Nissan To End Factory Support Of Kelly Racing In Supercars

Nissan will end its factory support of Kelly racing at the end of the '18 season. GETTY IMAGES

Nissan "is done" with Supercars, according to Will Dale of FOX SPORTS. The company will "pull its factory support from the championship" when its current two-year contract with Kelly Racing concludes at the end of this year. Nissan Australia Managing Dir Stephen Lester said, "Nissan has decided to exit the Supercars Championship in order to concentrate on the interests and needs of our current and future customers. We have obviously been talking to the Kellys for some time and making the announcement now suits both parties." Although Nissan’s factory support will end this year, Kelly Racing confirmed it "will continue to campaign the V8-powered Altima in the 2019 Supercars Championship." Nissan returned to the sport it "once dominated" five years ago, when the new Car of the Future regulations reopened Supercars to manufacturers other than Ford and Holden (FOX SPORTS, 5/14).