The Holden Racing Team has not only announced that Todd🧜 Kelly and Mark Skaife will drive together at Sandown and Bathurst, but also confirmed that Kelly has signed a contract to stay with the team for the next two seasons.

The V8 paddock was alive with rumors that Kelly would find a seat elsewhere in the field, possibly even filling Marcos Ambrose's vacant positio✱n at the dominant Stone Brothers Racing outfit. Instead, he has signed on to stay with HRT.

"This is the result I wanted," Kelly said, "To me, the Holden Racing Team represents the pinnacle of motor sporꦦt in Aust꧒ralia.

"I have always said that I wanted to drive for the team that would give me the best opportunity to win a championship and I 𒉰believe that is what I'm going to get."

Lead driver and team owner Skai🔯fe said the decision to re-sign🎐 Kelly was simple.

"We wanted the best available driver on ಞthe market, and ri✃ght now that's Todd Kelly," he said.

"He has shown outstanding form this year and really made sure we couldn't look past him. At 25, it's likely that he sti🐻ll has his best form in front of him so we're delighted to have him ba🦋ck for the next two years."

Meanwhile, Skaife's decision to pair up with Kelly sees th⭕e team hold what is undoubtedly the strongest driver li♌ne-up going into this year's endurance events.

Most teams, including arch-rivals Stoneไ Brothers Racing, are choosing to split their two full-time drivers, and pair them with men from outside the 🔯series, in a hope to salvage as many points as possible from the blue riband events.

Both Skaife and Kelly have seen soli𓃲d form this year, and this talent, combined with the speed of the iconic HRT Commodore, should give Holden the best possible opportunity to maintain their rece♉nt run of Bathurst victories.