Richard Childress Racing has added two-time Supercars winner Brodie Kostecki to drive a third Cup Cup entry at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 13.
The race will mark Kostecki’s debut in the Cup Series, and will take place after another Supercars driver Shane van Gisbergen won for Trackhouse Racing in Chicago.
Kostecki will drive the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro while working alongside full-time drivers Austin Dillon and Kyle Busch.
“I’m excited to make my NASCAR Cup debut at the Brickyard,” Kostecki said in one launch of Supercars. “It’s an honor to compete in such an iconic venue and against some of the biggest names in motorsport. I am incredibly grateful to RCR for giving me this opportunity and I am determined to make the most of it.”
Brodie Kostecki will drive the No. 33 for Richard Childress Racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Kostecki is second in the Supercars championship standings after 17 races. He has driven the No. 99 Chevrolet to two victories, both at Albert Park in the Beaurepaires Melbourne SuperSprint. Van Gisbergen and Broc Feeney won the other two races on the circuit.
Kostecki has experience racing stock cars in the United States. He made 16 starts in the K&N Pro Series East, now the ARCA Menards Series East, from 2013 to 2014. He had four top-10 finishes and one top-five. He returned to the United States in June 2023 and accompanied RCR to World Wide Technology Raceway as Busch won his third race of the season.
“Racing is at the core of everything I do, and NASCAR has been a lifelong goal of mine after spending years growing up in the sports heartland of North Carolina,” Kostecki added. “It’s a completely different world over there and any extra time I can spend racing will only help me in trying to win my first Supercars Championship.
“We had great exposure to the team’s inner sanctum during our recent trip, and I can’t wait to immerse myself in the team, this time as a Cup Series driver. I can’t thank MobileX, Erebus enough , VAILO, Shaw & Partners, Southern Cross Truck Rentals and all my supporting partners for coming on board.”
The No. 33 has not competed in a Cup race since the 2022 season. It was driven by Austin Hill for Richard Childress Racing in Michigan as it made its Cup debut and finished 18th. Harry Gant won 18 races in the No. 33 between 1982 and 1992, while Lou Figaro and Joe Nemechek each won once. Clint Bowyer won three times in the #33 between 2010 and 2011.
