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HSV Dealer Team
Team Principal	John Kelly; Margaret Kelly
Debut	2001
Final Season	2008
Round wins	16
Pole positions	11
2008 position	6th (3,744 points)

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.

History

Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia and John Kelly Racing

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

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

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

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

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

Car No. 15 results

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	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	Todd Kelly			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

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	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

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]

Greg Murphy (2001–04)
Todd Kelly (2001–02, 2006)
Rick Kelly (2001, 2003–08)
Nathan Pretty (2001)
Yvan Muller (2002)
Andy Priaulx (2002–03)
Cameron McLean (2003)
Tim Leahey (2004–05)
Steve Owen (2004)
Garth Tander (2005–07)
Mark Noske (2005)
Anthony Tratt (2006)
Tony D'Alberto (2006)
Craig Baird (2007)
Paul Radisich (2007–08)
Paul Dumbrell (2008)
David Reynolds (2008)

References

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "Dumbrell confirmed for Toll HSV". V8 Supercars. 7 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.