Supercars: Kostecki wins at The Bend

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.

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 14^th 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.

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