The HSV Dealer Team, previously known as Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia and John Kelly Racing, was an Australian V8 Supercar team. The team ceased operations at the end of 2008, with Walkinshaw Racing and Kelly Racing being formed by owners and staff of the former team. The team is best known for winning the Bathurst 1000 in 2003 and 2004 and the V8 Supercars Drivers & Teams Championships in 2006 and 2007.

HSV Dealer Team
Team PrincipalJohn Kelly
Margaret Kelly
Debut2001
Final Season2008
Round wins16
Pole positions11
2008 position6th (3,744 points)

History

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Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia and John Kelly Racing

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The team was formed in 2001 (commercially known as K-Mart Racing Team) when Tom Walkinshaw Racing expanded its Holden Racing Team operation to four cars. Because a team could only race three cars under a Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) at the time, Romano Racing's REC was leased for the two K-Mart cars with the Romano car entered as a third Holden Racing Team car under the Holden Young Lions banner.

Todd Kelly who had driven a third HRT entry under the Holden Young Lions banner in 2000 drove one car, with the second driven by Greg Murphy who moved with the K-Mart sponsorship from Gibson Motorsport. The team achieved its first success in winning the final two rounds of the 2001 season. Murphy won his home event, the V8 International at Pukekohe Park Raceway, which was followed by Kelly winning the V8 Ultimate at Sandown Raceway, his first championship round win.[1] Murphy would go on to win the Pukekohe event again for the team in 2002 and 2003.

For 2003 the cars were entered under a REC leased from John Faulkner Racing with Rick Kelly replacing brother Todd. Following the February 2003 collapse of Tom Walkinshaw Racing, the team was purchased by Holden before being quickly on-sold to John and Margaret Kelly, the parents of Rick and Todd, as manufacturers were barred from owning teams. In July 2003 the leased John Faulkner REC was returned (and subsequently sold to Paul Weel Racing), after one was purchased from 00 Motorsport.

Bathurst success

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Rick Kelly at Hidden Valley Raceway in June 2007

The team won both the 2003 and 2004 Bathurst 1000 with Murphy and Rick Kelly as co-drivers. This included being a part of one of the most famous moments in Bathurst history in 2003, with Murphy setting what became known as the 'Lap of the Gods' in the Top 10 Shootout. The lap was the fastest in circuit history at the time. In winning the 2003 race, Rick Kelly became the youngest winner in the race's history.[2]

HSV Dealer Team

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Paul Dumbrell at Queensland Raceway in July 2008

In 2005 Murphy was replaced by Garth Tander. At this point K-Mart concluded their sponsorship and the team became the HSV Dealer Team. Rick Kelly's entry was, however, rebranded as Team Buick for the V8 Supercars China Round. The team struggled through the early stages of 2005 before a late upturn in form. In 2006, Toll Group joined HSV as a title sponsor with the team becoming known as Toll HSV Dealer Team. The team then quickly became the dominant force of the championship with Rick Kelly winning the 2006 championship title and Tander doing likewise in 2007.[1]

In 2008 Tander transferred, with the Toll sponsorship, to the Holden Racing Team and was replaced by Paul Dumbrell.[3] As well as continuing HSV sponsorship, the team ran Autobarn colours for Dumbrell and Opes Prime colours for Kelly, Toll Group then rejoined the team midway through the season, following the collapse of Opes Prime. Rick Kelly won the team's final race at Oran Park Raceway in December 2008, which was also the final championship race held at the now-demolished circuit.[1]

2006 co-driver swap

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For the endurance races in 2006, the HSV Dealer Team and the Holden Racing Team swapped drivers, primarily to split Tander and Kelly who were both in contention for the championship (being 1st and 2nd at that point). Tander joined Mark Skaife at HRT while Todd Kelly rejoined the team. A loophole in the regulations allowed the drivers to terminate their contracts with their respective teams. However while Kelly would finish second at both Sandown and Bathurst, Tander only managed twenty-seventh at Sandown and did not finish at Bathurst.[2] The loophole was later closed.

