# Brodie Kostecki

Brodie Paul Kostecki (born 1 November 1997) is an Australian professional racing driver. He has been competing in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving the #38 Ford Mustang GT for DJR Penske, Kostecki won the 2023 Supercars Championship. He also previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series and what is now the ARCA Menards Series East.

## Racing career
### NASCAR

In 2023, Kostecki returned to NASCAR to make his Cup Series debut in the race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. He drove for Richard Childress Racing, which fielded an additional car for him that weekend, the No. 33 Chevrolet. He would qualify in eleventh and would finish in 22nd position.
On October 2, 2023, it was announced that Kostecki would run part-time in the Cup Series again in 2024 and it would be for Erebus Motorsport, his team in the Supercars Series, which would debut in NASCAR in a partnership with Richard Childress Racing. The announcement had a picture of a Cup Series car with the No. 99, Kostecki's Supercar number, but with Trackhouse Racing already having that number in the Cup Series (and Hendrick Motorsports already having their other number 9), Erebus will need to pick a different number to use for their entry. Richard Childress stated that the plan is for Kostecki to run up to five Cup Series races in 2024, including an oval race. On May 1, 2024, Paul Morris, Kostecki's long–time mentor, confirmed that the planned Cup races had been axed.

### Supercars
#### 2019

Kostecki debuted in the 2019 Bathurst 1000, alongside cousin Jake Kostecki. The pair failed to finish after a crash on Lap 111. The pair competed at the following two rounds at the Gold Coast and Sandown with a best finish of 8th place coming at Sandown.

#### 2020

Kostecki was given an opportunity by Eggleston Motorsport, run by Rachael and Ben Eggleston. He claimed two poles, two wins, and three fastest laps in the COVID-shortened 2020 Dunlop Series.
Kostecki was signed by Erebus for the 2020 Bathurst 1000 alongside Anton De Pasquale. They finished 9th in the 2020 edition of The Great Race.

#### 2021

In 2021, Kostecki was signed alongside Will Brown to drive for Erebus following the departures of David Reynolds and Anton de Pasquale. He scored 3 podiums throughout the year at Sandown, Eastern Creek and Bathurst. He ended the year in 9th place, scoring 1788 points.

#### 2022

In 2022, Kostecki jumped to 7th in the points standings but scored one less podium than the year prior. These podium appearances coming at Eastern Creek and The Bend.

#### 2023

Kostecki entered the 2023 season without a single win from the previous year, with five podiums from 71 starts. In 2023, Kostecki and his team, Erebus Motorsport, secured both the drivers and teams titles.

#### 2024

In early February 2024, just weeks before the season opening Bathurst 500, it was reported that Kostecki had parted ways with the team after rumours swirled about how Kostecki was being treated by the team internally. Further, naming rights sponsor Coca-Cola, as well as Shaw and Partners, and SCTR withdrew their financial support of the team. Kostecki was replaced by Todd Hazelwood at the 2024 season opening round, as well as the Melbourne round. On April 7, 2024, it was announced that Kostecki would rejoin the team at the Taupō round.

## Personal life

Kostecki is of Ukraine descent.
Kostecki earned the nickname "Bush" after an incident at Norwell Motorplex where he and his cousin Kurt experienced brake failure in a VT Commodore whilst Kurt was driving and Brodie was in the passenger seat. Upon realising the brakes had failed, Brodie jumped out the passenger side door of the car at approximately 110kph, sliding his body across grass and up an embankment into a bush. Miraculously, he was not injured in the crash.

## Career results
### Speedway summary

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2011 | USAC Speed2 Western US Asphalt Midget Series | 2nd | Ford | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2011 | USAC Speed2 Western US Dirt Midget Series | 7th | Ford | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2011 | USAC Utah Ford Focus Midget Car Series | 1th | Ford | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2011 | USAC Western Young Guns Ford Focus Midget Car - Dirt | 51st | Ford | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2011 | USAC Speed2 Western US Dirt Midget Series - Pavement | 183rd | Ford | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2012 | UARA STARS Late Model Series | 21st | Chevrolet | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2013 | UARA STARS Late Model Series Results | 11th | Ford | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2013 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | 44th | Chevrolet SS | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2014 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | 18th | Toyota Camry | Team Arcoplate Racing |
| 2023 | NASCAR Cup Series | 38th | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Richard Childress Racing |

### NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

#### Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 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 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Richard Childress Racing | 33 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | BRD | MAR | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | RCH | MCH | IRC 22 | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 38th | 15 | |

#### K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2013 | Team Arcoplate Racing | 43 | Chevy | BRI | GRE | FIF | RCH 25 | BGS | IOW 27 | LGY | COL | IOW 25 | VIR | GRE | NHA | DOV | RAL | | | 44th | 55 | |
| 2014 | Team Arcoplate Racing | 43 | Toyota | NSM 20 | DAY 18 | BRI 12 | GRE 8 | RCH 8 | IOW 20 | BGS | FIF | LGY | NHA 9 | COL 21 | IOW 12 | GLN 24 | VIR 20 | GRE 22 | DOV 5 | 18th | 375 | |
$^*$ Season still in progress

### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Position |
| 2010 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 8th |

### Career summary

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2017 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 15th | Ford FG Falcon | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2018 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 5th | Holden VF Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2019 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 18th | Holden VF Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 47th | Holden ZB Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2020 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 8th | Holden VF Commodore | Eggleston Motorsport |
| 2020 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 34th | Holden ZB Commodore | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2021 | Repco Supercars Championship | 9th | Holden ZB Commodore | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2022 | Repco Supercars Championship | 7th | Holden ZB Commodore | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2023 | Repco Supercars Championship | 1st | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2024 | Repco Supercars Championship | 17th | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2025 | Race of Champions - Nations Cup | 2nd | Various | RoC |

### Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only)
Super2 Series results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
| 2017 | Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon | ADE 22 | SYM 13 | PHI 15 | TOW 21 | SYD 14 | SAN 16 | BAT 11 | NEW 8 | 15th | 781 |
| 2018 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 6 | SYM 3 | BAR 14 | TOW 5 | SAN 1 | BAT Ret | NEW 1 | | 5th | 1202 |
| 2019 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 2 | BAR 9 | TOW | QLD | BAT | SAN | NEW | | 18th | 434 |
| 2020 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 1 | ADE 1 | ADE 3 | SYD 9 | SYD 3 | BAT | BAT | | 8th | 499 |

### Supercars Championship results

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 | 33 | 34 | Position | Points |
| 2019 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden ZB 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 | QLD R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 18 | SUR R27 16 | SAN QR 8 | SAN R28 16 | NEW R29 | NEW R30 | | | | 47th | 233 |
| 2020 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SMP1 R7 | SMP1 R8 | SMP1 R9 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | HID1 R13 | HID1 R14 | HID1 R15 | HID2 R16 | HID2 R17 | HID2 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 | TOW2 R23 | TOW2 R24 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 | BEN2 R29 PO | BEN2 R30 PO | BAT R31 9 | | | | 34th | 168 |
| 2021 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | BAT1 R1 11 | BAT1 R2 12 | SAN R3 17 | SAN R4 13 | SAN R5 2 | SYM R6 10 | SYM R7 16 | SYM R8 18 | BEN R9 6 | BEN R10 5 | BEN R11 11 | HID R12 8 | HID R13 15 | HID R14 24 | TOW1 R15 13 | TOW1 R16 15 | TOW2 R17 22 | TOW2 R18 7 | TOW2 R19 14 | SMP1 R20 3 | SMP1 R21 4 | SMP1 R22 15 | SMP2 R23 23 | SMP2 R24 20 | SMP2 R25 Ret | SMP3 R26 4 | SMP3 R27 9 | SMP3 R28 11 | SMP4 R29 8 | SMP4 R30 C | BAT2 R31 3 | | | | 9th | 1788 |
| 2022 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | SMP R1 5 | SMP R2 2 | SYM R3 4 | SYM R4 19 | SYM R5 22 | MEL R6 14 | MEL R7 7 | MEL R8 15 | MEL R9 5 | BAR R10 8 | BAR R11 6 | BAR R12 21 | WIN R13 7 | WIN R14 11 | WIN R15 13 | HID R16 10 | HID R17 16 | HID R18 24 | TOW R19 12 | TOW R20 16 | BEN R21 6 | BEN R22 24 | BEN R23 3 | SAN R24 11 | SAN R25 23 | SAN R26 16 | PUK R27 20 | PUK R28 18 | PUK R29 19 | BAT R30 4 | SUR R31 7 | SUR R32 5 | ADE R33 4 | ADE R34 8 | 7th | 2142 |
| 2023 | Erebus Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | NEW R1 3 | NEW R2 6 | MEL R3 2 | MEL R4 1 | MEL R5 1 | MEL R6 3 | BAR R7 2 | BAR R8 2 | BAR R9 3 | SYM R10 23 | SYM R11 2 | SYM R12 3 | HID R13 4 | HID R14 4 | HID R15 26 | TOW R16 19 | TOW R17 2 | SMP R18 1 | SMP R19 8 | BEN R20 1 | BEN R21 1 | BEN R22 1 | SAN R23 2 | BAT R24 2 | SUR R25 5 | SUR R26 2 | ADE R27 6 | ADE R28 8 | | | | | | | 1st | 2888 |
| 2024 | Erebus Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | TAU R7 14 | TAU R8 13 | BAR R9 22 | BAR R10 Ret | HID R11 DNS | HID R12 3 | TOW R13 19 | TOW R14 18 | SMP R15 9 | SMP R16 7 | SYM R17 5 | SYM R18 23 | SAN R19 Ret | BAT2 R20 1 | SUR R21 5 | SUR R22 1 | ADE R23 6 | ADE R24 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 1488 |
| 2025 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | SYD R1 6 | SYD R2 14 | SYD R3 4 | MEL R4 4 | MEL R5 7 | MEL R6 5 | MEL R7 C | TAU R8 | TAU R9 | TAU R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | SYM R13 | BAR R14 | BAR R15 | BAR R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | HID R19 | TOW R20 | TOW R21 | TOW R22 | QLD R23 | QLD R24 | QLD R25 | BEN R26 | BAT R27 | SUR R28 | SUR R29 | SAN R30 | SAN R31 | ADE R32 | ADE R33 | ADE R34 | 5th | 331 |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2019 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Jake Kostecki | DNF | 111 |
| 2020 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Anton de Pasquale | 9th | 161 |
| 2021 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | David Russell | 3rd | 161 |
| 2022 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | David Russell | 4th | 161 |
| 2023 | Erebus Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | David Russell | 2nd | 161 |
| 2024 | Erebus Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Todd Hazelwood | 1st | 161 |
| 2025 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang S650 | Todd Hazelwood | | |

### Bathurst 6 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2021 | Miedecke Motor Group | George Miedecke Paul Morris | Ford Mustang GT | A2 | 120 | 5th | 1st |