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==