing was fifth in the teams' championship and Kelly Racing was 11th.

2011[]

The Jack Daniel's Racing drivers remained the same for 2011, but two new drivers were hired for Kelly Racing, Greg Murphy[13] and David Reynolds.[14]

2011 was the team's most successful season to date. Rick Kelly scored the team's first race win in wet conditions at the Hamilton 400.[15] Todd made it an extra special day by finishing in third place despite having a broken windscreen wiper. Rick won a further two races, with a win in Darwin at Hidden Valley and a win at Sandown later in the season, placing 6th in the championship. Todd for a third year straight placed 18th in the series, Reynolds impressed on his return to V8 Supercars, with numerous top ten qualifying efforts and two top five race results, eventually placing 19th. Murphy placed a respectable 13th in the Pepsi Max Holden.

For the endurance races, the team signed David Russell, Allan Simonsen, Owen Kelly and Tim Blanchard to drive with the team, with Russell joining Todd in Car #7, Simonsen joining Murphy in car #11, Owen Kelly joining Rick in #15 and Blanchard pairing up with Reynolds in #16. For the Gold Coast 600, the team signed Richard Westbrook to drive with Todd, Oliver Gavin to drive with Murphy, Jörg Bergmeister to drive with Rick and Alex Tagliani to join Reynolds. At Phillip Island, all cars finished in the top 15, with car #16 the best in 6th. At Bathurst, a fifth car was entered, the #77 Shannons-Mars Racing Commodore, with Grant Denyer and Cameron Waters driving the car. Car #11 claimed Pole position, with #16 qualifying in 4th, the Jack Daniels cars qualified in 16th and 19th, car #77 qualified 29th and Last. Murphy and Simonsen eventually finished 11 seconds behind the winners in 3rd position, with car #16 finishing in 19th, Car #15 placing 22nd and Car #7 placing 24th, some 7 laps down on Murphy and Simonsen, the fifth car of Denyer and Waters did not finish.

2012[]

2012 started with the announcement that they would switch to Nissan for 2013 making them the first team to change manufacturers for the new regulations.

Rebirth as Nissan Motorsport[]

Rick Kelly driving for the team in 2013.
James Moffat driving for the team in 2013.
The Nissan Altimas of Michael Caruso and James Moffat at the 2015 Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint.
The Nissan Altima of Michael Caruso at the 2018 Adelaide 500

2013[]

In January 2013 the RECs of Larry Perkins were purchased for the third and fourth entries.[16] For 2013 the team was rebranded as Nissan Motorsport. Michael Caruso and James Moffat were recruited to drive the third and fourth entries.

2014[]

All four drivers continued with the team in 2014. After the 2014 Season, Norton ended their title sponsorship of the Moffat and Caruso entries.

2015[]

For 2015, the Norton inspired race numbers, #36 and #360, were replaced, with Caruso changing to Nissan's traditional #23 (a wordplay on the marque itself, "ni" meaning two and "san" meaning three) and Moffat to #99. Jack Daniels also downsized their sponsorship to just the #15 car of Rick Kelly, with Carsales replacing Jack Daniels on the #7 car of Todd Kelly.

2016[]

Moffat left the team at the end of 2015 with Dale Wood returning to the team.[17] Caruso won a race for the team at Hidden Valley. The Team also ran a fifth entry in the Bathurst 1000, with Renee Gracie and Simona de Silvestro driving the #360 Harvey Norman Supergirls Altima. The entry placed 14th.

2017[]

In 2017, Dale Wood was be replaced by Simona de Silvestro.[18] Todd Kelly, Rick Kelly and Michael Caruso remained with the team.

2018[]

For 2018, Todd Kelly retired and was replaced by Andre Heimgartner. Rick Kelly, Michael Caruso and Simona de Silvestro continued with the team.

Rebirth as Kelly Racing[]

2019[]

Following the termination of Nissan's sponsorship, in 2019 the team resumed operating under the Kelly Racing brand.[19] The team will continue to compete with the Nissan Altima under licence from the company.[20][21]

2020[]

In 2020 the team scaled back to two cars and switched to running Ford Mustang GTs.[22] The surplus RECs were sold to Team 18 and Matt Stone Racing.

