Kurt Kostecki

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Nationality Australian
BornKurt Michael Kostecki
(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 27)
RelativesJake Kostecki (brother)
Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Debut season2014
Kurt Kostecki
Nationality Australian
BornKurt Michael Kostecki
(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 27)
RelativesJake Kostecki (brother)
Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Super2 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamKostecki Brothers Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number55
Former teamsMW Motorsport
RSport Engineering
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Starts80
Wins0
Podiums9
Poles2
Best finish2nd in 2019
Supercars Championship career
Current teamTickford Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races20
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0

Kurt Michael Kostecki (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian racing driver of Ukrainian descent.[1]

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.[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 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-ten finishes (including two fourth 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.[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.

For 2018, Kostecki is entered as a wildcard at round 9 at Queensland Raceway[4] and round 11 The Bend SuperSprint driving a Holden VF Commodore.[5]

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.[6]

Career results

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