in which Kelly placed 6th in the
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The car is pictured in 2018. of Todd Kelly at the
2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Season
2001 was Kelly's first full-time season in V8 Supercars (although he had previously raced in the category in 99' and 00'), he drove for the
K-Mart Racing Team alongside
Greg Murphy. He and Greg finished 3rd at Bathurst. He finished his first full season in 6th and broke through for his first-round victory in the
last round of the season at
Sandown Raceway. Season
2002 saw him take four second places, and fifth in the championship. After two successful years with K-Mart Racing Team, the departure of Jason Bright left a vacancy at the
Holden Racing Team in
2003. Kelly and new team-mate
Mark Skaife won the
Sandown 500 in very wet conditions and in controversial circumstances with a late race tussle with the
Team Dynamik Commodore of
Jason Richards and
Simon Wills. Kelly finished ninth in the championship, behind his brother Rick in eighth. Kelly was part of the two-car Holden Monaro assault by
Garry Rogers Motorsport on the
2003 Bathurst 24 Hour race. With co-drivers
Jason Bright,
Greg Murphy and
Peter Brock, Kelly won the race with Murphy crossing the line only 0.3505 seconds ahead of the teams lead car (and the
2002 race winner) driven by
Garth Tander and co-driven by
Steven Richards,
Cameron McConville and
Nathan Pretty. Season
2004 saw him finish behind his brother in the Championship, but this time two places up in seventh. Season
2005 was Kelly's most successful year in V8 Supercars, claiming five podiums. Three of them were wins, including the Bathurst 1000 with Mark Skaife which was Todd's 26th birthday and also the
V8 Supercars China Round, the series' only ever event to be held in China. He finished 4th in the standings, ahead of teammate Skaife in fifth. Kelly's
2006 season was fairly average throughout the first six rounds, albeit largely through mechanical failures, however after strong driving performances at the next three rounds including second in both the
Sandown 500 and
Bathurst 1000 when he paired up with younger brother Rick Kelly. Kelly's seat was taken by HSV Dealer Team driver
Garth Tander. He was just starting to show some of the form that had him finish fourth in the championship in 2005. He finished the year off strongly, with a second and first place in the last two rounds which left him in sixth place at the end of the year. Season
2007 was another average year for Kelly, he won the
Clipsal 500 but was not able to continue that edge. He came second at Phillip Island and at the Grand Finale, finishing seventh in the championship. In doing so, helped secure
Garth Tander the driver's championship. At the conclusion of the season, Kelly announced he would drive for
Jack Daniel's Racing from 2008 onwards after a five-year association with HRT. This move is believed to have also been supported by 2007 champion Garth Tander confirming he will be moving from HSVDT to HRT. Kelly's
2008 proved to be inconsistent. After starting the year well at Clipsal, where he finished fifth for the round, the middle part of the season saw a lack of the results expected from Kelly. After a major suspension geometry issue was resolved during the course of the Bathurst weekend, the car showed a sudden turn of speed. He finished 4th at
Surfers Paradise, then scored a stunning race win in the wet at
Symmons Plains, the first victory of any kind (race or round) for a
Perkins Engineering entry since 2006. Kelly finished the season in 12th position. ==Career results==