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Steve Ellery
Steve Ellery
Nationality	Australian
Born	22 August 1974 (age 50); Melbourne, Australia
Retired	2008
ATCC / V8 Supercar
Years active	1996-2008
Teams	Steven Ellery Racing; Longhurst Racing; Gibson Motorsport; Dick Johnson Racing; Triple Eight Race Engineering; Paul Morris Motorsport; Garry Rogers Motorsport
Starts	121
Wins	1
Best finish	9th in 2001
Previous series
1992-93; 1994-95; 2007	Formula Ford Australia; Australian Super Touring; Carrera Cup Australia

Steven Bruce Ellery (born 22 August 1974 in Melbourne) is a retired Australian racing driver known from V8 Supercars.

Racing history

Early career

Ellery started racing in karts before graduation to Formula Ford in 1992. After running near the front of the Formula Ford pack racing a Van Diemen in 1993 Ellery moved his family-run team into the Australian Manufacturers' Championship (later known as the Australian Super Touring Championship), driving first a Ford Sierra in 1994 then a BMW 318i in 1995. Ellery's appearance in an ex-Glenn Seton Racing Ford Sierra at the Amaroo Park Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) round in 1994 remains the most recent entry of a non-V8 powered car in the championship.^[1]

ATCC / V8 Supercars

After two Bathurst 1000 starts in 1993 and 1994, Ellery entered the ATCC full-time in 1996 with his eponymous team, finishing 15th in the championship. He then joined Longhurst Racing for the post-season endurance races in 1996, finishing 4th at the Sandown 500 and 3rd at the Bathurst 1000 with Tony Longhurst. He continued with the team in 1997, as the team expanded to two cars with a second Ford EL Falcon. After a falling out with Longhurst, he then raced a Holden Young Lions Holden VS Commodore, prepared by Gibson Motorsport, in 1998.^[1]

His time away from the family team proved to be short-lived with Ellery again choosing to team up with his father Bruce from 1999 onwards, the team contesting a partial campaign of the championship with backing from family company Chelgrave Contracting.^[2] Ellery did however take a pole position at the non-championship event supporting the Gold Coast Indy 300.^[3] Ellery joined Dick Johnson Racing for the 1999 endurance events, now part of the championship, and co-driver Paul Radisich was leading the 1999 FAI 1000 with under 20 laps to go before a flat tyre put them out of the race.^[4]

In 2000 Ellery, now with Supercheap Auto backing, won the second race of the Sandown round, what proved to be his only championship race victory. Ellery continued with his team until 2004, with a best finish of 9th in the championship in 2001.^[5] The team's highlight was a double podium for Ellery and Luke Youlden at the two major endurance races in 2003, second at Sandown and third at Bathurst.^[3] In 2005, Ellery was selected to partner Craig Lowndes at Triple Eight Race Engineering in a two-year deal. While Lowndes mounted a championship challenge, Ellery only finished 13th in the championship with one podium at the 2005 Bathurst 1000. He was replaced after only one year for 2006 by Jamie Whincup and never returned as a full-time driver in the series.^[1]

Over the next three years, Ellery drove with Paul Morris Motorsport and Garry Rogers Motorsport as an endurance co-driver before stepping away from the sport.^[3]

Other racing

Ellery entered the first four rounds of the 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship before dropping out of the championship.

Business

Ellery is the chief executive officer of his family labour contracting business.^[1]