Rebirth as Kelly Grove Racing[]

2021[]

The team was rebranded as Kelly Grove Racing, after the Grove Group bought a 50% shareholding.[23][24]

Rick Kelly announced his retirement at the end of 2020, he was replaced by David Reynolds who returned to the team. Reynolds brought sponsorship from Penrite, with the car changing to #26 (representing 1926, the year in which Penrite was founded)[25]and his Race Engineer Alistair McVean. Andre Heimgartner continued with the team in car #7.

2022[]

In 2022, Grove Group will take 100% ownership with the team rebranded Grove Racing. Neither Kelly will continue their involvement with the team.[26]

Results[]

Car No. 3 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2009 Jack Perkins 11 Holden ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

Ret
HAM
R3

19
HAM
R4

17
WIN
R5

19
WIN
R6

19
SYM
R7

21
SYM
R8

21
HDV
R9

Ret
HDV
R10

24
TOW
R11

18
TOW
R12

22
SAN
R13

13
SAN
R14

Ret
QLD
R15

23
QLD
R16

26
PHI
R17

14
BAT
R18

14
SUR
R19

14
SUR
R20

15
SUR
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

18
PHI
R23

25
PHI
R24

23
BAR
R25

26
BAR
R26

24
SYD
R27

Ret
SYD
R28

Ret
26th 993
2010 Jason Bargwanna YMC
R1

13
YMC
R2

15
BHR
R3

15
BHR
R4

14
ADE
R5

Ret
ADE
R6

24
HAM
R7

15
HAM
R8

9
QLD
R9

19
QLD
R10

Ret
WIN
R11

23
WIN
R12

Ret
HDV
R13

19
HDV
R14

21
TOW
R15

22
TOW
R16

10
PHI
R17

20
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19

11
SUR
R20

20
SYM
R21

Ret
SYM
R22

17
SAN
R23

17
SAN
R24

20
SYD
R25

9
SYD
R26

22
24th 1208
2011 Greg Murphy YMC
R1

21
YMC
R2

9
ADE
R3

18
ADE
R4

19
HAM
R5

8
HAM
R6

Ret
BAR
R7

15
BAR
R8

24
BAR
R9

10
WIN
R10

18
WIN
R11

11
HID
R12

12
HID
R13

22
TOW
R14

19
TOW
R15

20
QLD
R16

6
QLD
R17

7
QLD
R18

13
PHI
R19

11
BAT
R20

3
SUR
R21

6
SUR
R22

4
SYM
R23

Ret
SYM
R24

14
SAN
R25

Ret
SAN
R26

21
SYD
R27

16
SYD
R28

11
13th 1750
2012 Karl Reindler ADE
R1

20
ADE
R2

20
SYM
R3

23
SYM
R4

24
HAM
R5

Ret
HAM
R6

20
BAR
R7

23
BAR
R8

23
BAR
R9

17
PHI
R10

16
PHI
R11

23
HID
R12

17
HID
R13

Ret
TOW
R14

25
TOW
R15

22
QLD
R16

14
QLD
R17

21
SMP
R18

22
SMP
R19

25
SAN
R20

20
BAT
R21

19
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

DNS
YMC
R24

21
YMC
R25

21
YMC
R26

Ret
WIN
R27

21
WIN
R28

15
SYD
R29

7
SYD
R30

14
24th 1147
2013 Michael Caruso 36 Nissan ADE
R1

23
ADE
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

16
SYM
R4

19
SYM
R5

17
PUK
R6

13
PUK
R7

12
PUK
R8

14
PUK
R9

16
BAR
R10

11
BAR
R11

25
BAR
R12

Ret
COA
R13

20
COA
R14

15
COA
R15

15
COA
R16

24
HID
R17

10
HID
R18

21
HID
R19

11
TOW
R20

18
TOW
R21

22
QLD
R22

25
QLD
R23

24
QLD
R24

16
WIN
R25

2
WIN
R26

Ret
WIN
R27

Ret
SAN
R28

20
BAT
R29

25
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

10
PHI
R32

10
PHI
R33

Ret
PHI
R34

Ret
SYD
R35

7
SYD
R36

19
23rd 1233
2014 ADE
R1

18
ADE
R2

8
ADE
R3

14
SYM
R4

21
SYM
R5

14
SYM
R6

19
WIN
R7

19
WIN
R8

17
WIN
R9

8
PUK
R10

17
PUK
R11

20
PUK
R12

13
PUK
R13

5
BAR
R14

20
BAR
R15

15
BAR
R16

10
HID
R17

12
HID
R18

10
HID
R19

13
TOW
R20

10
TOW
R21

Ret
TOW
R22

11
QLD
R23

13
QLD
R24

24
QLD
R25

8
SMP
R26

5
SMP
R27

20
SMP
R28

8
SAN
R29

18
BAT
R30

15
SUR
R31

5
SUR
R32

3
PHI
R33

5
PHI
R34

7
PHI
R35

9
SYD
R36

22
SYD
R37

8
SYD
R38

Ret
10th 1939

Car No. 7 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2018 Andre Heimgartner 7 Nissan ADE
R1

