Kurt Kostecki

Kurt Kostecki
Kurt Kostecki
Nationality	Australian
Born	4 July 1998; Perth, Western Australia
Related to	Jake Kostecki (brother); Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Super2 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Kostecki Brothers Racing
Car number	55
Former teams	MW Motorsport; RSport Engineering; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Starts	80
Wins	0
Podiums	9
Poles	2
Best finish	2nd in 2019
Supercars Record
Car number	2
Current team	Walkinshaw Andretti United; (Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Series championships	0
Races	8
Race wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0

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.

Biography

Australia

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 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 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
2015	V8 Ute Racing Series	37th	Matt Stone Racing	Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute
2016	Supercars Dunlop Series	16th	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	55th	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore
2017	Dunlop Super2 Series	8th	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore
2018	Dunlop Super2 Series	8th	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	53rd	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore
2019	Dunlop Super2 Series	2nd	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF 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	WIN	BEN	BAT	SAN				7th*	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	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	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	SMP R7	SMP R8	SMP R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	SAN R17	SAN R18	BAT R19	BAR R20	BAR R21	SYM R22	SYM R23	SMP R24	SMP R25								N/A*	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

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References

"Dunlop Young Guns - Kurt Kostecki". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
"Lengthy repair forces major shake-up at Team 18". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Kostecki felt like a debutant again at Ipswich". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
"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.
"Kurt Kostecki chases US Dream". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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[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.