Frank Kelly will compete in the EROAD Australian Rally Championship in 2025 after confirming his intentions to run in May’s Forest Rally in WA.
A highly popular driver throughout the world for his entertaining driving style and effortless talent, Kelly will contest the 2WD Classic Cup at this year’s Forest Rally behind the wheel of his world-renowned Baby Blue Ford Escort alongside daughter Lauren Kelly.
Having completed hundreds of events in a heralded career spanning almost three decades, Frank has travelled to rallies all around the world and has enjoyed plenty of success in that time.
Although it was more than a decade between Frank’s titles – winning both the Ireland National 2WD and Class 14 in 2014 before winning the modified section in the Irish tarmac Championship last year – Frank is no stranger to standing on the top of a podium after a number of class wins over the years.
His overarching experience on both gravel and tarmac, as well as a vast amount of victories make him an instant contender for 2WD Classic Cup honours and an outside chance for the outright podium in May, while there is also the potential for him to compete in the remaining rounds of the ARC.
In what is a major coup for the ARC, Frank is the second significant international driver to enter the champs and comes less than a week after Hayden Paddon’s highly-anticipated announcement locking him in for a maiden season in the ARC.
The Forest Rally takes place in and around Nannup and Busselton on 23-25 May.
