Jake Kostecki

Jake Kostecki
Jake Kostecki
Nationality	Australian
Born	24 January 2000 (age 24); Perth, Western Australia
Related to	Kurt Kostecki (brother); Brodie Kostecki (cousin)
Supercars career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Blanchard Racing Team
Car number	7
Former teams	Tickford Racing
Starts	82
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Best finish	19th in 2021

Jake Kostecki (born 24 January 2000) is an Australian professional racing driver of Ukrainian descent.^[1] He formerly competed in the Supercars Championship.

Biography

Junior Series

Kostecki began his career in karts at the age of 8, in the 2008 Western Australian Karting Championship. By 2011, Kostecki was winning races and in 2013, he came third in the SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior sponsored by Russell Karting Specialties.^[2]

V8 Touring Car Series (2015)

Kostecki made headlines in 2015 with his announcement of joining the V8 Touring Car series, at the age of 15. Driving an ex-Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon, he finished ninth in the championship that year.

Super2 Series (2016–2019)

Kostecki made the move to the Super2 Series in 2016, where he finished 18th in the championship. His 2017 campaign suffered a major crash at the Sandown round.^[3]

Supercars Championship (2019–)

2019

Kostecki along with his cousin, Brodie Kostecki, teamed up in a PIRTEK Enduro Cup wildcard program in 2019 for Kostecki Brothers Racing, entering the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600 races. Kostecki Brothers Racing converted a Super2 Series Holden VF Commodore to an updated current spec Holden ZB Commodore. The team qualified 24th at Sandown for Race 28 of the championship, and Jake finished the race in 22nd. For Race 29, his cousin Brodie started in Jake's finishing position of 22nd, and stormed his way to an eighth place finish in a challenging race with mixed weather conditions. For a small team punching above their weight, Kostecki Brothers Racing were praised for their efforts. Jake and Brodie finished 16th in the 161 lap main endurance race.

At the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Kostecki Brothers Racing qualified 23rd for the 1000 km race. Brodie nearly failed to make the start of the race driving to the grid, with a cool suit drama delay proceedings of the race. The team were not classified as finishers of the race, with a major crash taking them out of the proceedings. After the conclusion of the race, news reports stated that Kostecki Brothers Racing were in a race against time to get their car fixed for the next round at the Gold Coast 600 and ran the risk of not competing at the event.

The car was fixed and repaired in time for the Gold Coast 600. The team qualified 23rd for the first race of the weekend and finished in 18th. For the second race of the weekend, the team qualified 18th and finished in 16th position.

Overall, Kostecki Brothers Racing finished the 2019 PIRTEK Enduro Cup in 24th position with a total of 247 points, 631 points behind winners Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes of the Red Bull Holden Racing Team.

Career results

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2011	SKUSA SuperNationals XV - TaG Cadet	11th
2012	SKUSA SuperNationals XVI - TaG Junior	16th
2012	Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light	24th
2013	SKUSA SuperNats XVII - TaG Junior	3rd

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2014	Western Australian Formula Ford Championship	17th	Van Diemen RF92
2014	Australian Suzuki Swift Series	14th	Suzuki Swift
2015	Australian V8 Touring Car Series	9th	Ford BF Falcon	Kostecki Brothers Racing
2016	Supercars Dunlop Series	18th	Holden VF Commodore	Kostecki Brothers Racing
2017	Dunlop Super2 Series	22nd	Holden VF Commodore	Kostecki Brothers Racing
2017	Stadium Super Trucks	32nd	Chevrolet LS V8 engine	Robby Gordon Motorsports
2018	Dunlop Super2 Series	18th	Holden VF Commodore	Kostecki Brothers Racing
2019	Dunlop Super2 Series	16th	Holden VF Commodore	Kostecki Brothers Racing
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	50th	Holden ZB Commodore	Kostecki Brothers Racing
2020	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	27th	Holden ZB Commodore	Matt Stone Racing
2021	Repco Supercars Championship	19th	Holden ZB Commodore	Matt Stone Racing
2022	Repco Supercars Championship	22nd	Ford Mustang GT	Tickford Racing

