Todd and Rick Kelly are aiming to repeat the form they showed at Phillip Island last season as they head to the first endurance event of the season at the L&H 500 this weekend.

The Jack Daniel's Racing team-mates excelled at the fast and flowing Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 2009 at the two events held at the 4.445-kilometre circuit.

Todd Kelly won the first of two qualifying races at the L&H 500 last season in his #7 Jack Daniel's Commodore, while he paired with Rick to finish fifth in the main event.

At the second event held at Phillip Island in November, Rick Kelly scored a double podium with third and second place finishes in the two races held.

The Kelly brothers will drive in separate cars in the endurance events this season as a result of a new rule forbidding full-time drivers from teaming up in the same entry.

Good Charlotte rockers Joel and Benji Madden have kick-started their Australian promotional tour with a flying hot lap aboard Todd and Rick Kelly's Jack Daniel's V8 Supercars at Phillip Island today.

The Madden brothers, who are part of American pop-punk band Good Charlotte, were today hosted by V8 Supercar siblings Todd and Rick Kelly at the famous Phillip Island circuit, reaching speeds up to 290km/h (180mph) strapped into the passenger seat of the Kelly brothers' Jack Daniel's Commodores.

"I'm sure not many people get to do that in their life time," said Joel Madden.

"This was one of the coolest things I have ever done. I've never been that fast before, those things really fly. When you are on stage it's good adrenalin but you're more in control. In the car I was pretty much just holding on, I would love to do it again."

Todd and Rick Kelly currently compete in the V8 Supercar Championship Series for Jack Daniel's Racing and were at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit as part for their preparations for the L&H 500 Phillip Island on September 10-12.

Today Kelly Racing tested all four of its Holden Commodore V8 Supercars at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria in preparation for the V8 Supercar endurance events.

Drivers and cars consisted of:

Todd Kelly & Dale Wood - #7 Jack Daniel's Commodore (Chassis KR-01)

Rick Kelly & Owen Kelly - #15 Jack Daniel's Commodore (Chassis PE048)

Jason Bargwanna & Glenn Seton - #11 Rock Commodore (Chassis PE049)

Tony Ricciardello & Taz Douglas - #16 Stratco Commodore (Chassis PE047)

Kelly Racing will be in action next week for the L&H Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on Septmeber 10-12, followed by the biggest race of the season, the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama on October 7-10.

Tune in to the Seven Network's coverage of the Essendon Bombers versus Brisbane Lions AFL game this Sunday to see Jack Daniel's Racing driver Rick Kelly show Essendon player Angus Monfries a different view of Melbourne.

Kelly, a qualified helicopter pilot, flies Monfries over Melbourne during the half-time break in the Bombers game against the Lions this Sunday.

While the AFL season for Monfries, originally from Adelaide, is drawing to a close, things will soon hot up for Kelly as he gets ready for the V8 Supercars 'season of endurance', which kicks of with the L&H 500 at Phillip Island on September 10-12.