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 | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 4 July 1998
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 |
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 |
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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 | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | ||
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 |
Complete Super2 Series results
(key) (Round results only)
Super2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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2020 | ![]() |
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Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | Silver | 288 | 21st | 5th |
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.