“The great thing is, in those sheds all everyone needs to worry about is making the Jack Daniel's Commodores go faster, the guys don't have distractions. When I come in and have an idea they have the time to talk it through.
“More importantly, they've got the time to design, manufacture and develop parts and get them on the car, and that'll be evolving right through the year. The possibilities with what we can do with the cars are endless.”
“We'll find out when we test and in Adelaide what our pace is, and hopefully it'll be pretty good.
“Importantly, we've got the tools to evolve and improve so by the end of the year my goal is that we're in a strong position to win races.
“I know what we're capable of; it's just a question of how long it all takes.”
Shane Price is preparing for his second year at Jack Daniel's Racing. With an experienced head leading him, Price is set to benefit from Kelly's vast racing knowledge.
“Todd's 100% willing to teach me most of the things he knows to bring me up to speed so we can work together at getting up to the front end of the field,” said Price.
“It's going to be a massive advantage to have Todd there. Having someone like Todd to talk to will fill in a lot of gaps from last year and take huge chunks out of the learning curve.
“I'm touching wood at this stage that we definitely do make big improvements.”
The Jack Daniel's Racing Commodores have had a slight makeover for 2008, with more white added to the sides and quarter panels of the cars, in addition to grey accents.
Kelly and Price will take to the grid at the season opening Clipsal 500 Adelaide from February 21.