17
ADE
R2

25
MEL
R3

18
MEL
R4

16
MEL
R5

21
MEL
R6

14
SYM
R7

17
SYM
R8

19
PHI
R9

15
PHI
R10

14
BAR
R11

25
BAR
R12

8
WIN
R13

16
WIN
R14

11
HID
R15

16
HID
R16

16
TOW
R17

12
TOW
R18

11
QLD
R19

15
QLD
R20

14
SMP
R21

24
BEN
R22

19
BEN
R23

Ret
SAN
QR

6
SAN
R24

14
BAT
R25

16

19

C
PUK
R28

18
PUK
R29

8
NEW
R30

8
NEW
R31

6
17th 1775
2019 ADE
R1

13
ADE
R2

13
MEL
R3

15
MEL
R4

18
MEL
R5

9
MEL
R6

14
SYM
R7

18
SYM
R8

17
PHI
R9

3
PHI
R10

13
BAR
R11

17
BAR
R12

23
WIN
R13

8
WIN
R14

11
HID
R15

16
HID
R16

11
TOW
R17

12
TOW
R18

18
QLD
R19

12
QLD
R20

7
BEN
R21

5
BEN
R22

20
PUK
R23

8
PUK
R24

19
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

Ret
SUR
R27

21
SAN
QR

2
SAN
R28

8
NEW
R29

21
NEW
R30

12
16th 1875
2020 Ford ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

10
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

15
SMP1
R8

10
SMP1
R9

15
SMP2
R10

17
SMP2
R11

12
SMP2
R12

2

9

10

16

15

10

8

Ret

14

15

18

24

17

4

2

7

14

10

14
BAT
R31

11
14th 1444
2021 BAT
R1

15
BAT
R2

9

8

5

11

22

10

22

1

7

10
HID
R12

15
HID
R13

17
HID
R14

Ret
TOW1
R15

12
TOW1
R16

12

19

20

15
SYD1
R20

15
SYD1
R21

8
SYD1
R22

13

Ret

7

10

10

16

24

15

C
BAT
R31

12th* 1106*

Car No. 26 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2009 Rick Kelly 15 Holden ADE
R1

