# Rick Kelly

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. In 2006, Kelly extended his success by winning the V8 Supercar Championship for the HSV Dealer Team. 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.

## 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.

## 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. Kelly not only appears on the campaign's website, but he has also promoted the campaign on his Twitter account.
* Kelly placed 14th in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VE Commodore
* Kelly placed 14th in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima
* Kelly placed 13th in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima
* Kelly placed 14th in the 2017 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima
* Kelly placed 8th in the 2018 Supercars Championship driving a Nissan L33 Altima

## Career results
### Career summary

| 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 | 16th | 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 L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 13th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 9th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 13th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2017 | Supercars Championship | 14th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2018 | Supercars Championship | 8th | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2019 | Supercars Championship | 17th | Nissan Altima L33 | Kelly Racing |
| 2020 | Supercars Championship | 16th | Ford Mustang GT | Kelly Racing |

### Supercars Championship results

Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 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 | Position | Points |
| 2001 | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | PHI R1 | PHI R2 | ADE R3 | ADE R4 | EAS R5 | EAS R6 | HDV R7 | HDV R8 | HDV R9 | CAN R10 | CAN R11 | CAN R12 | BAR R13 | BAR R14 | BAR R15 | CAL R16 | CAL R17 | CAL R18 | ORA R19 | ORA R20 | QLD R21 Ret | WIN R22 | WIN R23 | BAT R24 14 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 47th | 308 |
| 2001 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SAN R28 Ret | SAN R29 22 | SAN R30 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 47th | 308 |
| 2002 | Holden Young Lions | Holden VX Commodore | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 DNS | PHI R3 20 | PHI R4 5 | EAS R5 13 | EAS R6 22 | EAS R7 25 | HDV R8 12 | HDV R9 DNS | HDV R10 DNS | CAN R11 Ret | CAN R12 Ret | CAN R13 Ret | BAR R14 17 | BAR R15 20 | BAR R16 13 | ORA R17 8 | ORA R18 15 | WIN R19 7 | WIN R20 13 | QLD R21 Ret | BAT R22 4 | SUR R23 22 | SUR R24 Ret | PUK R25 7 | PUK R26 5 | PUK R27 3 | SAN R28 Ret | SAN R29 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 574 |
| 2003 | K-mart Racing Team | Holden VX Commodore | ADE R1 9 | ADE R1 24 | PHI R3 11 | EAS R4 9 | WIN R5 11 | BAR R6 10 | BAR R7 9 | BAR R8 4 | HDV R9 14 | HDV R10 7 | HDV R11 18 | QLD R12 9 | ORA R13 24 | SAN R14 3 | BAT R15 1 | SUR R16 5 | SUR R17 7 | PUK R18 8 | PUK R19 13 | PUK R20 5 | EAS R21 25 | EAS R22 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 1675 |
| 2004 | K-mart Racing Team | Holden VY Commodore | ADE R1 12 | ADE R2 6 | EAS R3 1 | PUK R4 7 | PUK R5 4 | PUK R6 5 | HDV R7 6 | HDV R8 1 | HDV R9 21 | BAR R10 4 | BAR R11 2 | BAR R12 4 | QLD R13 15 | WIN R14 2 | ORA R15 30 | ORA R16 9 | SAN R17 5 | BAT R18 1 | SUR R19 21 | SUR R20 25 | SYM R21 1 | SYM R22 2 | SYM R23 Ret | EAS R24 5 | EAS R25 Ret | EAS R26 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 1793 |
| 2005 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE R1 15 | ADE R2 9 | PUK R3 16 | PUK R4 Ret | PUK R5 15 | BAR R6 14 | BAR R7 16 | BAR R8 15 | EAS R9 31 | EAS R10 14 | SHA R11 Ret | SHA R12 16 | SHA R13 Ret | HDV R14 9 | HDV R15 5 | HDV R16 3 | QLD R17 15 | ORA R18 5 | ORA R19 6 | SAN R20 4 | BAT R21 16 | SUR R22 9 | SUR R23 5 | SUR R24 6 | SYM R25 3 | SYM R26 4 | SYM R27 2 | PHI R28 4 | PHI R29 4 | PHI R30 3 | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 1630 |
| 2006 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE R1 2 | ADE R2 3 | PUK R3 12 | PUK R4 10 | PUK R5 7 | BAR R6 7 | BAR R7 11 | BAR R8 14 | WIN R9 10 | WIN R10 4 | WIN R11 4 | HDV R12 2 | HDV R13 10 | HDV R14 5 | QLD R15 7 | QLD R16 4 | QLD R17 2 | ORA R18 3 | ORA R19 13 | ORA R20 2 | SAN R21 2 | BAT R22 2 | SUR R23 6 | SUR R24 4 | SUR R25 1 | SYM R26 3 | SYM R27 5 | SYM R28 4 | BHR R29 4 | BHR R30 28 | BHR R31 5 | PHI R32 5 | PHI R33 4 | PHI R34 18 | | | | | | 1st | 3308 |
| 2007 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 4 | ADE R2 1 | BAR R3 2 | BAR R4 2 | BAR R5 3 | PUK R6 3 | PUK R7 3 | PUK R8 1 | WIN R9 3 | WIN R10 3 | WIN R11 3 | EAS R12 3 | EAS R13 2 | EAS R14 4 | HDV R15 2 | HDV R16 2 | HDV R17 2 | QLD R18 7 | QLD R19 16 | QLD R20 6 | ORA R21 2 | ORA R22 15 | ORA R23 15 | SAN R24 2 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 7 | SUR R27 16 | SUR R28 6 | BHR R29 4 | BHR R30 12 | BHR R31 8 | SYM R32 6 | SYM R33 5 | SYM R34 Ret | PHI R35 5 | PHI R36 8 | PHI R37 10 | | | 4th | 552 |
| 2008 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 6 | EAS R3 4 | EAS R4 6 | EAS R5 2 | HAM R6 2 | HAM R7 6 | HAM R8 4 | BAR R29 6 | BAR R10 6 | BAR R11 5 | SAN R12 7 | SAN R13 12 | SAN R14 17 | HDV R15 9 | HDV R16 9 | HDV R17 6 | QLD R18 8 | QLD R19 Ret | QLD R20 13 | WIN R21 10 | WIN R22 6 | WIN R23 5 | PHI QR 1 | PHI R24 7 | BAT R25 20 | SUR R26 Ret | SUR R27 6 | SUR R28 5 | BHR R29 9 | BHR R30 22 | BHR R31 20 | SYM R32 19 | SYM R33 9 | SYM R34 8 | ORA R35 9 | ORA R36 4 | ORA R37 1 | | 7th | 2430 |
| 2009 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 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 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 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 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 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 | Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 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 Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | SUR R26 22 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 16 | PUK R29 22 | NEW R30 9 | NEW R31 17 | | | | | | | | 8th | 2515 |
| 2019 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | 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 | Kelly Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 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 | HID1 R13 15 | HID1 R14 13 | HID1 R15 10 | HID2 R16 14 | HID2 R17 11 | HID2 R18 22 | TOW1 R19 17 | TOW1 R20 20 | TOW1 R21 14 | TOW2 R22 11 | TOW2 R23 11 | TOW2 R24 16 | BEN1 R25 6 | BEN1 R26 6 | BEN1 R27 8 | BEN2 R28 23 | BEN2 R29 9 | BEN2 R30 15 | BAT R31 17 | | | | | | | | | 16th | 1316 |

### 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 |
| 2008 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VE | 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 |