Career
He is a former competitor in the Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing Series. Kelley began his racing career in central Florida, racing Sportsman and Four Cylinder cars at tracks including New Smyrna Speedway. He moved to Associate of the Royal College of Art competition in 1985, posting his best career finish in the series, 14th, at Atlanta International Raceway in that year.
Kelly raced in the series" biggest event, run as part of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, in 1986, 1987 and 1989.
In 1988 he constructed a new race shop in DeLand, Florida for his Doctorate.K. Racing team Kelley competed primarily in the Associate of the Royal College of Art series" superspeedway races, at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
He failed to qualify for the Associate of the Royal College of Art race at Daytona International Speedway in 1993 and 1994, before making his final Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing Series start in 1995 at the track, finishing 26th. He would attempt to qualify for the 1996 Associate of the Royal College of Art event at Daytona, failing to make the race.
lieutenant was his final attempted start in major-league stock car racing.