Complete Super2 Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Position	Points
2016	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 23	PHI 23	BAR 18	TOW 11	SAN 19	BAT 19	HOM 13		18th	683
2017	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 17	SYM 18	PHI 12	TOW 20	SYD 16	SAN 23	BAT 5	NEW	22nd	564
2018	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 16	SYM 22	BAR 11	TOW 14	SAN 6	BAT Ret	NEW 9		18th	670
2019	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden VF Commodore	ADE 5	BAR 8	TOW 13	QLD 4	BAT	SAN	NEW		16th	722

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	SSTC	Pts	Ref
2017	ADE	ADE	ADE	STP	STP	LBH	LBH	PER 12	PER DNS	PER DNS	DET	DET	TEX	TEX	HID	HID	HID	BEI	GLN	GLN	ELS	ELS	32nd	9	^[4]

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 21	SAN R28 16	NEW R29	NEW R30				50th	217
2020	Matt Stone Racing	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3 C	MEL R4 C	MEL R5 C	MEL R6 C	SMP1 R7 22	SMP1 R8 24	SMP1 R9 22	SMP2 R10	SMP2 R11	SMP2 R12	HID1 R13 Ret	HID1 R14 22	HID1 R15 14	HID1 R16	HID1 R17	HID1 R18	TOW1 R19	TOW1 R20	TOW1 R21	TOW2 R22 20	TOW2 R23 23	TOW2 R24 22	BEN1 R25	BEN1 R26	BEN1 R27	BEN2 R28 Ret	BEN2 R29 16	BEN2 R30 20	BAT R31 Ret				27th	290
2021	Matt Stone Racing	Holden ZB Commodore	BAT1 R1 13	BAT1 R2 17	SAN R3 23	SAN R4 18	SAN R5 14	SYM R6 13	SYM R7 15	SYM R8 21	BEN R9 21	BEN R10 18	BEN R11 16	HID R12 5	HID R13 24	HID R14 25	TOW1 R15 19	TOW1 R16 DSQ	TOW2 R17 16	TOW2 R18 13	TOW2 R19 14	SMP1 R20 23	SMP1 R21 21	SMP1 R22 17	SMP2 R23 16	SMP2 R24 21	SMP2 R25 Ret	SMP3 R26 17	SMP3 R27 22	SMP3 R28 16	SMP4 R29 18	SMP4 R30 C	BAT2 R31 13				19th	1157
2022	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	SMP R1 19	SMP R2 24	SYM R3 14	SYM R4 Ret	SYM R5 25	MEL R6 15	MEL R7 13	MEL R8 20	MEL R9 13	BAR R10 20	BAR R11 9	BAR R12 23	WIN R13 24	WIN R14 20	WIN R15 25	HID R16 11	HID R17 11	HID R18 8	TOW R19 14	TOW R20 24	BEN R21 27	BEN R22 18	BEN R23 Ret	SAN R24 22	SAN R25 20	SAN R26 20	PUK R27 21	PUK R28 9	PUK R29 15	BAT R30 17	SUR R31 23	SUR R32 16	ADE R33 15	ADE R34 Ret	22nd	1192
2023	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	NEW R1	NEW R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	BEN R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	SAN R23 24	BAT R24 19	SUR R25	SUR R26	ADE R27	ADE R28							50th	162

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2019	Kostecki Brothers Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Brodie Kostecki	DNF	111
2020	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Zane Goddard	DNF	155
2021	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Kurt Kostecki	13th	161
2022	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Kurt Kostecki	17th	161
2023	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang S650	Aaron Love	19th	160

References

^ "Supercars team shows support for Ukraine". Seven Network. 3 March 2022.
^ "Jake Kostecki | Racing career profile | Driver Database".
^ "Jake Kostecki".
^ "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

External links

Jake Kostecki website
Jake Kostecki career summary at DriverDB.com

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

[2] "Jake Kostecki | Racing career profile | Driver Database".

[3] "Jake Kostecki".

[4] "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

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