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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)
Supercars Dunlop Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamKostecki Brothers Racing
Car number55
Former teamsMW Motorsport, RSport Engineering
Starts32
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish16th in 2016

Kurt Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series.[1]

Biography

Australia

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 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.

The same year, 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.

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.[4]

Career Results

Career summary

Season Series Position Car Team
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

Supercars Championship results

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. ^ "Kurt Kostecki chases US Dream". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.