Brodie Kostecki

Brodie Paul "Bush" Kostecki (born 1 November 1997) is an Australian professional racing driver. He has been competing in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving the #17 Ford Mustang GT for Dick Johnson Racing, 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

NASCAR Kostecki in his Cup Series debut at the Indianapolis Road Course in 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. Richard Childress stated that the plan is for Kostecki to run up to five Cup Series races in 2024, including an oval race. On May 1, 2024, Paul Morris, Kostecki's long–time mentor, confirmed that the planned Cup races had been axed. 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. On April 7, 2024, it was announced that Kostecki would rejoin the team at the Taupō round.

Personal life Kostecki is of Ukrainian descent.

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. Miraculously, he was not injured in the crash.

Career results

Speedway 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 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 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 IRC22 GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 38th 15

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 Pts Ref 2013 Team Arcoplate Racing 43 Chevy BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 44th 55 2014 Toyota NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV 18th 375

Season still in progress

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2010 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light 8thOakleigh Kart Club Top Guns - Junior National Light 12th

Career summary

Super2 Series results (key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only) Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points 2017 Matt Stone Racing 57 Ford FG Falcon ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SYDR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 SYDR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 15th 781 2018 Kostecki Brothers Racing 57 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 NEWR15 NEWR16 5th 1202 2019 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BATR10 SANR11 SANR12 NEWR13 NEWR14 18th 434 2020 Eggleston Motorsport 38 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYDR4 SYDR5 BATR6 BATR7 8th 499

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 2024 Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Todd Hazelwood 1st 161 2025 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 Todd Hazelwood 18th 155 2026 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 Todd Hazelwood

The Bend 500 Results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2025 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 Todd Hazelwood 1st 102 2026 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 Todd Hazelwood

Bathurst 6 Hour results YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps2021 Miedecke Motor Group George Miedecke Paul MorrisFord Mustang GTA2120 5th 1st