Demise and legacy

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At the end of 2008 John Kelly announced he would end his association with Walkinshaw Performance and establish Kelly Racing, with preparation handled by Perkins Engineering. The new team expanded to four cars and featured both Kelly brothers driving in the same team for the first time. The team continues to this day, and partnered with Nissan for their return to the category in 2013.

Walkinshaw Performance decided to continue to race four cars, forming Walkinshaw Racing in 2009 to complement the HRT entries. Dumbrell remained with the Walkinshaw operation for 2009, joined by former HSV Dealer Team endurance co-driver David Reynolds. Walkinshaw Racing folded after the 2015 season as the operation downsized to two cars.

Supercars results

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Car No. 15 results

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Year Driver 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 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2001 Todd Kelly 15 Holden PHI
R1

8
PHI
R2

7
ADE
R3

15
ADE
R4

5
EAS
R5

16
EAS
R6

8
HDV
R7

18
HDV
R8

8
HDV
R9

20
CAN
R10

Ret
CAN
R11

18
CAN
R12

16
BAR
R13

7
BAR
R14

7
BAR
R15

6
CAL
R16

29
CAL
R17

Ret
CAL
R18

21
ORA
R19

4
ORA
R20

8
QLD
R21

3
WIN
R22

11
WIN
R23

25
BAT
R24

3
PUK
R25

8
PUK
R26

18
PUK
R27

5
SAN
R28

3
SAN
R29

1
SAN
R30

3
6th 2479
2002 ADE
R1

9
ADE
R2

12
PHI
R3

3
PHI
R4

2
EAS
R5

11
EAS
R6

5
EAS
R7

6
HDV
R8

5
HDV
R9

3
HDV
R10

6
CAN
R11

3
CAN
R12

10
CAN
R13

2
BAR
R14

4
BAR
R15

Ret
BAR
R16

5
ORA
R17

Ret
ORA
R18

Ret
WIN
R19

3
WIN
R20

2
QLD
R21

10
BAT
R22

13
SUR
R23

7
SUR
R24

3
PUK
R25

5
PUK
R26

4
PUK
R27

1
SAN
R28

4
SAN
R29

Ret
5th 1345
2003 Rick Kelly ADE
R1

9
ADE
R1

24
PHI
R3

11
EAS
R4

9
WIN
R5

11
BAR
R6

10
BAR
R7

9
BAR
R8

4
HDV
R9

14
HDV
R10

7
HDV
R11

18
QLD
R12

9
ORA
R13

24
SAN
R14

3
BAT
R15

1
SUR
R16

5
SUR
R17

7
PUK
R18

8
PUK
R19

13
PUK
R20

5
EAS
R21

25
EAS
R22

10
8th 1675
2004 ADE
R1

12
ADE
R2

6
EAS
R3

1
PUK
R4

7
