Brodie Kostecki wins race 1 of the 2023 OTR SuperSprint, Event 8 of the Repco Supercars Championship, The Bend, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia. 19 Aug, 2023.
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Supercars: Kostecki wins at The Bend

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Erebus Motorsport’s Brodie Kostecki (No. 99 Coca-Cola Chevrolet Camaro) has converted pole into victory in today’s Repco Supercars Championship race at The Bend Motorsport Park, his fourth win of the 2023 season.

The win follows the Perth native’s fifth pole of the season taken earlier on Saturday afternoon. He becomes the eighth different Supercars race winner at The Bend, and increases his championship lead from 41 to 80 points.

Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert (No. 25 Mobil 1 Optus Ford Mustang) finished second in an intense 100-kilometer race, his fifth podium of 2023 and third in the last five races.

Coming home third was Tickford’s Thomas Randle (No. 55 Castrol Ford Mustang), who scored his first career podium as a solo driver.

Brodie Kostecki wins race 1 of the 2023 OTR SuperSprint, Event 8 of the Repco Supercars Championship, The Bend, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia. 19 Aug, 2023.
Brodie Kostecki wins race 1 of the 2023 OTR SuperSprint, Event 8 of the Repco Supercars Championship, The Bend, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia. 19 Aug, 2023.

The 27-year old from Melbourne led the first 10 laps of the race after a flying start from second on the grid en route to being the 14th different driver to stand on a Supercars podium this year.

Race 1 start 2023 OTR SuperSprint, Event 8 of the Repco Supercars Championship, The Bend, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia. 19 Aug, 2023.
Race 1 start 2023 OTR SuperSprint, Event 8 of the Repco Supercars Championship, The Bend, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia. 19 Aug, 2023.

For the second race in a row, championship contender Will Brown (No. 9 Coca-Cola Chevrolet Camaro) found trouble at the first corner, as the Toowoomba native was spun and collected in a multi-car incident that ended his day and two others on the spot.

With his first DNF since New Zealand last year, Brown drops to fourth in the drivers’ championship.

Triple Eight Race Engineering duo Shane van Gisbergen (No. 97 Red Bull Ampol Chevrolet Camaro) and Broc Feeney (No. 88 Red Bull Ampol Chevrolet Camaro) finished fifth and sixth respectively, just behind Randle’s teammate Cam Waters (No. 6 Monster Energy Ford Mustang in fourth.

Saturday Race Results

POS NO. DRIVER TEAM BEHIND POINTS
1 99 B. Kostecki Penrite Racing – Erebus +0.000 100
2 25 Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United +1.719 92
3 55 T. Randle Tickford Racing 2 +3.092 86
4 6 C. Waters Tickford Racing 1 +3.403 80
5 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team +6.011 74
6 88 B. Feeney Red Bull Holden Racing Team +7.922 68
7 19 M. Payne Penrite Racing +8.146 64
8 5 Courtney Tickford Racing 1 +10.462 65
9 17 Davison Shell V-Power Racing Team +11.688 56
10 8 Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing +12.961 52
11 11 A. de Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Team +13.633 48
12 3 T. Hazelwood CoolDrive Racing +14.277 46
13 26 Reynolds Penrite Racing +15.344 44
14 31 J. Golding PremiAir Subway Racing +18.859 42
15 34 J. Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing +19.439 40
16 23 Slade PremiAir Subway Racing +21.271 38
17 18 Winterbottom Team 18 +21.588 36
18 2 Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United +22.219 34
19 56 D. Fraser Tickford Racing 2 +22.821 32
20 96 M. Jones Brad Jones Racing (2) +24.243 30
21 14 B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing +25.894 28
22 20 S. Pye Team 18 +26.753 26
NC 9 W. Brown Penrite Racing – Erebus +20 Laps 0
NC 35 C. Hill Matt Stone Racing +20 Laps 0
NC 4 J. Smith Brad Jones Racing (2) +20 Laps 0