Jake Kostecki

Jake Kostecki
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2000-01-24) 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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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

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

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

• Jake Kostecki website
• Jake Kostecki career summary at DriverDB.com