10
ADE
R2

10
HAM
R3

7
HAM
R4

14
WIN
R5

4
WIN
R6

7
SYM
R7

11
SYM
R8

27
HDV
R9

15
HDV
R10

4
TOW
R11

7
TOW
R12

Ret
SAN
R13

24
SAN
R14

13
QLD
R15

14
QLD
R16

10
PHI
QR

30
PHI
R17

5
BAT
R18

8
SUR
R19

12
SUR
R20

9
SUR
R21

20
SUR
R22

9
PHI
R23

3
PHI
R24

2
BAR
R25

7
BAR
R26

16
SYD
R27

9
SYD
R28

Ret
8th 2162
2010 YMC
R1

10
YMC
R2

4
BHR
R3

9
BHR
R4

4
ADE
R5

23
ADE
R6

6
HAM
R7

8
HAM
R8

6
QLD
R9

8
QLD
R10

7
WIN
R11

18
WIN
R12

4
HDV
R13

14
HDV
R14

9
TOW
R15

15
TOW
R16

13
PHI
QR

1
PHI
R17

4
BAT
R18

16
SUR
R19

14
SUR
R20

6
SYM
R21

14
SYM
R22

25
SAN
R23

7
SAN
R24

8
SYD
R25

3
SYD
R26

7
8th 2347
2011 YMC
R1

13
YMC
R2

19
ADE
R3

12
ADE
R4

2
HAM
R5

1
HAM
R6

6
BAR
R7

9
BAR
R8

16
BAR
R9

12
WIN
R10

4
WIN
R11

17
HID
R12

1
HID
R13

20
TOW
R14

7
TOW
R15

13
QLD
R16

4
QLD
R17

4
QLD
R18

17
PHI
QR

6
PHI
R19

8
BAT
R20

22
SUR
R21

7
SUR
R22

5
SYM
R23

14
SYM
R24

12
SAN
R25

1
SAN
R26

9
SYD
R27

10
SYD
R28

12
6th 2358
2012 ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

11
SYM
R3

19
SYM
R4

16
HAM
R5

5
HAM
R6

12
BAR
R7

9
BAR
R8

20
BAR
R9

19
PHI
R10

6
PHI
R11

Ret
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

23
TOW
R14

8
TOW
R15

20
QLD
R16

12
QLD
R17

25
SMP
R18

17
SMP
R19

15
SAN
QR

6
SAN
R20

12
BAT
R21

15
SUR
R22

8
SUR
R23

11
YMC
R24

27
YMC
R25

12
YMC
R26

9
WIN
R27

13
WIN
R28

19
SYD
R29

6
SYD
R30

11
14th 1894
2013 Nissan ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

14
SYM
R3

20
SYM
R4

23
SYM
R5

16
PUK
R6

12
PUK
R7

7
PUK
R8

10
PUK
R9

15
BAR
R10

26
BAR
R11

16
BAR
R12

18
COA
R13

6
COA
R14

8
COA
R15

9
COA
R16

8
HID
R17

5
HID
R18

25
HID
R19

12
TOW
R20

12
TOW
R21

20
QLD
R22

13
QLD
R23

21
QLD
R24

9
WIN
R25

14
WIN
R26

22
WIN
R27

Ret
SAN
QR

21
SAN
R28

16
BAT
R29

19
SUR
R30

11
SUR
R31

6
PHI
R32

20
PHI
R33

13
PHI
R34

8
SYD
R35

9
SYD
R36

18
14th 1754
2014 ADE
R1

6
ADE
R2

11
ADE
R3

5
SYM
R4

Ret
SYM
R5

24
SYM
R6

20
WIN
R7

20
WIN
R8

18
WIN
R9

14
PUK
R10

20
PUK
R11

17
PUK
R12

15
PUK
R13

8
BAR
R14

19
BAR
R15

22
BAR
R16

14
HID
R17

17
HID
R18

22
HID
R19

9
TOW
R20

14
TOW
R21

19
TOW
R22

18
QLD
R23

11
QLD
R24

5
QLD
R25

15
SMP
R26

6
SMP
R27

9
SMP
R28

14
SAN
QR

14
SAN
R29

13
BAT
R30

8
SUR
R31

19
SUR
R32

9
PHI
R33

8
PHI
R34

8
PHI
R35

11
SYD
R36

5
SYD
R37

14
SYD
R38

7
13th 1921
2015 ADE
R1

15
ADE
R2

6
ADE
R3

7
SYM
R4

14
SYM
R5

16
SYM
R6

14
BAR
R7

9
BAR
R8

8
BAR
R9

20
WIN
R10

7
WIN
R11

2
WIN
R12

11
HID
R13

3
HID
R14

21
HID
R15

13
TOW
R16

16
TOW
R17

16
QLD
R18

16
QLD
R19

13
QLD
R20

17
SMP
R21

6
SMP
R22

12
SMP
R23

15
SAN
QR

14
SAN
R24

10
BAT
R25

16
SUR
R26

9
SUR
R27

2
PUK
R28

14
PUK
R29

11
PUK
R30

17
PHI
R31

17
PHI
R32

8
PHI
R33

6
SYD
R34

7
SYD
R35

8
SYD
R36

3
9th 2154
2016 ADE
R1

9
ADE
R2

13
ADE
R3

7
SYM
R4

4
SYM
R5

Ret
PHI
R6

14
PHI
R7

11
BAR
R8

9
BAR
R9

5
WIN
R10

4
WIN
R11

15
HID
R12

15
HID
R13

15
TOW
R14

21
TOW