PUK
R5

4
PUK
R6

5
HDV
R7

6
HDV
R8

1
HDV
R9

21
BAR
R10

4
BAR
R11

2
BAR
R12

4
QLD
R13

15
WIN
R14

2
ORA
R15

30
ORA
R16

9
SAN
R17

5
BAT
R18

1
SUR
R19

21
SUR
R20

25
SYM
R21

1
SYM
R22

2
SYM
R23

Ret
EAS
R24

5
EAS
R25

Ret
EAS
R26

15
6th 1793
2005 ADE
R1

15
ADE
R2

9
PUK
R3

16
PUK
R4

Ret
PUK
R5

15
BAR
R6

14
BAR
R7

16
BAR
R8

15
EAS
R9

31
EAS
R10

14
SHA
R11

Ret
SHA
R12

16
SHA
R13

Ret
HDV
R14

9
HDV
R15

5
HDV
R16

3
QLD
R17

15
ORA
R18

5
ORA
R19

6
SAN
R20

4
BAT
R21

16
SUR
R22

9
SUR
R23

5
SUR
R24

6
SYM
R25

3
SYM
R26

4
SYM
R27

2
PHI
R28

4
PHI
R29

4
PHI
R30

3
8th 1630
2006 ADE
R1

2
ADE
R2

3
PUK
R3

12
PUK
R4

10
PUK
R5

7
BAR
R6

7
BAR
R7

11
BAR
R8

14
WIN
R9

10
WIN
R10

4
WIN
R11

4
HDV
R12

2
HDV
R13

10
HDV
R14

5
QLD
R15

7
QLD
R16

4
QLD
R17

2
ORA
R18

3
ORA
R19

13
ORA
R20

2
SAN
R21

2
BAT
R22

2
SUR
R23

6
SUR
R24

4
SUR
R25

1
SYM
R26

3
SYM
R27

5
SYM
R28

4
BHR
R29

4
BHR
R30

28
BHR
R31

5
PHI
R32

5
PHI
R33

4
PHI
R34

18
1st 3308
2007 1 ADE
R1

4
ADE
R2

1
BAR
R3

2
BAR
R4

2
BAR
R5

3
PUK
R6

3
PUK
R7

3
PUK
R8

1
WIN
R9

3
WIN
R10

3
WIN
R11

3
EAS
R12

3
EAS
R13

2
EAS
R14

4
HDV
R15

2
HDV
R16

2
HDV
R17

2
QLD
R18

7
QLD
R19

16
QLD
R20

6
ORA
R21

2
ORA
R22

15
ORA
R23

15
SAN
R24

2
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

7
SUR
R27

16
SUR
R28

6
BHR
R29

4
BHR
R30

12
BHR
R31

8
SYM
R32

6
SYM
R33

5
SYM
R34

Ret
PHI
R35

5
PHI
R36

8
PHI
R37

10
4th 552
2008 15 ADE
R1

8
ADE
R2

6
EAS
R3

4
EAS
R4

6
EAS
R5

2
HAM
R6

2
HAM
R7

6
HAM
R8

4
BAR
R29

6
BAR
R10

6
BAR
R11

5
SAN
R12

7
SAN
R13

12
SAN
R14

17
HDV
R15

9
HDV
R16

9
HDV
R17

6
QLD
R18

8
QLD
R19

Ret
QLD
R20

13
WIN
R21

10
WIN
R22

6
WIN
R23

5
PHI
QR

1
PHI
R24

7
BAT
R25

20
SUR
R26

Ret
SUR
R27

6
SUR
R28

5
BHR
R29

9
BHR
R30

22
BHR
R31

20
SYM
R32

19
SYM
R33

9
SYM
R34

8
ORA
R35

9
ORA
R36

4
ORA
R37

1
7th 2430

Car No. 16 results

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Year Driver 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 37 38 39 40 Position Pts
2001 Greg Murphy 51 Holden PHI
R1

