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Owen Kelly
Kelly atRoad America in 2016
Born	(1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (age 48) Devonport,Tasmania,Australia
NASCARCup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2013 position	63rd
Best finish	63rd (2013)
First race	2013Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts 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	2010Bucyrus 200 (Road America)
Last race	2016Road America 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
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 up to date as of 27 August 2016.

Owen John Kelly (born 12 March 1977) is an Australian professional racing driver. Son ofChas Kelly, he has competed over the course of his career inV8 Supercars andNASCAR among other series.

Kelly started his circuit racing career inFormula 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 the2007 V8 Supercar season he was picked up as a full-time driver forPaul Morris Motorsport replacingFabian Coulthard.

In 2008, Kelly raced an asphaltlate model forDale Earnhardt Jr. atMotor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA. He wanted to pursue a career inNASCAR 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 theNationwide Series, driving forBaker Curb Racing at theRoad America road course.^[1] He started ninth and finished fifth.^[1] K1 Speed sponsored the car. For 2011, Kelly made no official start in the series but relief drove forMarcos Ambrose atMontreal who was inMichigan for theSprint 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 forKyle 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 forKyle Busch Motorsports atRoad America in the Nationwide Series in 2013, it was announced that Kelly would make his debut in the NASCARSprint Cup Series, driving the No. 51 forPhoenix Racing, atWatkins Glen International in August of that year.^[2] Kelly finished 24th.^[3]

Kelly is of no relation toTodd orRick Kelly, the latter he co-drove with at the2010 and2011Bathurst 1000s.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results areoverall/class)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toOwen Kelly.

• Owen Kelly driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Owen Kelly career summary at DriverDB.com

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