R15

12
QLD
R16

8
QLD
R17

14
SMP
R18

9
SMP
R19

11
SAN
QR

14
SAN
R20

10
BAT
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

21
SUR
R23

17
PUK
R24

7
PUK
R25

12
PUK
R26

9
PUK
R27

24
SYD
R28

6
SYD
R29

Ret
13th 1835
2017 ADE
R1

5
ADE
R2

17
SYM
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

DNS
PHI
R5

16
PHI
R6

9
BAR
R7

14
BAR
R8

15
WIN
R9

15
WIN
R10

14
HID
R11

Ret
HID
R12

10
TOW
R13

17
TOW
R14

12
QLD
R15

8
QLD
R16

13
SMP
R17

11
SMP
R18

20
SAN
QR

13
SAN
R19

14
BAT
R20

13
SUR
R21

10
SUR
R22

11
PUK
R23

11
PUK
R24

12
NEW
R25

10
NEW
R26

4
14th 1773
2018 ADE
R1

23
ADE
R2

14
MEL
R3

17
MEL
R4

13
MEL
R5

17
MEL
R6

Ret
SYM
R7

15
SYM
R8

11
PHI
R9

2
PHI
R10

3
BAR
R11

14
BAR
R12

10
WIN
R13

1
WIN
R14

4
HID
R15

6
HID
R16

5
TOW
R17

15
TOW
R18

7
QLD
R19

13
QLD
R20

9
SMP
R21

6
BEN
R22

2
BEN
R23

17
SAN
QR

16
SAN
R24

8
BAT
R25

11

22

C
PUK
R28

16
PUK
R29

22
NEW
R30

9
NEW
R31

17
8th 2515
2019 ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

24
MEL
R3

22
MEL
R4

16
MEL
R5

16
MEL
R6

19
SYM
R7

17
SYM
R8

15
PHI
R9

7
PHI
R10

8
BAR
R11

15
BAR
R12

20
WIN
R13

14
WIN
R14

Ret
HID
R15

21
HID
R16

16
TOW
R17

17
TOW
R18

6
QLD
R19

16
QLD
R20

8
BEN
R21

23
BEN
R22

11
PUK
R23

19
PUK
R24

11
BAT
R25

8
SUR
R26

10
SUR
R27

14
SAN
QR

17
SAN
R28

22
NEW
R29

13
NEW
R30

19
17th 1820
2020 Ford ADE
R1

9
ADE
R2

13
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

14
SMP1
R8

19
SMP1
R9

17
SMP2
R10

18
SMP2
R11

6
SMP2
R12

17

15

13

10

14

11

22

17

20

14

11

11

16

6

6

8

23

9

15
BAT
R31

17
16th 1316
2021 David Reynolds 26 BAT
R1

9
BAT
R2

11

11

22

3

16

8

8






HID
R15

HID
R16

HID
R17

TOW
R18

TOW
R19







BAT
R26






8th* 156*

Car No. 78 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2011 David Reynolds 16 Holden YMC
R1

17
YMC
R2

4
ADE
R3

22
ADE
R4

14
HAM
R5

24
HAM
R6

20
BAR
R7

19
BAR
R8

20
BAR
R9

24
WIN
R10

22
WIN
R11

20
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

21
TOW
R14

24
TOW
R15

23
QLD
R16

18
QLD
R17

18
QLD
R18

5
PHI
Q

6
PHI
R19

6
BAT
R20

19
SUR
R21

19
SUR
R22

11
SYM
R23

22
SYM
R24

22
SAN
R25

18
SAN
R26

13
SYD
R27

13
SYD
R28

13
19th 1519
2012 Greg Murphy 51 ADE
R1

24
ADE
R2

DNS
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5

DNF
HAM
R6

17
BAR
R7

12
BAR
R8

16
BAR
R9

11
PHI
R10

24
PHI
R11

14
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q

26
SAN
R20

27
BAT
R21

13
SUR
R22

13
SUR
R23

20
YMC
R24

25
YMC
R25

27
YMC
R26

Ret
WIN
R27

Ret
WIN
R28

Ret
SYD
R29

Ret
SYD
R30

Ret
28th 649
David Russell ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3

21
SYM
R4

Ret
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

Ret
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q
SAN
R20
BAT
R21
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
40th 311
Jacques Villeneuve ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3

