# Kurt Kostecki

Kurt Michael Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver of Ukrainian descent.

## Biography
### Australia
#### Super2 Series

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. 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 stepped down from the drive to focus on school studies and 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. He finished eighth in the 2017 Super2 Series and is also competing full time in the 2018 Super2 Series. In 2019 he switched to Triple Eight Race Engineering finishing second in the championship.

#### Supercars Championship

In 2016, Kostecki was also gifted the unusual opportunity to drive for Team 18 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. 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.
For 2018, he is entered as a wildcard at round 9 at Queensland Raceway and round 11 The Bend SuperSprint driving a Holden VF Commodore.

### 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.

## Career results
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Position | Team | Car |
| 2012 | Australian National Sprint Kart - Junior Clubman | 6th | | |
| 2014 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 46th | MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon |
| 2015 | V8 Supercars Dunlop Series | 24th | Rsport Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore |
| 2015 | V8 Ute Racing Series | 37th | Matt Stone Racing | Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute |
| 2016 | Supercars Dunlop Series | 16th | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 55th | Team 18 | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2017 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 8th | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2018 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 8th | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2018 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 53rd | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2019 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 2nd | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2020 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 13th | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore |
| 2020 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | NC | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden ZB Commodore |
| 2021 | Repco Supercars Championship | 26th | Walkinshaw Andretti United Matt Stone Racing | Holden ZB Commodore |
| 2022 | Repco Supercars Championship | 47th | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT |

### Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)
Super2 Series results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
| 2014 | MW Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | ADE | WIN | BAR | TOW | QLD | BAT | HOM 25 | | 46th | 48 |
| 2015 | RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | ADE 23 | BAR 17 | WIN 16 | TOW 25 | QLD | BAT | HOM | | 24th | 290 |
| 2016 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 21 | PHI 9 | BAR 9 | TOW | SAN 6 | BAT 14 | HOM 19 | | 16th | 733 |
| 2017 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 18 | SYM 8 | PHI 13 | TOW 5 | SYD 12 | SAN 4 | BAT 6 | NEW 9 | 8th | 1083 |
| 2018 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 3 | SYM 5 | BAR 7 | TOW 7 | SAN 21 | BAT Ret | NEW 18 | | 8th | 1010 |
| 2019 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 19 | BAR 4 | TOW 3 | QLD 3 | BAT 3 | SAN 3 | NEW 4 | | 2nd | 1502 |
| 2020 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 7 | SYD | BAT | | | | | | 13th | 188 |

### Supercars Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 |
| 2016 | Team 18 | Holden VF Commodore | 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 |
| 2018 | Kostecki Brothers Racing | Holden VF 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 25 | QLD R20 23 | SMP R21 | BEN R22 27 | BEN R23 Ret | SAN QR | SAN R24 | BAT R25 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | NEW R30 | NEW R31 | | | 53rd | 90 |
| 2020 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 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 Ret | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Commodore ZB | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | SAN R3 | SAN R4 | SAN R5 | SYM R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | BEN R9 19 | BEN R10 16 | BEN R11 23 | HID R12 6 | HID R13 23 | HID R14 17 | TOW1 R15 | TOW1 R16 | TOW2 R17 | TOW2 R18 | TOW2 R19 | SMP1 R20 | SMP1 R21 | SMP1 R22 | SMP2 R23 25 | SMP2 R24 21 | SMP2 R25 21 | SMP3 R26 | SMP3 R27 | SMP3 R28 | | | | | | | 26th | 434 |
| 2021 | Matt Stone Racing | Commodore ZB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SMP4 R29 PO | SMP4 R30 PO | BAT2 R31 13 | | | | | | 26th | 434 |
| 2022 | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | SMP R1 | SMP R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | MEL R6 | MEL R7 | MEL R8 | MEL R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | WIN R15 | HID R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | TOW R19 | TOW R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN R24 PO | SAN R25 PO | SAN R26 PO | PUK R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | BAT R30 17 | SUR R31 | SUR R32 | ADE R33 | ADE R34 | 47th | 108 |

### Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
| 2020 | Hobson Motorsport/GWR | Brett Hobson Garth Walden | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | Silver | 288 | 21st | 5th |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2020 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | Bryce Fullwood | DNF | 147 |
| 2021 | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Jake Kostecki | 13th | 161 |
| 2022 | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | Jake Kostecki | 17th | 161 |