Brodie Kostecki

Brodie Kostecki
Brodie Kostecki in 2023
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26) 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	99
Wins	6
Podiums	20
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)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
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)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 2
Statistics current as of November 28, 2023.

Brodie Kostecki (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.^[1] Richard Childress stated that the plan is for Kostecki to run up to five Cup Series races in 2024, including an oval race.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] On April 7, 2024, it was announced that Kostecki would rejoin the team at the Taupo round.^[5]

Personal life

Kostecki is of Ukrainian descent.^[6]

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.^[7] Miraculously, he was not injured in the crash.

Career results

Karting career summary

Career summary

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

K&N Pro Series East

^* Season still in progress

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only)

Supercars Championship results

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

References

External links

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