21
SYM
R4

Ret
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14

Ret
TOW
R15

24
QLD
R16

24
QLD
R17

24
SMP
R18

24
SMP
R19

26
SAN
Q
SAN
R20
BAT
R21
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
NC 0
2013 James Moffat 360 Nissan ADE
R1

14
ADE
R2

13
SYM
R3

19
SYM
R4

20
SYM
R5

15
PUK
R6

22
PUK
R7

9
PUK
R8

13
PUK
R9

10
BAR
R10

10
BAR
R11

10
BAR
R12

8
COA
R13

16
COA
R14

10
COA
R15

17
COA
R16

14
HID
R17

15
HID
R18

23
HID
R19

Ret
TOW
R20

15
TOW
R21

14
QLD
R22

10
QLD
R23

23
QLD
R24

12
WIN
R25

1
WIN
R26

11
WIN
R27

8
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R28

26
BAT
R29

18
SUR
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

Ret
PHI
R32

Ret
PHI
R33

21
PHI
R34

7
SYD
R35

20
SYD
R36

Ret
18th 1448
2014 ADE
R1

20
ADE
R2

12
ADE
R3

9
SYM
R4

18
SYM
R5

12
SYM
R6

22
WIN
R7

18
WIN
R8

6
WIN
R9

9
PUK
R10

10
PUK
R11

15
PUK
R12

8
PUK
R13

16
BAR
R14

21
BAR
R15

21
BAR
R16

8
HID
R17

11
HID
R18

Ret
HID
R19

7
TOW
R20

21
TOW
R21

18
TOW
R22

16
QLD
R23

Ret
QLD
R24

13
QLD
R25

5
SMP
R26

12
SMP
R27

6
SMP
R28

4
SAN
QR

22
SAN
R29

Ret
BAT
R30

2
SUR
R31

13
SUR
R32

Ret
PHI
R33

18
PHI
R34

11
PHI
R35

18
SYD
R36

14
SYD
R37

17
SYD
R38

15
16th 1734
2015 ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

7
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

12
SYM
R5

19
SYM
R6

22
BAR
R7

13
BAR
R8

20
BAR
R9

7
WIN
R10

17
WIN
R11

22
WIN
R12

19
HID
R13

4
HID
R14

11
HID
R15

14
TOW
R16

11
TOW
R17

17
QLD
R18

DSQ
QLD
R19

DSQ
QLD
R20

10
SMP
R21

12
SMP
R22

18
SMP
R23

Ret
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R24

18
BAT
R25

10
SUR
R26

10
SUR
R27

8
PUK
R28

11
PUK
R29

14
PUK
R30

14
PHI
R31

5
PHI
R32

14
PHI
R33

8
SYD
R34

24
SYD
R35

Ret
SYD
R36

16
18th 1643
2016 Dale Wood 96 ADE
R1

20
ADE
R2

18
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

22
SYM
R5

20
PHI
R6

20
PHI
R7

18
BAR
R8

18
BAR
R9

20
WIN
R10

14
WIN
R11

14
HID
R12

20
HID
R13

18
TOW
R14

23
TOW
R15

18
QLD
R16

17
QLD
R17

19
SMP
R18

15
SMP
R19

21
SAN
QR

20
SAN
R20

18
BAT
R21

9
SUR
R22

7
SUR
R23

22
PUK
R24

Ret
PUK
R25

21
PUK
R26

21
PUK
R27

18
SYD
R28

Ret
SYD
R29

Ret
22nd 1273
2017 Simona de Silvestro 78 ADE
R1

20
ADE
R2

23
SYM
R3

15
SYM
R4

15
PHI
R5

13
PHI
R6

13
BAR
R7

23
BAR
R8

25
WIN
R9

23
WIN
R10

20
HID
R11

20
HID
R12

28
TOW
R13

18
TOW
R14

23
QLD
R15

27
QLD
R16

19
SMP
R17

19
SMP
R18

23
SAN
Q

22
SAN
R19

18
BAT
R20

Ret
SUR
R21

16
SUR
R22

23
PUK
R23

18
PUK
R24

17
NEW
R25

20
NEW
R26

17
24th 1131
2018 ADE
R1

18
ADE
R2

18
MEL
R3

Ret
MEL
R4

23
MEL
R5

23
MEL
R6

16
SYM
R7

23
SYM
R8

21
PHI
R9

24
PHI
R10

22
BAR
R11

15
BAR
R12

12
WIN
R13

22
WIN
R14

23
HID
R15

22
HID
R16

17
TOW
R17

25
TOW
R18

22
QLD
R19

19
QLD
R20

20
SMP
R21

14
BEN
R22

23
BEN
R23

23
SAN
QR

22
SAN
R24

Ret
BAT
R25

14

18

C
PUK
R28

21
PUK
R29

18
NEW
R30

10
NEW
R31

24
23rd 1323
2019 ADE
R1

15
ADE
R2

16
MEL
R3

18
MEL
R4

19
MEL
R5

17
MEL
R6

21
SYM
R7

21
SYM
R8

21
PHI
R9

15
PHI
R10

18
BAR
R11

12
BAR
R12

12
WIN
R13

23
WIN
R14

23
HID
R15

19
HID
R16

20
TOW
R17

19
TOW
R18

10
QLD
R19

18
QLD
R20

19
BEN
R21

Ret
BEN
R22

22

16

7
BAT
R25

13

21

22

12

15

19

18
19th 1564

Bathurst 1000 results[]

