Owen Kelly

Owen John Kelly (born 12 March 1977) is an Australian professional racing driver. Son of Chas Kelly, he has competed over the course of his career in V8 Supercars and NASCAR among other series.

Racing career

Kelly started his circuit racing career in Formula Ford for three seasons, progressing to V8 Supercars in 2000. From there he has raced in Super Touring, V8 Supercars and NASCAR Late models. Late in the 2007 V8 Supercar season, he was picked up as a full-time driver for Paul Morris Motorsport, replacing Fabian Coulthard.

In 2008, Kelly raced an asphalt late model for Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA. He wanted to pursue a career in NASCAR and hoped to move up the ladder to get the necessary experience (Kelly started at the weekly track championship level). In June 2010, Kelly made his NASCAR debut in the Nationwide Series, driving for Baker Curb Racing at the Road America road course. He started ninth and finished fifth. Kelly finished 24th.

Kelly is of no relation to Todd or Rick Kelly, the latter he co-drove with at the 2010 and 2011 Bathurst 1000s.

Motorsports career results Season Series Position Car Team 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship 14th Spectrum 06b – Ford SH Racing 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship 10th Spectrum 07 – Ford Owen Kelly 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship 8th Spectrum 07 – Ford Owen Kelly 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship 7th BMW 320i Nemo Racing 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series 4th Holden Commodore (VS) John Faulkner Racing Shell Championship Series 39th Holden Commodore (VT) Romano Racing 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series 7th Holden Commodore (VT) Robert Smith Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th Ford Falcon (BA) Ford Performance Racing 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series 5th Ford Falcon (AU) Dick Johnson Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 44th Ford Falcon (BA) WPS RacingDick Johnson Racing 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Holden Commodore (VZ) Paul Weel RacingAutobarn Racing 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 50th Holden Commodore (VZ) Tasman Motorsport 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Ford Falcon (BF)Holden Commodore (VZ) Ford Performance RacingTeam Sirromet Wines Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 23rd Ford Falcon (BA) Kitome Racing 2008 UARA Stars 35th ? ? 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 56th Holden Commodore (VE) Paul Morris Motorsport UARA Stars 11th ? ? Motor Mile Speedway Late Models 52nd ? ? Rolex Sports Car Series 148th Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang Cobra GT 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 32nd Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th NASCAR Nationwide Series 100th Ford Mustang Baker Curb Racing 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 47th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing 2012 V8SuperTourer Championship 16th Holden Commodore (VE) M3 Racing International V8 Supercars Championship 47th Kelly Racing 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 63rd Chevrolet SS Phoenix Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series 43rd Toyota Camry Joe Gibbs Racing 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series 48th Toyota Camry Joe Gibbs Racing

V8 Supercar results

Complete Rolex Sports Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) Rolex Sports Car Series results Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 2009 Blackforest Motorsports Mustang Cobra GT Ford GTDAY VIR NJ LAG WAT MOH DAY2 BAR WAT2 CGV MIL HOM 148th 2 2011 Marsh Racing Corvette Chevrolet GT DAY HOM BAR VIR LRP LAG WAT1 MOH DAY2 NJ WAT2 CGV MIL 95th 17

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results Year Team 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 Pts Ref 2013 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 63rd 01

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team 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 Pts Ref 2010 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KENROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 100th 155 2011 Richard Petty Motorsports 9 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGVQL† BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM NA - 2012 Kyle Busch Motorsports 54 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGVQL‡ BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM NA - 2013 Joe Gibbs Racing DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 53rd 62 2016 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 48th 50 † - Qualified for Marcos Ambrose · ‡ - Qualified for Kyle Busch.

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2000 67 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) Aaron McGill DNF 2 2001 24 Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VX) Paul Romano 13th 159 2002 5 Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) Glenn Seton David Besnard DNF‡ 102 2003 19 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) David Besnard DNF 115 2004 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) David Brabham 17th 157 2005 50 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) Nathan Pretty 6th 161 2006 23 Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) Mark Noske 15th 159 2007 5 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BF) Matt Halliday 13th 161 2009 39 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) Russell Ingall 15th 160 2010 15 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) Rick Kelly 16th 161 2011 15 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) Rick Kelly 22nd 159 2012 51 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) Greg Murphy 13th 161 Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role

‡Kelly practiced but did not start due to illness.