Zakkary Thomas Joseph Best (born 11 October 2001) is an Australian racing car driver. He currently competes in the Dunlop Super2 Series in the No. 78 Ford Mustang GT, with wins, podiums and poles to his name in the Super2 Series. He also raced in the 2025 Bathurst 1000, finishing in ninth.
Career Early career
Starting in Aussie Racing Cars 2016 at the age of fourteen, Best was the youngest ever to compete and win a race (Phillip Island) and runner up Rookie, in an Aussie Racing Car.
Best then went to the CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship 2017 finished tenth. Khumo V8 Supercars 2018, drove Ford FG with MW Motorsport finished Runner Up. Khumo Tyres Super3 2019, drove Ford FG with MW Motorsport finished fourt.
Best made his debut in the V8 Touring Car Series (now known as the Super3 Series) in 2018, finishing second in the opening round at Phillip Island behind defending champion Jack Smith and ahead of MW Motorsport teammate Tyler Everingham. Best would finish the season in second place behind Everingham.
Despite hopes to join the Super2 Series in 2019, Best continued in the Super3 series. Despite winning several races Best was only fourth in the series, which team owner Matthew White blamed on engine issues at the Winton round.
Super2
For 2020, Best moved up to the Super2 Series, still driving for MW Motorsport. He qualified in third place on debut at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit, and achieved a best finish of fifth place in the final round at Bathurst.
Best switched to Tickford Racing for 2021, finishing the series in second place behind Broc Feeney. He remained with Tickford for the 2022 series. He finished runner up again in his 2022 campaign.
Best announced for his 2023 Super2 campaign that he would be making the switch to Anderson Motorsport driving an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang GT. He would join Tickford Racing for the endurance events.
Supercars Best made his Supercars Championship and Bathurst 1000 debut in 2021 driving with his Super2 team Tickford Racing. He partnered regular driver Jack Le Brocq in his Ford Mustang GT for the 2021 Bathurst 1000. He was given a late call-up due to Alexandre Prémat being unable to make the trip to Australia. The pair qualified in eighth place were only able to finish in fifteenth place, in part due to double stacking in the pits. Best was described by team principal Tim Edwards as being one of the best co-drivers in that year's race.
For 2022, Tickford announced that they would enter Best in Supercars rounds at Hidden Valley and The Bend as a wildcard. In Sunday qualifying, Best crashed, forcing him to start from the back on the grid in the final two races. In the second of these, Best was involved in a collision with Gary Jacobson, causing Best to retire, with Best highly critical of the driving standards of the drivers towards the rear of the field.
On July 30, 2022, Best became the youngest and first Supercars Championship wildcard entrant to claim a pole position, which was done at the 2022 The Bend SuperSprint. Best finished race 21 in fifth, becoming the highest finishing placed wildcard entrant.
Career results Season Series Position Car Team 2016 Aussie Racing Cars 12th ARC Euro GT Zak Best 2017 Australian Formula 4 Championship 10th Mygale M14-F4 AGI Sport 2018 Kumho Tyre Australian V8 Touring Car Series 2nd Ford FG Falcon MW Motorsport 2019 Super3 Series 4th Ford FG Falcon MW Motorsport MRF Tyres Australian Production Car Series 15th † Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution IX 2020 Dunlop Super2 Series 6th Nissan Altima L33 MW Motorsport 2021 Dunlop Super2 Series 2nd Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing Supercars Championship 39th Ford Mustang S550 2022 Dunlop Super2 Series 2nd Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing Supercars Championship 39th Ford Mustang S550 2023 Dunlop Super2 Series 2nd Ford Mustang S550 Anderson Motorsport Supercars Championship 32nd Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 21st Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) EMA Motorsport 2025 Repco Supercars Championship 51st* Ford Mustang GT Blanchard Racing Team
† Canceled due to COVID-19
Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2017 AGI Sport SAN11 SAN12 SAN13 SAN21 SAN22 SAN23 BAR1 BAR2 BAR3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 QLD1 QLD2 QLD3 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 SUR1 SUR2 SUR3 10th 83
Super3 Series results (key) (Race results only) Super3 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points 2018 MW Motorsport 78 Ford FG Falcon PHIR1 PHIR2 PHIR3 WINR4 WINR5 WINR6 SMPR7 SMPR8 SMPR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 BENR13 BENR14 BENR15 2nd 601 2019 PHIR1 PHIR2 PHIR3 WINR4 WINR5 WINR6 QLDR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BENR10 BENR11 BENR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 4th 454
Super2 Series results (key) (Race results only) Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position Points 2020 MW Motorsport 78 Nissan Altima L33 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYDR4 SYDR5 BATR6 BATR7 6th 549 2021 Tickford Racing 78 Ford FG X Falcon BATR1 BATR2 TOW1R3 TOW1R4 TOW2R5 TOW2R6 SMPR7 SMPR8 BATR9 BATR10 2nd 1077 2022 SMPR1 SMPR2 WANR3 WANR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 SANR7 SANR8 BATR9 BATR10 ADER11 ADER12 2nd 1257 2023 Anderson Motorsport 17 Ford Mustang S550 NEWR1 NEWR2 WANR3 WANR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 SANR7 SANR8 BATR9 BATR10 ADER11 ADER12 2nd 1431
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 2021 Tickford Racing 5 Ford Mustang S550 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 SMP4R29 SMP4R30 BAT2R31 39th 120 2022 78 SMPR1 SMPR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 MELR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 HIDR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 TOWR19 TOWR20 BENR21 BENR22 BENR23 39th 162 55 SANR24 SANR25 SANR26 PUKR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 ADER33 ADER34 2023 5 Ford Mustang S650 NEWR1 NEWR2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 BENR20 BENR21 BENR22 SANR23 BATR24 SURR25 SURR26 ADER27 ADER28 32nd 342 2025 Blanchard Racing Team 3 Ford Mustang S650 SYDR1 SYDR2 SYDR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 TAUR8 TAUR9 TAUR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 SYMR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 QLDR25 BENR26 BATR27 SURR28 SURR29 SANR30 SANR31 ADER32 ADER33 ADER34 52nd* 44*
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2021 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Jack Le Brocq 15th 161 2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Thomas Randle DNF 0 2023 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 James Courtney 6th 161 2025 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Aaron Cameron 9th 161 2026 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Aaron Cameron
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