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1992	Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series	15th	Van Diemen RF91 Ford	Steven Ellery Racing
1993	Australian Formula Ford Championship	6th	Van Diemen RF93 Ford	Steven Ellery Racing
1994	Australian Manufacturers' Championship	4th	Ford Sierra RS	Steven Ellery Racing
1995	Australian Super Touring Championship	6th	BMW 318i	Steven Ellery Racing
1996	Australian Touring Car Championship	15th	Ford EF Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing
1997	Australian Touring Car Championship	18th	Ford EL Falcon	Longhurst Racing
1998	Australian Touring Car Championship	15th	Holden VS Commodore	Holden Young Lions
1999	Shell Championship Series	35th	Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing Dick Johnson Racing
2000	Shell Championship Series	21st	Ford AU Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing
2001	Shell Championship Series	9th	Ford AU Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	21st	Ford AU Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	19th	Ford BA Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing
2004	V8 Supercar Championship Series	25th	Ford BA Falcon	Steven Ellery Racing
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	13th	Ford BA Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	31st	Holden VZ Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport
2007	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	16th	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Sherrin Motorsport
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	48th	Holden VZ Commodore Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	40th	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	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	Position	Points
1996	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford EF Falcon	EAS R1	EAS R2	EAS R3	SAN R4	SAN R5	SAN R6	BAT R7	BAT R8	BAT R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	PHI R13	PHI R14	PHI R15	CAL R16	CAL R17	CAL R18	LAK R19	LAK R20	LAK R21	BAR R22	BAR R23	BAR R24	MAL R25	MAL R26	MAL R27	ORA R28	ORA R29	ORA R30										15th
1997	Longhurst Racing	Ford EL Falcon	CAL R1	CAL R2	CAL R3	PHI R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	SAN R7	SAN R8	SAN R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	EAS R16	EAS R17	EAS R18	LAK R19	LAK R20	LAK R21	BAR R22	BAR R23	BAR R24	MAL R25	MAL R26	MAL R27	ORA R28	ORA R29	ORA R30										18th
1998	Holden Young Lions	Holden VS Commodore	SAN R1	SAN R2	SAN R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	LAK R7	LAK R8	LAK R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	PHI R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	MAL R16	MAL R17	MAL R18	BAR R19	BAR R20	BAR R21	CAL R22	CAL R23	CAL R24	HDV R25	HDV R26	HDV R27	ORA R28	ORA R29	ORA R30										15th
1999	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford EL Falcon	EAS R1	EAS R2	EAS R3	ADE R4	BAR R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	PHI R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	SAN R14	SAN R15	SAN R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	CAL R20	CAL R21	CAL R22	SYM R23	SYM R24	SYM R25	WIN R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	ORA R29	ORA R30	ORA R31	QLD R32	BAT R33							35th	342
2000	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	PHI R1	PHI R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	ADE R6	ADE R7	EAS R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	CAN R14	CAN R15	CAN R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	WIN R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	ORA R23	ORA R24	ORA R25	CAL R26	CAL R27	CAL R28	QLD R29	SAN R30	SAN R31	SAN R32	BAT R33							21st
2001	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	PHI R1	PHI R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	HDV R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	CAN R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	BAR R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	CAL R16	CAL R17	CAL R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	QLD R21	WIN R22	WIN R23	BAT R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29	SAN R30										9th
2002	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	PHI R3	PHI R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	EAS R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	CAN R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	ORA R17	ORA R18	WIN R19	WIN R20	QLD R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29											21st
2003	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R1	PHI R3	EAS R4	WIN R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	HDV R11	QLD R12	ORA R13	SAN R14	BAT R15	SUR R16	SUR R17	PUK R18	PUK R19	PUK R20	EAS R21	EAS R22																		19th
2004	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 Ret	EAS R3 Ret	PUK R4 18	PUK R5 26	PUK R6 24	HDV R7 21	HDV R8 26	HDV R9 18	BAR R10 17	BAR R11 9	BAR R12 8	QLD R13 Ret	WIN R14 6	ORA R15 17	ORA R16 29	SAN R17 22	BAT R18 16	SUR R19 18	SUR R20 21	SYM R21 14	SYM R22 8	SYM R23 10	EAS R24 11	EAS R25 33	EAS R26 28														25th	991
2005	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	SHA R11	SHA R12	SHA R13	HDV R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SYM R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	PHI R28	PHI R29	PHI R30										13th
2006	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	SAN R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SUR R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	SYM R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34						31st
2007	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	PUK R6	PUK R7	PUK R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	EAS R12	EAS R13	EAS R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	ORA R21	ORA R22	ORA R23	SAN R24	BAT R25	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	PHI R35	PHI R36	PHI R37			31st
2008	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	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		40th

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	No.	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
1993	77	Phoenix Motorsport	Ford Sierra	Gary Gosatti	DNF	62
1994	10	Phil Ward Racing	Holden VP Commodore	Phil Ward	NC	100
1996	25	Longhurst Racing	Ford EF Falcon	Tony Longhurst	3rd	161
1997	45	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	Darren Hossack	6th	154
1998	24	Romano Racing	Holden VS Commodore	Paul Romano	12th	151
1999	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Paul Radisich	DNF	147
2000	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Paul Stokell	DNF	82
2001	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Geoff Brabham	7th	161
2002	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Luke Youlden	9th	160
2003	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	Luke Youlden	3rd	161
2004	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	Luke Youlden	16th	158
2005	88	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	Adam Macrow	3rd	161
2006	67	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	Paul Morris	6th	161
2007	67	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris	DNF	145
2008	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	Greg Ritter	16th	157

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Noonan, Aaron (17 March 2018). "Saturday Sleuthing: Steve Ellery". Supercars. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ "Saturday Sleuthing: Larko's Gold Coast Winner". Supercars. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Steve Ellery". Speedcafe. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ 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.
^ 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.