5
PHI
R2

3
ADE
R3

Ret
ADE
R4

10
EAS
R5

1
EAS
R6

11
HID
R7

4
HID
R8

1
HID
R9

12
CAN
R10

12
CAN
R11

Ret
CAN
R12

Ret
BAR
R13

5
BAR
R14

4
BAR
R15

3
CAL
R16

17
CAL
R17

14
CAL
R18

8
ORA
R19

Ret
ORA
R20

11
QLD
R21

3
WIN
R22

1
WIN
R23

6
BAT
R24

3
PUK
R25

1
PUK
R26

1
PUK
R27

1
SAN
R28

8
SAN
R29

2
SAN
R30

Ret
4th 2724
2002 ADE
R1

2
ADE
R2

2
PHI
R3

DSQ
PHI
R4

17
EAS
R5

4
EAS
R6

7
EAS
R7

5
HID
R8

4
HID
R9

4
HID
R10

3
CAN
R11

Ret
CAN
R12

Ret
CAN
R13

4
BAR
R14

3
BAR
R15

1
BAR
R16

3
ORA
R17

Ret
ORA
R18

23
WIN
R19

5
WIN
R20

3
QLD
R21

10
BAT
R22

13
SUR
R23

1
SUR
R24

18
PUK
R25

2
PUK
R26

1
PUK
R27

4
SAN
R28

2
SAN
R29

3
2nd 1569
2003 ADE
R1

10
ADE
R2

11
PHI
R3

3
EAS
R4

5
WIN
R5

14
BAR
R6

1
BAR
R7

4
BAR
R8

3
HID
R9

6
HID
R10

5
HID
R11

2
QLD
R12

8
ORA
R13

11
SAN
R14

3
BAT
R15

1
SUR
R16

2
SUR
R17

2
PUK
R18

1
PUK
R19

1
PUK
R20

3
EAS
R21

23
EAS
R22

Ret
2nd 1983
2004 ADE
R1

4
ADE
R2

9
EAS
R3

5
PUK
R4

4
PUK
R5

2
PUK
R6

2
HID
R7

13
HID
R8

4
HID
R9

4
BAR
R10

7
BAR
R11

3
BAR
R12

16
QLD
R13

Ret
WIN
R14

5
ORA
R15

11
ORA
R16

12
SAN
R17

5
BAT
R18

1
SUR
R19

2
SUR
R20

1
SYM
R21

11
SYM
R22

4
SYM
R23

4
EAS
R24

13
EAS
R25

24
EAS
R26

18
4th 1913
2005 Garth Tander 16 ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

Ret
PUK
R3

17
PUK
R4

20
PUK
R5

9
BAR
R6

29
BAR
R7

14
BAR
R8

13
EAS
R9

9
EAS
R10

10
SHA
R11

12
SHA
R12

21
SHA
R13

22
HDV
R14

5
HDV
R15

3
HDV
R16

1
QLD
R17

3
ORA
R18

26
ORA
R19

5
SAN
R20

4
BAT
R21

16
SUR
R22

10
SUR
R23

4
SUR
R24

4
SYM
R25

1
SYM
R26

1
SYM
R27

1
PHI
R28

2
PHI
R29

2
PHI
R30

4
6th 1734
2006 ADE
R1

8
ADE
R2

4
PUK
R3

20
PUK
R4

1
PUK
R5

4
BAR
R6

4
BAR
R7

10
BAR
R8

5
WIN
R9

6
WIN
R10

10
WIN
R11

5
HDV
R12

5
HDV
R13

8
HDV
R14

3
QLD
R15

1
QLD
R16

2
QLD
R17

1
ORA
R18

Ret
ORA
R19

21
ORA
R20

5
SAN
R21

26
BAT
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

2
SUR
R24

1
SUR
R25

19
SYM
R26

4
SYM
R27

1
SYM
R28

1
BHR
R29

2
BHR
R30

1
BHR
R31

8
PHI
R32

2
PHI
R33

18
PHI
R34

2
4th 2965
2007 ADE
R1

6
ADE
R2

10
BAR
R3

1
BAR
R4

1
BAR
R5

1
PUK
R6

1
PUK
R7

1
PUK
R8

8
WIN
R9

4
WIN
R10

1
WIN
R11

1
EAS
R12

5
EAS
R13

15
EAS
R14

5
HDV
R15

6
HDV
R16

3
HDV
R17

3
QLD
R18

1
QLD
R19

1
QLD
R20

1
ORA
R21

Ret
ORA
R22

19
ORA
R23

2
SAN
R24

4
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

1
SUR
R27

1
SUR
R28

BHR
R29

2
BHR
R30

14
BHR
R31

4
SYM
R32

1
SYM
R33

10
SYM
R34

Ret
PHI
R35

1
PHI
R36

1
PHI
R37

4
1st 625
2008 Paul Dumbrell ADE
R1

ADE
R2

EAS
R3

EAS
R4

EAS
R5

HAM
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

BAR
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

SAN
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

WIN
R21

WIN
R22

WIN
R23

PHI
Q

PHI
R24

BAT
R25

SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

ORA
R35

ORA
R36

ORA
R37

21st 1398

V8 Supercar drivers

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The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in V8 Supercars, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Greenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9805912-2-4.
  2. ^ a b Greenhalgh, David; Tuckey, Bill (2013). The official history of The Great Race Bathurst : 50 years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 9780980591231.
  3. ^ "Dumbrell confirmed for Toll HSV". V8 Supercars. 7 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
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