Steven Ellery

Steve Ellery
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1974-08-22) 22 August 1974 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	120
Wins	0
Best finish	9th in 2001
Previous series
1992-93 1994-95 2007	Formula Ford Australia Australian Super Touring Carrera Cup Australia

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

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 category series later to become known as the Australian Super Touring Championship driving first a Ford Sierra in 1994 then a BMW 318i in 1995 where he again became a near front runner. Ellery made his first V8 Supercar appearance driving with Super Touring rival Phil Ward's Holden Commodore VP at the 1994 Bathurst 1000, before joining Longhurst Racing in 1996 as the team expanded to a second V8 Supercar Ford Falcon. This would be short-lived with Ellery again choosing to run a family-run team with his father Bruce Ellery at the helm. Since 1994 Ellery has made 120 V8 Supercar championship starts. He has recorded three podium finishes at the Bathurst 1000, was close to winning it before one of the front tyres wore out when paired with Longhurst. Ellery has not raced V8 Supercars full-time in the series since the end of the 2005, when he was in the Triple Eight Race Engineering team alongside Craig Lowndes. He has since raced a partial season in the 2007 Carrera Cup Championship. Since then he has raced at the V8 Supercar endurance races with teams such as Paul Morris Motorsport and Garry Rogers Motorsport.^[1]

Career results

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

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