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. K1 Speed sponsored the car. For 2011, Kelly made no official start in the series but relief drove for Marcos Ambrose at Montreal who was in Michigan for the Sprint Cup Series race. He practiced and qualified the car while Kelly turned the wheel to Ambrose for the race. It turned up that Ambrose actually won the race in that car. In 2012, he practiced and qualified a car again, this time for Kyle Busch who ran his first race at Montreal since 2009. Busch finished tenth in the race after starting from the back of the field due to the driver change. It ended up that Kelly did not end up making any other attempts in 2012 and Ambrose did not run the Montreal race that year.
After a strong performance for Kyle Busch Motorsports at Road America in the Nationwide Series in 2013, it was announced that Kelly would make his debut in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 51 for Phoenix Racing, at Watkins Glen International in August of that year. 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 V8 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 Final pos Points 2000 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS)PHIPTHADL ECKHDVCAN QLDWINOPKCDR QLDSAN BAT NC 0 2001 Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VT) PHI ADL ECK HDV CAN PTH CDR OPKQLD WINBAT PUK SAN 39th 432 2002 Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) ADL PHI ECK HDV CAN PTH ORP WIN QLDBAT SUR PUK SAN NC 0 2003 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADL PHI ECK WIN PTH HDV QLD ORP SAN BAT SUR PUK ECK 40th 164 2004 Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon (BA)ADLECKPUK HDV PTH QLDWINOPK SAN BATSUR 44th 214 WPS RacingSYM ECK 2005 Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ)ADLPUK PTHECKCHI HDVQLDOPK SAN BATSUR 37th 220 Perkins EngineeringSYMPHI 2006 Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) ADL PUK BRG WIN HDV QLR ORP SAN BAT SUR SYM BAH PHI 50th 180 2007 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BF) ADL PER PUK WIN ECK HDV QLD OPKSAN BAT 24th 63 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) SUR BAH SYM PHI 2009 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) ADE R1 ADE R2 HAM R3 HAM R4 WIN R5 WIN R6 SYM R7 SYM R8 HDV R9 HDV R10 TOW R11 TOW R12 SAN R13 SAN R14 QLD R15 QLD R16 PHI Q PHI R17 BAT R18 SUR R19 SUR R20 PHI R21 PHI R22 PTH R23 PTH R22 SYD R23 SYD R24 55th 134 2010 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) YMC R1 YMC R2 BHR R3 BHR R4 ADE R5 ADE R6 HAM R7 HAM R8 QLD R9 QLD R10 WIN R11 WIN R12 HDV R13 HDV R14 TOW R15 TOW R16 PHI Q PHI R17 BAT R18 SUR R19 SUR R20 SYM R21 SYM R22 SAN R23 SAN R24 SYD R25 SYD R26 35th 501 2011 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) YMC R1 YMC R2 ADE R3 ADE R4 HAM R5 HAM R6 PER R7 PER R8 PER R9 WIN R10 WIN R11 HDV R12 HDV R13 TOW R14 TOW R15 QLD R16 QLD R17 QLD R18PHI Q PHI R19 BAT R20 SUR R21 SUR R22 SYM R23 SYM R24 SAN R25 SAN R26 SYD R27 SYD R28 47th 220 2012 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) ADE R1 ADE R2 SYM R3 SYM R4 HAM R5 HAM R6 PER R7 PER R8 PER R9 PHI R10 PHI R11 HDV R12 HDV R13 TOW R14 TOW R15 QLD R16 QLD R17 SMP R18 SMP R19SAN QSAN R20BAT R21 SUR R22 SUR R23 YMC R24 YMC R25 WIN R26 WIN R27 SYD R28 SYD R29 47th 187
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.
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