Kostecki headed to NASCAR at the Brickyard
By Andrew Clarke
Date posted: 12 July 2023
Hot on the heels of Shane van Gisbergen’s assault on NASCAR, Brodie Kostecki is set to announce he will race a NASCAR on the road course at Indianapolis next month.
As one of the many great stories in the latest issue of AUTO ACTION, our Supercars guru Andrew Clarke returned from his trip to Chicago where he saw the SVG victory first hand, and now he delivers the news on Kostecki to NASCAR.
Clarke gets the scoop on the current Championship leader, and his return to the US that will yield his own Cup Series debut. Andrew Clarke reports…
Brace yourself, America. Another Australian Supercar driver is on his way to teach your NASCAR drivers how it is done. Brodie Kostecki looks certain to run a Chevrolet during the combined NASCAR and IndyCar weekend on the Indianapolis Road Course on 13 August.
Kostecki poses with the Pole Award after qualifying first for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series after Casey’s General Stores 150 at Iowa Speedway on May 17, 2014. Image: Todd Warshaw/NASCAR
While the details are not clear, and Kostecki wouldn’t confirm one way or the other, it is believed he had everything well under control before Shane van Gisbergen’s stunning run in Chicago last week. Erebus has a relationship with Richard Childress Racing which runs Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon in the Cup Series.
As detailed in our recent feature on Kostecki, he is no stranger to NASCAR, having cut his motor racing teeth in late-model NASCARs and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in California, where he raced against the likes of Ross Chastain.
Kostecki is second in this year’s championship after a rough Saturday in Townsville handed the lead in the series to his teammate Will Brown. Emboldened by his start to this year’s series and with plenty of Stateside eyes on Australia now, he says he still has ambitions around NASCAR but has a few things to tick off here first.
Kostecki drIving a Toyota in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East IN 2014.
The unique weekend at the Brickyard is the only time each year that IndyCar and NASCAR combine their series at one racetrack. The two biggest auto racing series in the States bring their undercards with them too.
IndyCars practice and qualify on Friday and race Saturday afternoon, while the Indy NXT feeder series completes all its action on Friday.
The Xfinity Cup qualifies on Friday and races on Saturday, while the Cup Series cars get a one-hour practice session on Saturday before heading straight into qualifying with the same format as used in Chicago.
The 200-mile, 320km, race will be run on Sunday afternoon, Indianapolis time. The race is scheduled to start at 4.30am AEST on 14 August.
Australians & New Zealanders in NASCAR Cup Series
Marcos Ambrose (227 races, 2 wins)
James Davison (26 races)
Dick Johnson (7 races)
Terry Byers (5 races)
Allan Grice (2 races)
Shane van Gisbergen (1 race, 1 win)
Frank Gardner (1 race)
Terry Spanos (1 race)
Geoff Brabham (1 race)
Owen Kelly (1 race)
Jim Richards (1 Exhibition Race)
Graeme Crosby (1 Qualifying Attempt)
Charlie O’Brien (2 Qualifying Attempts)
Robin Best (1 Qualifying Attempt)
For more of the latest motorsport news, pick up the latest issue of AUTO ACTION.
Auto Action, Australia’s independent voice of motorsport.
PODCAST: The latest episode of the Auto Action RevLimiter podcast is out now!
We’re back to normal after a few weeks on the road and this week we look at Supercars from Townsville and F1 from Silverstone, plus a little more.
Ford has finally won a race in the 2023 #Supercars Championship, but was it more the perfect storm for Anton De Pasquale or was it the parity changes. And what about #SVG, did he leave his heart in Dixie?
Then there is Auto Action’s very own Oscar Piastri and his stunning performance in Silverstone in a car one step behind his teammate in evolution. Yes Max won, but really, who cares anymore? Even he must be bored by now.
Listen on your podcast app of choice or here on the Auto Action RevLimiter podcast.
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