Brodie Kostecki

Brodie Kostecki
Brodie Kostecki
	Brodie Kostecki in 2023
Nationality	Australian
Born	1 November 1997 (age 27); Perth, Western Australia
Related to	Kurt Kostecki (cousin); Jake Kostecki (cousin)
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Previous series
2017–20	Dunlop Super2 Series
Supercars Championship career
Car number	1 (Erebus Motorsport) (2024)
Championships	1 (2023)
Races	111
Wins	7
Podiums	24
Pole positions	11
2023 position	1st (2888 pts)
NASCAR Cup Series career
	1 race run over 1 year
2023 position	38th
Best finish	38th (2023)
First race	2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis RC)
ARCA Menards Series East career
	16 races run over 2 years
Best finish	18th (2014)
First race	2013 Blue Ox 100 (Richmond)
Last race	2014 Drive Sober 150 (Dover)
	Statistics current as of November 28, 2023.

Brodie Paul Kostecki^[1] (born 1 November 1997) is an Australian professional racing driver. He has been competing in the Repco Supercars Championship, and when driving a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Erebus Motorsport, 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

2023

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.^[2] Richard Childress stated that the plan is for Kostecki to run up to five Cup Series races in 2024, including an oval race.^[3] On May 1, 2024, Paul Morris, Kostecki's long–time mentor, confirmed that the planned Cup races had been axed.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] On April 7, 2024, it was announced that Kostecki would rejoin the team at the Taupō round.^[7]

Personal life

Kostecki is of Ukraine descent.^[8]

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.^[9] Miraculously, he was not injured in the crash.

Career results

Karting career summary

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

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
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
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
2023	NASCAR Cup Series	38th	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	Richard Childress Racing
2024	Repco Supercars Championship	25th	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	Erebus Motorsport

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	^[10]

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	^[11]
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	^[12]

^* Season still in progress

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	ADE R24											19th*	1284*

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

References

^ Chapman, Simon (1 May 2024). "'Not interested': Supercars champion's expected NASCAR Cup Series return axed". Nine's Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Clarke, Andrew (2 October 2023). "Exclusive: Erebus Reveals NASCAR Plans for 2024". AutoAction. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ Wolkin, Joseph (26 November 2023). "Richard Childress Eyes Expanded Nascar Schedule For Brodie Kostecki". Forbes. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ Chapman, Simon (1 May 2024). "'Not interested': Supercars champion's expected NASCAR Cup Series return axed". Nine's Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Pavey, James (31 January 2024). "Erebus issues statement on champion Kostecki".
^ Erebus confirms Hazelwood for AGP Supercars races Speedcafe 5 March 2024
^ "BRODIE KOSTECKI TO MAKE SHOCK RETURN TO SUPERCARS FOR EREBUS". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ "Supercars team shows support for Ukraine". Seven Network. 3 March 2022.
^ "The story behind Kostecki's nickname | Supercars". www.supercars.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Brodie Kostecki – 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ "Brodie Kostecki – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
^ "Brodie Kostecki – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

External links

Brodie Kostecki career summary at DriverDB.com
Brodie Kostecki driver statistics at Racing-Reference
V8 Supercars Official Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Shane van Gisbergen	Supercars Championship Champion 2023	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] Chapman, Simon (1 May 2024). "'Not interested': Supercars champion's expected NASCAR Cup Series return axed". Nine's Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[2] Clarke, Andrew (2 October 2023). "Exclusive: Erebus Reveals NASCAR Plans for 2024". AutoAction. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[3] Wolkin, Joseph (26 November 2023). "Richard Childress Eyes Expanded Nascar Schedule For Brodie Kostecki". Forbes. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[4] Chapman, Simon (1 May 2024). "'Not interested': Supercars champion's expected NASCAR Cup Series return axed". Nine's Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[5] Pavey, James (31 January 2024). "Erebus issues statement on champion Kostecki".

[6] Erebus confirms Hazelwood for AGP Supercars races Speedcafe 5 March 2024

[7] "BRODIE KOSTECKI TO MAKE SHOCK RETURN TO SUPERCARS FOR EREBUS". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[8] "Supercars team shows support for Ukraine". Seven Network. 3 March 2022.

[9] "The story behind Kostecki's nickname | Supercars". www.supercars.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[10] "Brodie Kostecki – 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[11] "Brodie Kostecki – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[12] "Brodie Kostecki – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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