BATHURST, Australia — Brodie Kostecki made Repco Bathurst 1000 history in a thrilling Boost Mobile Top Ten Shootout Saturday at the Mt. Panorama circuit.
The reigning champion, who soared to pole position 12 months ago, became just the sixth driver in history to claim consecutive Bathurst pole positions.
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Kostecki’s stunning lap ensures the exclusive club of back-to-back pole winners, comprised of Allan Moffat, Peter Brock, Kevin Bartlett, Mark Skaife and Garth Tander.
The Erebus Motorsport driver become the 10th different pole winner in 20 attempts this season, with Kostecki scoring his first P1 start since his championship-clinching weekend in Adelaide last November.
Broc Feeney and Richie Stanaway will share the second row, with championship leader Will Brown fifth.
Jack Le Brocq, Matt Payne, Anton De Pasquale, Chaz Mostert and Andre Heimgartner completed the top five.
“I wasn’t sure if I was going to get it, it wasn’t the best lap I’ve done around here, but the car has been stellar all weekend,” said Kostecki. “We’ve just been focusing on ourselves, everyone in the whole crew has been working really hard. We can’t start better than this so heads down for tomorrow and Todd has been fantastic to work with.
“It’s just heads down for tomorrow, tomorrow is a long day, we’ve got to minimize our mistakes and we’ll see how it goes.”