{"id":885266,"date":"2026-09-09T04:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T04:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885266\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T04:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T04:52:17","slug":"brodie-kosteckis-the-bend-streak-compared-to-craig-lowndes-wanneroo-win-dozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885266\/","title":{"rendered":"Brodie Kostecki&#8217;s The Bend streak compared to Craig Lowndes Wanneroo win dozen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ONE could be forgiven for thinking The Bend Motorsport Park is owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-250-Dick-Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dick Johnson<\/a> Racing star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1301-Brodie-Kostecki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brodie Kostecki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South Australian venue of course is actually the masterpiece of the Shahin family, but Kostecki very much is the man to beat any time the Repco Supercars Championship rolls into town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, the 28-year-old has a perfect four-from-four Gen3 record at a circuit which these days shares the same naming rights sponsor as his DJR team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 2023 during his championship charge with Chevrolet-aligned Erebus Motorsport, Kostecki defied a Ford onslaught to sweep the three-race weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Ford\u2019s best Bathurst chance?<\/p>\n<p>THE Undercut returns, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, when The Bend returned to the calendar as an enduro following a one-year absence, Kostecki combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1174-Todd-Hazelwood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Hazelwood<\/a> to win the \u2018500\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are some serious numbers\u2026 it\u2019s pretty bloody impressive,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-24-James-Moffat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Moffat<\/a> said on The Undercut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victory in the 2026 edition would take Kostecki to five straight wins at The Bend, a circuit-specific winning streak that has only ever been bettered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-6-Craig-Lowndes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Craig Lowndes<\/a>\u2019 dozen straight at Wanneroo.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Kostecki-most-race-wins-track-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264298\"  \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as Moffat\u2019s co-host Aaron Noonan put it, a case could be made for Kostecki\u2019s record being considered a match for Lowndes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Brodie and Todd could win at The Bend and that gets Brodie to five \u2013 that equals him with Whincup, Lowndes, Skaife and Feeney \u2013 some of those eras that those guys got these results were progressive grid, some of them had a few other variations around them,\u201d said Noonan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut if Brodie gets to five\u2026 and two of them were 500km endurance wins, it\u2019s hard to knock Lowndes for that number and that longevity at that track, but for separate qualifying sessions, for the competitiveness of the championship now, you could mount some form of an argument for saying that Brodie\u2019s five in a row at The Bend would be just as impressive as Craig\u2019s 12 at Wanneroo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a 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