Zak Best

Zakkary Thomas Joseph Best (born 11 October 2001) is an Australian racing car driver. He currently competes in the Dunlop Super2 Series in the No. 78 Ford Mustang GT, with wins, podiums and poles to his name in the Super2 Series. He also raced in the 2025 Bathurst 1000, finishing in ninth.

Career Early career

Starting in Aussie Racing Cars 2016 at the age of fourteen, Best was the youngest ever to compete and win a race (Phillip Island) and runner up Rookie, in an Aussie Racing Car.

Best then went to the CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship 2017 finished tenth. Khumo V8 Supercars 2018, drove Ford FG with MW Motorsport finished Runner Up. Khumo Tyres Super3 2019, drove Ford FG with MW Motorsport finished fourt.

Best made his debut in the V8 Touring Car Series (now known as the Super3 Series) in 2018, finishing second in the opening round at Phillip Island behind defending champion Jack Smith and ahead of MW Motorsport teammate Tyler Everingham. Best would finish the season in second place behind Everingham.

Despite hopes to join the Super2 Series in 2019,

Super2

For 2020, Best moved up to the Super2 Series, still driving for MW Motorsport.

Best switched to Tickford Racing for 2021, He remained with Tickford for the 2022 series. He finished runner up again in his 2022 campaign.

Best announced for his 2023 Super2 campaign that he would be making the switch to Anderson Motorsport driving an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang GT. He would join Tickford Racing for the endurance events.

Supercars Best made his Supercars Championship and Bathurst 1000 debut in 2021 driving with his Super2 team Tickford Racing. He partnered regular driver Jack Le Brocq in his Ford Mustang GT for the 2021 Bathurst 1000. He was given a late call-up due to Alexandre Prémat being unable to make the trip to Australia. The pair qualified in eighth place were only able to finish in fifteenth place, in part due to double stacking in the pits. In Sunday qualifying, Best crashed, forcing him to start from the back on the grid in the final two races. In the second of these, Best was involved in a collision with Gary Jacobson, causing Best to retire, with Best highly critical of the driving standards of the drivers towards the rear of the field.

On July 30, 2022, Best became the youngest and first Supercars Championship wildcard entrant to claim a pole position, which was done at the 2022 The Bend SuperSprint. Best finished race 21 in fifth, becoming the highest finishing placed wildcard entrant.

Career results

† Canceled due to COVID-19

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2017 AGI Sport SAN11 SAN12 SAN13 SAN21 SAN22 SAN23 BAR1 BAR2 BAR3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 QLD1 QLD2 QLD3 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 SUR1 SUR2 SUR3 10th 83

Super3 Series results (key) (Race results only) Super3 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points 2018 MW Motorsport 78 Ford FG Falcon PHIR1 PHIR2 PHIR3 WINR4 WINR5 WINR6 SMPR7 SMPR8 SMPR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 BENR13 BENR14 BENR15 2nd 601 2019 PHIR1 PHIR2 PHIR3 WINR4 WINR5 WINR6 QLDR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BENR10 BENR11 BENR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 4th 454

Super2 Series results (key) (Race results only)

Supercars Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2021 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Jack Le Brocq 15th 161 2022 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 Thomas Randle DNF 0 2023 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S650 James Courtney 6th 161 2025 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Aaron Cameron 9th 161 2026 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Aaron Cameron