# Jake Kostecki

Jake Kostecki (born 24 January 2000) is an Australian professional racing driver of Ukrainian descent. He formerly competed in the Supercars Championship.

## Biography
### Junior Series

Kostecki began his career in karts at the age of 8, in the 2008 Western Australian Karting Championship. By 2011, Kostecki was winning races and in 2013, he came third in the SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior sponsored by Russell Karting Specialties.

### V8 Touring Car Series (2015)

Kostecki made headlines in 2015 with his announcement of joining the V8 Touring Car series, at the age of 15. Driving an ex-Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon, he finished ninth in the championship that year.

### Super2 Series (2016–2019)

Kostecki made the move to the Super2 Series in 2016, where he finished 18th in the championship. His 2017 campaign suffered a major crash at the Sandown round.

### Supercars Championship (2019–)
#### 2019

Kostecki along with his cousin, Brodie Kostecki, teamed up in a PIRTEK Enduro Cup wildcard program in 2019 for Kostecki Brothers Racing, entering the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 races. Kostecki Brothers Racing converted a Super2 Series Holden VF Commodore to an updated current spec Holden ZB Commodore. The team qualified 24th at Sandown for Race 28 of the championship, and Jake finished the race in 22nd. For Race 29, his cousin Brodie started in Jake's finishing position of 22nd, and stormed his way to an eighth place finish in a challenging race with mixed weather conditions. For a small team punching above their weight, Kostecki Brothers Racing were praised for their efforts. Jake and Brodie finished 16th in the 161 lap main endurance race.
At the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Kostecki Brothers Racing qualified 23rd for the 1000 km race. Brodie nearly failed to make the start of the race driving to the grid, with a cool suit drama delay proceedings of the race. The team were not classified as finishers of the race, with a major crash taking them out of the proceedings. After the conclusion of the race, news reports stated that Kostecki Brothers Racing were in a race against time to get their car fixed for the next round at the Gold Coast 600 and ran the risk of not competing at the event.
The car was fixed and repaired in time for the Gold Coast 600. The team qualified 23rd for the first race of the weekend and finished in 18th. For the second race of the weekend, the team qualified 18th and finished in 16th position.
Overall, Kostecki Brothers Racing finished the 2019 PIRTEK Enduro Cup in 24th position with a total of 247 points, 631 points behind winners Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes of the Red Bull Holden Racing Team.

## Career results
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Position |
| 2011 | SKUSA SuperNationals XV - TaG Cadet | 11th |
| 2012 | SKUSA SuperNationals XVI - TaG Junior | 16th |
| 2012 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 24th |
| 2013 | SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior | 3rd |

### Career summary

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2014 | Western Australian Formula Ford Championship | 17th | Van Diemen RF92 | |
| 2014 | Australian Suzuki Swift Series | 14th | Suzuki Swift | |
| 2015 | Australian V8 Touring Car Series | 9th | Ford BF Falcon | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2016 | Supercars Dunlop Series | 18th | Holden VF Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2017 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 22nd | Holden VF Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2017 | Stadium Super Trucks | 32nd | Chevrolet LS V8 engine | Robby Gordon Motorsports |
| 2018 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 18th | Holden VF Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2019 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 16th | Holden VF Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 50th | Holden ZB Commodore | Kostecki Brothers Racing |
| 2020 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 27th | Holden ZB Commodore | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2021 | Repco Supercars Championship | 19th | Holden ZB Commodore | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2022 | Repco Supercars Championship | 22nd | Ford Mustang GT | Tickford Racing |

### Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
| 2016 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 23 | PHI 23 | BAR 18 | TOW 11 | SAN 19 | BAT 19 | HOM 13 | | 18th | 683 |
| 2017 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 17 | SYM 18 | PHI 12 | TOW 20 | SYD 16 | SAN 23 | BAT 5 | NEW | 22nd | 564 |
| 2018 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 16 | SYM 22 | BAR 11 | TOW 14 | SAN 6 | BAT Ret | NEW 9 | | 18th | 670 |
| 2019 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 5 | BAR 8 | TOW 13 | QLD 4 | BAT | SAN | NEW | | 16th | 722 |

### Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
Stadium Super Trucks results :
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SSTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2017 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | LBH | PER 12 | PER DNS | PER DNS | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | HID | HID | HID | BEI | GLN | GLN | ELS | ELS | 32nd | 9 | |

### 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 21 | SAN R28 16 | NEW R29 | NEW R30 | | | | 50th | 217 |
| 2020 | Matt Stone Racing | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 22 | SMP1 R8 24 | SMP1 R9 22 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | HID1 R13 Ret | HID1 R14 22 | HID1 R15 14 | HID1 R16 | HID1 R17 | HID1 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 20 | TOW2 R23 23 | TOW2 R24 22 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 Ret | BEN2 R29 16 | BEN2 R30 20 | BAT R31 Ret | | | | 27th | 290 |
| 2021 | Matt Stone Racing | Holden ZB Commodore | BAT1 R1 13 | BAT1 R2 17 | SAN R3 23 | SAN R4 18 | SAN R5 14 | SYM R6 13 | SYM R7 15 | SYM R8 21 | BEN R9 21 | BEN R10 18 | BEN R11 16 | HID R12 5 | HID R13 24 | HID R14 25 | TOW1 R15 19 | TOW1 R16 DSQ | TOW2 R17 16 | TOW2 R18 13 | TOW2 R19 14 | SMP1 R20 23 | SMP1 R21 21 | SMP1 R22 17 | SMP2 R23 16 | SMP2 R24 21 | SMP2 R25 Ret | SMP3 R26 17 | SMP3 R27 22 | SMP3 R28 16 | SMP4 R29 18 | SMP4 R30 C | BAT2 R31 13 | | | | 19th | 1157 |
| 2022 | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | SMP R1 19 | SMP R2 24 | SYM R3 14 | SYM R4 Ret | SYM R5 25 | MEL R6 15 | MEL R7 13 | MEL R8 20 | MEL R9 13 | BAR R10 20 | BAR R11 9 | BAR R12 23 | WIN R13 24 | WIN R14 20 | WIN R15 25 | HID R16 11 | HID R17 11 | HID R18 8 | TOW R19 14 | TOW R20 24 | BEN R21 27 | BEN R22 18 | BEN R23 Ret | SAN R24 22 | SAN R25 20 | SAN R26 20 | PUK R27 21 | PUK R28 9 | PUK R29 15 | BAT R30 17 | SUR R31 23 | SUR R32 16 | ADE R33 15 | ADE R34 Ret | 22nd | 1192 |
| 2023 | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | NEW R1 | NEW R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | SYM R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | HID R15 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | BEN R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | SAN R23 24 | BAT R24 19 | SUR R25 | SUR R26 | ADE R27 | ADE R28 | | | | | | | 50th | 162 |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2019 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Brodie Kostecki | DNF | 111 |
| 2020 | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Zane Goddard | DNF | 155 |
| 2021 | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Kurt Kostecki | 13th | 161 |
| 2022 | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Kurt Kostecki | 17th | 161 |
| 2023 | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang S650 | Aaron Love | 19th | 160 |