Kelly gang stands and delivers.

Holden's own Kelly Gang, Todd and Rick Kelly, have bailed up their older and more experienced V8 Supercar rivals to claim a victory each after just four rounds of the 2004 season.

The modern-day version of the Kelly Gang has harnessed a different type of horsepower to that used by their infamous namesake, Todd rejuvenating his 2004 series two weeks ago with a tough victory at Darwin's Hidden Valley, while Rick demonstrated his versatility by winning in atrocious wet conditions at Sydney's Eastern Creek in April to kick-start a serious championship challenge.

The brothers' resemblance to Ned Kelly runs deeper than simply sharing a name - Todd and Rick are born-and-bred country lads who also share the notorious bushranger's fierce desire to succeed, a deep loyalty to their own kin and are setting themselves to plunder all the treasure and spoils that V8 Supercars has to offer.

With both running consistently at the head of the field, the boys more and more often find themselves squabbling over the same section of racetrack - Todd in the #22 Holden Racing Team Commodore and Rick in the #15 Kmart Racing Commodore. And despite their blood links, no quarter is ever given, nor asked.

"At home, we are close brothers, but on the racetrack we're fierce rivals, as competitive as could be," said Todd. "We both want to win badly, and we'll race each other hard, but we also have the utmost respect for each other's ability, more than any other driver on the track."

Todd, 24, has followed the classic career progression after debuting in 1997 with the Holden Young Lions development squad, then being picked up by Kmart Racing in 2001 before arriving last year at HRT. Along the way he has won three rounds of the series, including Hidden Valley just over two weeks ago and the 2003 Sandown 500 enduro with teammate Mark Skaife.

Rick, at 21 the youngest driver in the series, also progressed through the Young Lions squad, winning the coveted Mike Kable V8 Supercar Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. When Todd's call-up to the factory HRT squad came the following season, Rick quickly filled his brother's seat at Kmart Racing, where he experienced the first of his two round victories in a memorable Bathurst 1000 win alongside Greg Murphy.

The Holden Kelly Gang will 'ride' again this weekend as the V8 Supercar Series heads to Barbagallo Raceway in Perth for the fifth round of the championship.