Kurt Michael Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver of Ukrainian descent.
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. 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-ten finishes (including two fourth 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. 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, Kostecki is entered as a wildcard at round 9 at Queensland Raceway and round 11 The Bend SuperSprint driving a Holden VF Commodore.
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.
Career results Career summary 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 2021Repco Supercars Championship26thWalkinshaw Andretti UnitedMatt Stone RacingHolden ZB Commodore 2022Repco Supercars Championship47thTickford RacingFord Mustang GT
Complete Super2 Series results (key) (Round results only) Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points 2014 MW Motorsport 28 Ford FG Falcon ADER1 ADER2 WINR3 WINR4 BARR5 BARR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 BATR11 HOMR12 HOMR13 46th 48 2015 RSport Engineering 4 Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 WINR6 WINR7 WINR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 QLDR13 BATR14 HOMR15 HOMR16 24th 290 2016 Kostecki Brothers Racing 55 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 SANR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 HOMR15 HOMR16 16th 733 2017 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SYDR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 SYDR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 8th 1083 2018 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 NEWR NEWR 8th 1010 2019 Triple Eight Race Engineering ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BATR10 SANR11 SANR12 NEWR13 NEWR14 2nd 1502 2020 Kostecki Brothers Racing ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYDR4 SYDR5 BATR6 BATR7 13th 188
Supercars Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supercars results Year Team No. 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 18 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 55th 108 2018 Kostecki Brothers Racing 42 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANQR SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 NEWR30 NEWR31 53rd 90 2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Holden ZB Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SMP1R7 SMP1R8 SMP1R9 SMP2R10 SMP2R11 SMP2R12 HID1R13 HID1R14 HID1R15 HID2R16 HID2R17 HID2R18 TOW1R19 TOW1R20 TOW1R21 TOW2R22 TOW2R23 TOW2R24 BEN1R25 BEN1R26 BEN1R27 BEN2R28 BEN2R29 BEN2R30 BATR31 NC 0 2021 27 BAT1R1 BAT1R2 SANR3 SANR4 SANR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 BENR9 BENR10 BENR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 TOW1R15 TOW1R16 TOW2R17 TOW2R18 TOW2R19 SMP1R20 SMP1R21 SMP1R22 SMP2R23 SMP2R24 SMP2R25 SMP3R26 SMP3R27 SMP3R28 26th 434 Matt Stone Racing 34 Holden ZB Commodore SMP4R29 SMP4R30 BAT2R31 2022 Tickford Racing 56 Ford Mustang S550 SMPR1 SMPR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 MELR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 HIDR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 TOWR19 TOWR20 BENR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANR24 SANR25 SANR26 PUKR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 ADER33 ADER34 47th 108
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 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 2021 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Jake Kostecki 13th 161 2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 Jake Kostecki 17th 161
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