Kurt Kostecki
| Kurt Kostecki | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 4 July 1998 Perth, Western Australia |
| Related to | Jake Kostecki (brother) Brodie Kostecki (cousin) |
| Supercars Dunlop Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| Car number | 55 |
| Former teams | MW Motorsport, RSport Engineering |
| Starts | 32 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 16th 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
| V8 Supercar results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | No. | 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 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 18 | 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 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Kurt Kostecki". Supercars.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Dunlop Young Guns - Kurt Kostecki". Supercars.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Lengthy repair forces major shake-up at Team 18". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Kurt Kostecki chases US Dream". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.