Owen Kelly | |||||||
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Born | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia | 12 March 1977||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2013 position | 63rd | ||||||
Best finish | 63rd (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 18 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 48th | ||||||
Best finish | 48th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2010 Bucyrus 200 (Road America) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Road America 180 (Road America) | ||||||
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Previous series | |||||||
1998–2000 2000–01 2001–04, 2007 2001–11 2008–09 2009 | Australian Formula Ford Ch. Australian Super Touring Development V8 Supercar V8 Supercar UARA Stars Late Models Rolex Sports Car Series | ||||||
Statistics current as of 27 August 2016. |
Owen 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.
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 Motormile 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. [1] He started ninth and finished fifth. [1] K1 Speed sponsored the car. For 2011, Owen 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. [2] Kelly finished 24th. [3]
Kelly is of no relation to Todd or Rick Kelly, the latter he co-drove with at the 2010 and 2011 Bathurst 1000s.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Rolex Sports Car Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | GT | DAY 29 | VIR | NJ | LAG | WAT | MDO | DAY2 | BAR | WAT2 | CGV | MIL | HOM | 148th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Marsh Racing | Corvette | Chevrolet | GT | DAY | HOM | BAR | VIR | LRP | LAG | WAT1 | MDO | DAY2 | NJ | WAT2 | CGV 14 | MIL | 95th | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NSCC | 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 24 | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 63rd | 01 | [4] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Year | Car# | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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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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