Kurt Kostecki

Kurt Kostecki
Nationality  Australian
Born (1998-07-04) 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 no. 55
Former teams MW Motorsport
RSport Engineering
Starts 61
Wins 0
Podiums 3
Poles 0
Best finish

8th in 2017

Supercars Record
Car number 42
Current team Kostecki Brothers Racing
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 his family team, Kostecki Brothers Racing.[1]

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.[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.

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.[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

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

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 Dunlop V8 Supercar 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

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
Ret		 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
 7th* 959*

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		 48th* 90*

References

  1. ↑ "Kurt Kostecki". Supercars.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  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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