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Kostecki Brothers Racing confirm Bathurst wild card entry

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Kostecki Brothers Racing will compete as a wild card entry at this year’s Bathurst 1000, running a Holden ZB Commodore for Jake and Brodie Kostecki.

The entry will run with support of Boost Mobile, with Jake and Brodie – as well as Kurt Kostecki – having been named a ambassadors for the communications company.

Boost will act as title sponsor for the Bathurst weekend.

“Boost Mobile is proud to continue its support of young driving talent in Australia,” CEO and founder Peter Adderton said. “Jake, Brodie and Kurt are not only top quality drivers they have a great story to be told. It’s great to have them as part of the Boost Mobile Racing family of ambassadors.

“We first met the Kosteckis after Paul Morris introduced us in Adelaide early this year and they mentioned their desire to compete in the Great Race. What was impressive was, they not only are great drivers and a great group of guys, they also set up the cars and are a big part of running their own team.

“We hope the fans appreciate our continued support of motorsport in Australia and they all get behind the Kostecki boys as they take on The Mountain come this October.”

Brodie Kostecki has made the sacrifice this year to pull himself and his VF Commodore from the Dunlop Super2 Series as the team convert and rebuild the Supercar into a new ZB Commodore ready for October’s first round of the Supercars endurance series.

“We’re really pumped to have Boost Mobile on the journey with Kostecki Brothers Racing for the Bathurst 1000!” he said. “I’ve stopped racing my car in the Dunlop Series so we can spend more time converting the Triple Eight chassis into a ZB Commodore to run it at Bathurst.

“It’s great to have the relationship with Triple Eight that we do. Kurt used to work there and his Dunlop Series Commodore is run by them, so while we are building the car ourselves, we’re constantly sharing information and learning from Triple Eight, which really helps our development leading into the endurance races.

“All three of us are working full-time at Kostecki Brothers Racing preparing the car for Bathurst, I’m doing a lot of the Suspension work, Kurt is doing a lot of the conversion of the VF to ZB and Jake has been flat out on logistics and helping put this awesome deal together with Boost Mobile. Overall it’s a full family affair and we’re tracking along nicely in preparation for the 1000 in October.”

Kostecki Brothers Racing has entered two previous Supercars events as a wild card running Kurt at Queensland Raceway and at The Bend Motorsport Park last year.