- Owen Kelly
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Owen Kelly Nationality Australian Born 12 March 1977
TasmaniaNASCAR Nationwide Series Years active 2010 Teams Baker-Curb Racing Starts 1 Previous series 1998–2000
2000–01
2001–04, 2007
2001–10
2008–09
2009Australian Formula Ford
Australian Super Touring
Development V8 Supercar
V8 Supercar
UARA Stars Late Models
Rolex Sports Car SeriesOwen Kelly, born 12 March 1977, in Tasmania, Australia. Known as a professional race car driver. Son of millionaire, NASCAR and Targa road rally racer Chas Kelly. 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 NascarLate 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 asphault late model, for Dale Earnhardt Jr., at Motormile Speedway in Radford, VA. He wants to pursue a career in NASCAR and hoped to move up the ladder to get the necessary experience. Kelly is starting from the bottom 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]
Career results
Season Series Position Car Team 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship 14th Spectrum 06b – Ford 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship 10th Spectrum 07 – Ford 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship 8th Spectrum 07 – Ford 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship 7th BMW 320i Nemo Racing 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series 4th Holden VS Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2001 Shell Championship Series 39th Holden VT Commodore Romano Racing 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series 7th Holden VT Commodore Robert Smith Racing 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 40th Ford BA Falcon Ford Performance Racing 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series 5th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 44th Ford BA Falcon WPS Racing
Dick Johnson Racing2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Holden VZ Commodore Paul Weel Racing
Autobarn Racing2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 50th Holden VZ Commodore Tasman Motorsport 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Ford BF Falcon
Holden VZ CommodoreFord Performance Racing
Team Sirromet Wines2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 23rd Ford BA Falcon Kitome Racing 2008 UARA Stars 35th ? ? 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 56th Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 2009 UARA Stars 11th ? ? 2009 Motor Mile Speedway Late Models 52nd ? ? 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series 148th Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang Cobra GT 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 32nd Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing References
- ^ a b "NASCAR statistics". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/driver/Owen_Kelly. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
Categories:- 1977 births
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- Australian racecar drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- JR Motorsports drivers
- Living people
- NASCAR drivers
- Sportspeople from Tasmania
- V8 Supercar drivers
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