Steven Ellery

Steven Bruce Ellery (born 22 August 1974 in Melbourne) is a retired Australian racing driver known from V8 Supercars.

Racing history Early career Ellery started racing in karts before graduation to Formula Ford in 1992. After running near the front of the Formula Ford pack racing a Van Diemen in 1993 Ellery moved his family-run team into the Australian Manufacturers' Championship (later known as the Australian Super Touring Championship), driving first a Ford Sierra in 1994 then a BMW 318i in 1995. Ellery's appearance in an ex-Glenn Seton Racing Ford Sierra at the Amaroo Park Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) round in 1994 remains the most recent entry of a non-V8 powered car in the championship.

ATCC / V8 Supercars After two Bathurst 1000 starts in 1993 and 1994, Ellery entered the ATCC full-time in 1996 with his eponymous team, finishing 15th in the championship. He then joined Longhurst Racing for the post-season endurance races in 1996, finishing 4th at the Sandown 500 and 3rd at the Bathurst 1000 with Tony Longhurst. He continued with the team in 1997, as the team expanded to two cars with a second Ford EL Falcon. After a falling out with Longhurst, he then raced a Holden Young Lions Holden VS Commodore, prepared by Gibson Motorsport, in 1998. Ellery did however take a pole position at the non-championship event supporting the Gold Coast Indy 300. Ellery joined Dick Johnson Racing for the 1999 endurance events, now part of the championship, and co-driver Paul Radisich was leading the 1999 FAI 1000 with under 20 laps to go before a flat tyre put them out of the race.

In 2000, Ellery, now with Supercheap Auto backing, won the second race of the Sandown round, what proved to be his only championship race victory. Ellery continued with his team until 2004, with a best finish of 9th in the championship in 2001. The team's highlight was a double podium for Ellery and Luke Youlden at the two major endurance races in 2003, second at Sandown and third at Bathurst. In 2005, Ellery was selected to partner Craig Lowndes at Triple Eight Race Engineering in a two-year deal. While Lowndes mounted a championship challenge, Ellery only finished 13th in the championship with one podium at the 2005 Bathurst 1000. He was replaced after only one year for 2006 by Jamie Whincup and never returned as a full-time driver in the series.

Over the next three years, Ellery drove with Paul Morris Motorsport and Garry Rogers Motorsport as an endurance co-driver before stepping away from the sport.

Other racing Ellery entered the first four rounds of the 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship before dropping out of the championship.

Business Ellery is the chief executive officer of his family labour contracting business.

Career results Season Series Position Car Team 1992 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 15th Van Diemen RF91 Ford Steven Ellery Racing 1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship 6th Van Diemen RF93 Ford Steven Ellery Racing 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship 4th Ford Sierra RS Steven Ellery Racing 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship 6th BMW 318i Steven Ellery Racing 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship 15th Ford EF Falcon Steven Ellery Racing 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 18th Ford EL Falcon Longhurst Racing 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 15th Holden VS Commodore Holden Young Lions 1999 Shell Championship Series 35th Ford EL FalconFord AU Falcon Steven Ellery RacingDick Johnson Racing 2000 Shell Championship Series 21st Ford AU Falcon Steven Ellery Racing 2001 Shell Championship Series 9th Ford AU Falcon Steven Ellery Racing 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 21st Ford AU Falcon Steven Ellery Racing 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 19th Ford BA Falcon Steven Ellery Racing 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 25th Ford BA Falcon Steven Ellery Racing 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 13th Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 31st Holden VZ Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 16th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Sherrin Motorsport V8 Supercar Championship Series 48th Holden VZ CommodoreHolden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport

Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 1996 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (EF) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 SANR4 SANR5 SANR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 PHIR13 PHIR14 PHIR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 15th 28 1997 Longhurst Racing Ford Falcon (EL) CALR1 CALR2 CALR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 EASR16 EASR17 EASR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 18th 58 1998 Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VS) SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 LAKR7 LAKR8 LAKR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 MALR16 MALR17 MALR18 BARR19 BARR20 BARR21 CALR22 CALR23 CALR24 HDVR25 HDVR26 HDVR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 15th 266 1999 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (EL) EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 BARR5 BARR6 BARR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 CALR20 CALR21 CALR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 WINR26 WINR27 WINR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QLDR32 BATR33 35th 342 2000 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 21st 406 2001 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 9th 2073 2002 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 21st 478 2003 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 19th 1164 2004 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 25th 991 2005 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 EASR9 EASR10 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 13th 1424 2006 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 31st 594 2007 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 48th 6 2008 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR9 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQ PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 40th 245

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year No. Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1993 77 Phoenix Motorsport Ford Sierra Gary Gosatti DNF 62 1994 10 Phil Ward Racing Holden VP Commodore Phil Ward NC 100 1996 25 Longhurst Racing Ford EF Falcon Tony Longhurst 3rd 161 1997 45 Gibson Motorsport Holden VS Commodore Darren Hossack 6th 154 1998 24 Romano Racing Holden VS Commodore Paul Romano 12th 151 1999 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon Paul Radisich DNF 147 2000 31 Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon Paul Stokell DNF 82 2001 31 Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon Geoff Brabham 7th 161 2002 31 Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon Luke Youlden 9th 160 2003 31 Steven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon Luke Youlden 3rd 161 2004 31 Steven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon Luke Youlden 16th 158 2005 88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon Adam Macrow 3rd 161 2006 67 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore Paul Morris 6th 161 2007 67 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris DNF 145 2008 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Greg Ritter 16th 157