Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Early race contact leaves Brodie Kostecki last at Symmonds Plains

Saturday, 23 May 2026

Early race contact leaves Brodie Kostecki last at Symmonds Plains

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Brodie Kostecki (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) finished last for the 5th time in his career. The finish came after he finished under power, 1 lap down at Symmonds Plains raceway. The finish came in Kostecki’s 165th start.

Brodie Kostecki, arguably the most talented of the Kostecki family, is in his 6th year in the main game. He ran a few races for Kostecki Brothers Racing alongside his brother and cousin, but the rest of his races have been for Erebus Motorsports.

2023 saw Brodie Kostecki win the championship for the first time. 2024 went badly for Kostecki, as tensions with Erebus Motorsports cut the first two races of the season from his schedule. Kostecki would move from Erebus to Dick Johnson Racing in 2025, where he’s been much happier. Brodie was 2nd in Practice 1, then improved to fastest in Practice 2. Brodie would slip to 6th in Qualifying.

Jobe Stewart (#9 Total Energies/Quartz Chevrolet) started last. But immediately, Kai Allen (#26 Penrite Ford) spun Zach Bates (#10 Bendix Chevrolet), leaving Bates last, 5 seconds behind 23rd place Macauley Jones.

Chaz Mostert (#1 Mobil 1/Optus Toyota) spun Jayden Ojeda (#31 Premiair Hire/Nulon Chevrolet) at Turn 6 on Lap 14. Stewards would penalise Mostert 15 seconds for the hit. Mostert would drop to last during his pit stop on lap 22.

David Reynolds (#20 Snowy River Caravans Chevrolet) slammed into the back of Brodie Kostecki (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) on lap 23. Stewards would penalise Reynolds 15 seconds for the hit. The penalty would relegate Reynolds to 17th.

Kostecki would fall to last on Lap 33, and eventually would finish last after being overtaken by Declan Fraser (#777 Premiair Hire/Nulon Chevrolet) late in the race.

Aaron Cameron (#3 Liqui Moly Ford) spun Declan Fraser at Turn 6 on Lap 37. Stewards wouldn’t penalise Cameron.

Jobe Stewart (#9 Total Energies/Quartz Chevrolet), Jackson Walls (#11 Overdrive Ford) and Chaz Mostert (#1 Mobil 1/Optus Ford) would complete the bottom five.

The Bottom Five

Brodie Kostecki	49 Laps	Running
Declan Fraser	49 Laps	Running
Jobe Stewart	49 Laps	Running
Jackson Walls	49 Laps	Running
Chaz Mostert	50 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jackson Walls	3	6	9
2	Cooper Murray	3	5	7
3	Aaron Cameron	2	3	7
4	Jobe Stewart	1	6	9
5	Cameron Hill	1	2	2
6T	Matt Payne	1	1	2
6T	David Reynolds	1	1	2
6T	Chaz Mostert	1	1	2
9T	James Golding	1	1	1
9T	Brodie Kostecki	1	1	1
11	Macauley Jones	0	5	6
12	Declan Fraser	0	3	5
13T	Kai Allen	0	2	2
13T	Andre Heimgartner	0	2	2
15	Rylan Gray	0	1	4
16	Ryan Wood	0	1	3
17T	Thomas Randle	0	1	1
17T	Broc Feeney	0	1	1
17T	Zach Bates	0	1	1
20	Will Brown	0	0	2
21	Jayden Oeda	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Overdrive/RBR Racing	1	3	5	8
2	Erebus Motorsports	2	4/2	11/2	17/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	2	3/2	5/2	9/2
4	Brad Jones Racing	3	2/3	7/3	10/3
5	Grove Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
6	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	1/2	2/2	4/2
7	Team 18 Racing	2	1/2	1/2	2/2
8	Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	3/2	6/2
9	Premair Racing	2	0	5/2	7/2
10	Matt Stone Racing	2	0	2/2	2/2
11	Red Bull Racing	2	0	1/2	3/2
12	Tickford Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	8	6/8	21/8	33/8
2	Ford	11	7/11	16/11	25/11
3	Toyota	5	2/5	7/5	13/5

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How Juniorgeneric defines a Last-Place finisher

Australian V8 LASTCAR'S Official Definition of a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF)

For the purposes of the Australian V8 LASTCAR championship rankings and statistics, a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF) is a driver(s) who, after qualifying for a V8 Supercars Championship Points-Paying race, the result must be confirmed from official sources, or unofficial sources failing that. Only one driver (or two in a endurance race) can be classified as the LPF for that race.

Meeting those requirements, the LPF can be any driver classified as such for any reason, including, but not limited to.
1) A "did not start" although it should be noted that there is a difference between my definition of "did not start" and Brock Beard's definition of "Did not Start".
For example, in Bathurst 2015 Chazz Mostert and Cameron Waters' #6 Pepsi Max Ford had a huge accident during practice that injured Mostert and all but wrote off the car. Car #6 was withdrawn, and therefore I don't count Mostert and Waters as finishing last. Under Brock Beard's definition, however, Mostert and Waters would have finished last instead of David Wall and Chris Pither.
2) An entrant who encounters an event once the race has started which prevents the driver(s) from finishing ahead of any other qualified entrants, including both DNFs and drivers who finish under power but laps down*

*Only when all the cars in the race are running ahead of the LPF

3) A decision to “start and park” the driver’s entry (Extremely rare in V8 Supercars)
(4) a disqualification handed down by V8 Supercars and/or track officials that subsequently classifies the driver(s) in the final position behind the unofficial LPF.

Australian V8 LASTCAR shall not consider the LPF as anything else, including but not limited too
1) Any DNQ's
2) Any driver's who's car withdrew before the race start.
3)The lowest-ranked driver who finishes the race under power (unless all cars finished under power, actually quite common in V8 Supercars)
4) A driver(s) who finished last initially, however post-race disqualifications usurped the spot.
5) A driver(s) who may be catagorised as finishing last for exhibition events (I may bring these back at some point in the near future, I need more accurate numbers for the events before I start them up again)
6) Anything in non-V8 Supercar Main game (again, insufficent historical data)
7) A driver who was running last when the checkered flag fell, however because they greeted the checkered flag but a drive who was in front of them at the end of the race, however was not running at the end of the race. In that instance the driver who doesn't finish the race will fall behind the driver whom is still running at the end of the race.

In the rare event where official results or a preponderance of unofficial results are later updated with more accurate information about who was the LPF for that event, Australian V8 LASTCAR rankings and statistics shall be updated to reflect that change.