Kurt Kostecki

Kurt Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series in the No. 55 Holden VF Commodore for Kostecki Brothers Racing. He is also co-driving in the Pirtek Enduro Cup alongside Bryce Fullwood in the No. 2 Holden ZB Commodore for Walkinshaw Andretti United.

Kurt Kostecki
Nationality Australian
Born (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998
Perth, Western Australia
Related toJake Kostecki (brother)
Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Super2 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamKostecki Brothers Racing
Car number55
Former teamsMW Motorsport
RSport Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Starts80
Wins0
Podiums9
Poles2
Best finish2nd in 2019
Supercars Record
Car number2
Current teamWalkinshaw Andretti United
(Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Series championships0
Races9
Race wins0
Podium finishes0
Pole positions0

Biography

Super2 Series

In December 2014, Kostecki became one of the youngest people to drive a V8 Supercar when, at the age of 16, he debuted in the Dunlop Series support race for the Sydney 500 for MW Motorsport.[1] Failing to finish his first race and finishing 19th in the second, he was picked up by RSport. His season lasted four rounds, but with a best result of 14th he stepped down from the drive to focus on school studies and was replaced with privateer Phil Woodbury. The Kostecki family purchased two Gen2 Holden VF Commodore chassis from Triple Eight Race Engineering (who Kurt worked for as a third mechanic), running Kurt and brother Jake from 2016 onwards. His fortunes improved with six top 10 finishes (including two 4th placings) and 16th in the championship. He finished eighth in the 2017 Super2 Series and is also competing full time in the 2018 Super2 Series. In 2019 he switched to Triple Eight Race Engineering finishing second in the championship.

Supercars Championship

In 2016, Kostecki was also gifted the unusual opportunity to drive for Team 18 at the Townsville and Ipswich rounds of the championship following extensive damage to the teams' original chassis and injury to driver Lee Holdsworth, seeing as he could provide the team a spare chassis.[2] At Townsville he finished 25th in Race One and DNFed in Race Two, and in Ipswich he finished 23rd in Race One and 21st in Race Two.

For 2018, he is entered as a wildcard at round 9 at Queensland Raceway[3] and round 11 The Bend SuperSprint driving a Holden VF Commodore.[4]

United States

Kostecki was initially slated to run the second half of the 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East alongside his cousin Brodie Kostecki, however this plan did not come to fruition.[5]

Career Results

Career summary

Season Series Position Car Team
2012 Australian National Sprint Kart - Junior Clubman 6th
2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 46th MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon
2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series 24th Rsport Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore
V8 Ute Racing Series 37th Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute
2016 Supercars Dunlop Series 16th Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore
International V8 Supercars Championship 55th Team 18
2017 Dunlop Super2 Series 8th Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore
2018 Dunlop Super2 Series 8th Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 53rd
2019 Dunlop Super2 Series 2nd Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore
2020 Dunlop Super2 Series 13th Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship NC Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Position Points
2014 MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon ADE WIN BAR TOW QLD BAT HOM
25
46th 48
2015 RSport Engineering Holden VE Commodore ADE
23
BAR
17
WIN
16
TOW
25
QLD BAT HOM 24th 290
2016 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
21
PHI
9
BAR
9
TOW SAN
6
BAT
14
HOM
19
16th 733
2017 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
18
SYM
8
PHI
13
TOW
5
SYD
12
SAN
4
BAT
6
NEW
9
8th 1083
2018 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
3
SYM
5
BAR
7
TOW
7
SAN
21
BAT
Ret
NEW
18
8th 1010
2019 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADE
19
BAR
4
TOW
3
QLD
3
BAT
3
SAN
3
NEW
4
2nd 1502
2020 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
7
SYD BAT 13th 188

Supercars Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Position Points
2016 Team 18 Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PHI
R6
PHI
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14

25
TOW
R15

Ret
QLD
R16

23
QLD
R17

21
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
R20
BAT
R21
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
PUK
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SYD
R28
SYD
R29
55th 108
2018 Kostecki Brothers Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

25
QLD
R20

23
SMP
R21
BEN
R22

27
BEN
R23

Ret
SAN
QR
SAN
R24
BAT
R25
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
53rd 90
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SMP1
R7
SMP1
R8
SMP1
R9
SMP2
R10
SMP2
R11
SMP2
R12
HID1
R13
HID1
R14
HID1
R15
HID2
R16
HID2
R17
HID2
R18
TOW1
R19
TOW1
R20
TOW1
R21
TOW2
R22
TOW2
R23
TOW2
R24
BEN1
R25
BEN1
R26
BEN1
R27
BEN2
R28
BEN2
R29
BEN2
R30
BAT
R31

Ret
NC 0

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Overall
Position
Class
Position
2020 Hobson Motorsport/GWR Brett Hobson
Garth Walden
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) Silver 288 21st 5th

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Bryce Fullwood DNF 147

References

  1. "Dunlop Young Guns - Kurt Kostecki". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. "Lengthy repair forces major shake-up at Team 18". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. "Kostecki felt like a debutant again at Ipswich". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. "Two Wildcard entries have been confirmed for Supercars' first visit to The Bend circuit in South Australia later this month". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. "Kurt Kostecki chases US Dream". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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