Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Contact into the sand trap leaves Brodie Kostecki last at Wanneroo

Friday, 31 July 2026

Contact into the sand trap leaves Brodie Kostecki last at Wanneroo

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Brodie Kostecki (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) finished last for the 6th time in his career. The finish came after he finished under power, 3 laps down at Wanneroo Raceway. The finish came in Kostecki’s 173rd 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. Kostecki has been competitive this year, winning 6 races and placing 3rd in the championship.

Jobe Stewart (#9 Spinifex Sheds/Vibe Petroleum Chevrolet) started last. This was after a post-qualifying penalty for causing a crash with Ryan Wood (#2 Truck Assist/NTI Toyota). Stewart battles with Zach Bates (#10 Bendix Chevrolet) and James Golding (#7 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) early in the race.

After a few laps, however, Jobe Stewart (Spinifex Sheds/Vibe Petroleum Chevrolet) drifted about a second from the pack. However, starting Lap 10, Macauley Jones (#96 JBS/Blackwood Toyota) also drifted back, falling to 23rd after starting 14th.

Pit stops started on lap 15. Jack LeBrocq (#4 Sherrin Rentals Chevrolet) pitted first, dropping to last.

Declan Fraser (#777 Nulon Chevrolet) pitted on Lap 18 and dropped behind LeBrocq.

Jobe Stewart (#9 Spinifex Sheds/Vibe Petroleum Chevrolet) pitted on Lap 20 and had a terrible stop with a cross-threaded nut on the left-rear. The poor pit stop dropped him to last and a lap down.

Lap 39 saw Kai Allen (#26 Penrite/Perth Bears Ford) and Brodie Kostecki (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) collide at Turn 1, sending Kostecki into the same trap. The incident triggered the only safety car of the race. Kostecki would lose 3 laps being retrieved.

Race completion decided the bottom five. Macauley Jones (#96 JBS/Blackwood Toyota) finished 23rd. Zach Bates (#10 Bendix Chevrolet), Declan Fraser (#777 Nulon Chevrolet) and Jayden Ojeda (#31 Nulon Chevrolet) finished in the bottom five.

The Bottom Five

Brodie Kostecki	47 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	49 Laps	Running
Zach Bates	50 Laps	Running
Declan Fraser	50 Laps	Running
Jayden Ojeda	50 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jackson Walls	3	8	11
2	Cooper Murray	3	6	9
3	Aaron Cameron	2	4	9
4	Ryan Wood	2	3	5
5	Chaz Mostert	2	2	3
6T	Jack LeBrocq	2	2	2
6T	Brodie Kostecki	2	2	2
8	Jobe Stewart	1	8	13
9	Cameron Hill	1	3	4
10T	Andre Heimgartner	1	3	3
10T	David Reynolds	1	2	3
10T	Aaron Seton	1	1	3
13	Matt Payne	1	1	2
14	James Golding	1	1	2
15	Macauley Jones	0	7	8
16	Declan Fraser	0	3	6
17T	Rylan Gray	0	2	6
17T	Zach Bates	0	2	6
17T	Kai Allen	0	2	2
20	Reuben Goodall	0	2	3
21	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
22T	Broc Feeney	0	1	1
22T	Mark Winterbottom	0	1	1
24T	Will Brown	0	0	2
24T	Jayden Oeda	0	0	2

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Overdrive/RBR Racing	1	3	7	10
2	Erebus Motorsports	2	4/2	14/2	23/2
3	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	4/2	5/2	7/2
4	Blanchard Racing Team	2	3/2	5/2	11/2
5	Matt Stone Racing	3	3/3	6/3	11/3
6	Brad Jones Racing	3	2/3	9/3	12/3
7	Dick Johnson Racing	3	2/3	5/3	9/3
8	Grove Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
9	Team 18 Racing	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
10	Premair Racing	2	0	5/2	9/2
11	Tickford Racing	4	0	4/4	5/4
12	Red Bull Racing	2	0	1/2	3/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	8	8/8	28/8	48/8
2	Toyota	5	5/5	12/5	18/5
3	Ford	11	8/13	22/13	34/13

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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.