Danny Kelley | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Orange City, Florida, United States |
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series | |
Years active | 1985-1996 |
Teams | No. 74, D.K. Racing |
Starts | 8 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Danny Kelley (born 1964 in Orange City, Florida) is an American stock car racing driver. He is a former competitor in the ARCA Racing Series.
Kelley began his racing career in central Florida, racing Sportsman and Four Cylinder cars at tracks including New Smyrna Speedway. [1] [2] He moved to ARCA competition in 1985, posting his best career finish in the series, 14th, at Atlanta International Raceway in that year. [3] Kelly raced in the series' biggest event, run as part of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, in 1986, 1987 and 1989; [4] in 1988 he constructed a new race shop in DeLand, Florida for his D.K. Racing team. [5] Kelley competed primarily in the ARCA series' superspeedway races, at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway; [6] he failed to qualify for the ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway in 1993 and 1994, [7] before making his final ARCA Racing Series start in 1995 at the track, finishing 26th. [6] He would attempt to qualify for the 1996 ARCA event at Daytona, [8] failing to make the race; [9] it was his final attempted start in major-league stock car racing. [10]