Year No. Car Drivers Pos. Laps
2009 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Rick Kelly
8th 161
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Nathan Pretty
United Kingdom Ben Collins
20th 156
16 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Tony Ricciardello
Australia Mark McNally
17th 160
247 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Jack Perkins
Australia Dale Wood
14th 160
2010 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Dale Wood
20th 160
11 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Jason Bargwanna
Australia Glenn Seton
DNF 132
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Owen Kelly
16th 161
16 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Tony Ricciardello
Australia Taz Douglas
22nd 158
2011 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia David Russell
24th 154
11 Holden Commodore (VE) New Zealand Greg Murphy
Denmark Allan Simonsen
3rd 161
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Owen Kelly
22nd 159
16 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia David Reynolds
Australia Tim Blanchard
19th 161
77 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Grant Denyer
Australia Cameron Waters
DNF 95
2012 7 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Tim Blanchard
18th 161
11 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Karl Reindler
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
19th 161
15 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Russell
15th 161
23 Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Cameron Waters
Australia Jesse Dixon
20th 158
51 Holden Commodore (VE) New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Owen Kelly
13th 161
2013 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia David Russell
DNF 20
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Karl Reindler
19th 161
300 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
25th 147
360 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia James Moffat
Australia Taz Douglas
18th 161
2014 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
7th 161
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Russell
8th 161
36 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
15th 158
360 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia James Moffat
Australia Taz Douglas
2nd 161
2015 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
20th 156
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Russell
16th 161
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
13th 161
99 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia James Moffat
Australia Taz Douglas
10th 161
2016 7 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Matt Campbell
DNF 157
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Russell Ingall
DNF 156
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
8th 161
96 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Dale Wood
Australia David Russell
9th 161
360 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia Renee Gracie
14th 159
2017 15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia David Wall
13th 159
20 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Todd Kelly
Australia Jack Le Brocq
7th 161
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
6th 161
78 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia David Russell
DNF 152
2018 7 Nissan Altima (L33) New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Aaren Russell
16th 161
11 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Garry Jacobson
11th 161
23 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Dean Fiore
DNF 69
78 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia Alex Rullo
14th 161
2019 3 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Garry Jacobson
Australia Dean Fiore
19th 159
7 Nissan Altima (L33) New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Bryce Fullwood
Ret 157
15 Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Dale Wood
8th 161
78 Nissan Altima (L33) Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Australia Alex Rullo
13th 160
2020 7 Ford Mustang GT New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe
11th 161
15 Ford Mustang GT Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Dale Wood
17th 144
2021 7 Ford Mustang GT New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Matt Campbell
NC 159
26 Ford Mustang GT Australia David Reynolds
Australia Luke Youlden
11th 161
  • Wildcard Entries are listed in Italics

Supercars Championship drivers[]

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in V8 Supercars, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team in an endurance race co-driver basis are listed in italics.

Super2 drivers[]

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in Super2 Series, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team in an endurance race co-driver basis are listed in italics.

  • Australia Owen Kelly (2010)
  • Australia Grant Denyer (2011)
  • Australia Cameron Waters (2011)
  • New Zealand (2021)

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  21. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (15 May 2018). "Nissan to end works Supercars programme after 2018 season". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Kelly Racing confirms two car Ford Mustang program". Speedcafe. 15 October 2019.
  23. ^ "Kelly Racing announces new ownership, name". Supercars.com. 14 January 2021.
  24. ^ New ownership, name for Kelly Racing Speedcafe 21 January 2021
  25. ^ "Reynolds and Penrite shift to Kelly Grove Racing". Supercars.com. 16 January 2021.
  26. ^ Grove takes full ownership of KGR, Kelly to depart Speedcafe 26 July 2021

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