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Kurt Kostecki

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Kurt Kostecki
Nationality Australian
Born (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 26)
Perth, Western Australia
Related toJake Kostecki (brother)
Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Super2 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamKostecki Brothers Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number55
Former teamsMW Motorsport
RSport Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Starts80
Wins0
Podiums9
Poles2
Best finish2nd in 2019
Supercars Championship career
Car number56
Current teamTickford Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races20
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0

Kurt Michael Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver of Ukrainian descent.[1]

Biography

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Australia

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Super2 Series

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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.[2] 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

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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.[3] 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[4] and round 11 The Bend SuperSprint driving a Holden VF Commodore.[5]

United States

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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.[6]

Career results

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Career summary

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Season Series Position Team Car
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
2021 Repco Supercars Championship 26th Walkinshaw Andretti United
Matt Stone Racing
Holden ZB Commodore
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 47th Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT

Complete Super2 Series results

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(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

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(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 33 34 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

PO
BEN2
R30

PO
BAT
R31

Ret
NC 0
2021 Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore ZB BAT1
R1
BAT1
R2
SAN
R3
SAN
R4
SAN
R5
SYM
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
BEN
R9

19
BEN
R10

16
BEN
R11

23
HID
R12

6
HID
R13

23
HID
R14

17
TOW1
R15
TOW1
R16
TOW2
R17
TOW2
R18
TOW2
R19
SMP1
R20
SMP1
R21
SMP1
R22
SMP2
R23

25
SMP2
R24

21
SMP2
R25

21
SMP3
R26
SMP3
R27
SMP3
R28
26th 434
Matt Stone Racing SMP4
R29

PO
SMP4
R30

PO
BAT2
R31

13
2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT SMP
R1
SMP
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
MEL
R8
MEL
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
WIN
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
TOW
R19
TOW
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
R24

PO
SAN
R25

PO
SAN
R26

PO
PUK
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
BAT
R30

17
SUR
R31
SUR
R32
ADE
R33
ADE
R34
47th 108

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

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

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Australia Bryce Fullwood DNF 147
2021 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Jake Kostecki 13th 161
2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 Australia Jake Kostecki 17th 161

References

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  1. ^ "Supercars team shows support for Ukraine". Seven Network. 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Dunlop Young Guns - Kurt Kostecki". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Lengthy repair forces major shake-up at Team 18". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Kostecki felt like a debutant again at Ipswich". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Kurt Kostecki chases US Dream". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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