Kostecki & Hazelwood win Bathurst 1000

Sunday 13 October, 2024
Photos: EDGE Photographics

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood are the latest names to etch their names onto the Peter Brock Trophy, as winners of the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000.

Kostecki, who started the year as defending Champion on the sidelines, and Hazelwood, who took the West Australian’s spot at Erebus while Kostecki missed the opening two rounds – are now written into history as Bathurst’s Kings of the Mountain.

Kostecki, who from the 24 Championship drivers who have contested the majority of events in 2024 started today in 24th position on points, converted his pole position to his most famous race win after finishing runner-up in 2023 and third in 2021.

The 26-year-old Kostecki didn’t have it all his own way, Gold Coast youngster Broc Feeney pushed the Erebus Chiko Camaro from start to finish.

Feeney and Supercars great Jamie Whincup finished in second place, while their Red Bull Ampol Racing teammates of Will Brown and Scott Pye finished third to round out the Chevrolet 1-2-3 podium.

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"Honestly I can't believe it, this guy [Hazelwood] here did a great job the whole weekend, I knew we had a fast car, we just didn't quite chase it enough there towards the end,” Kostecki said.

"I just can't believe it, I'm just in awe at the moment.

"Just glad to really get this one ticked off the bucket list and can't wait to celebrate with all the guys and girls tonight.”

Brown’s lead in the Championship is now out to 204 points from Feeney who has leapfrogged Ford’s best, Chaz Mostert who drops to third, 225 behind Brown.

The day and history though belonged to Kostecki and Hazelwood who executed perfectly across 161 laps to make it two Bathurst 1000 wins for Betty Klimenko, Barry Ryan and the Erebus squad, that last won the Great Race with David Reynolds and Luke Youlden in 2017.

It ensures Klimenko’s Erebus outfit joins the great teams of the sport having now claimed the 2023 Supercars’ Driver Championship, 2023 Teams’ Championship, and two Bathurst 1000 victories (2017, 2024).

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For Hazelwood, the 29-year-old proud South Australian, it’s a story of redemption. After being dumped by Blanchard Racing Team in favour of a rookie for 2024, Hazelwood linked with Erebus and is now a Bathurst 1000 winner.

Hazelwood, the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series winner, famously got his start in Supercars on the back of years of fundraising by his family to realise his dream, including sausage sizzles outside department stores.

"Unbelievable, I think I'm hallucinating,” Hazelwood said.

"I'm absolutely speechless, I've never crossed my fingers so much, my fingers are purple. I'm lost for words, Bush [Kostecki] is an absolute legend, we've been mates since day one, and to do this together with him in an absolute rocket ship of a car.

“It's been a tough year, but man when you win Bathurst it makes up for everything.

"This has been my dream since I was a kid, I remember watching the race as early as three or four years old and dreaming of being on this podium, and to share it here with Bush [Kostecki] and the team at Erebus Motorsport in the #1 Chiko Camaro is unbelievable."

The race itself took its time in coming to life.

After nearly five hours of racing and minor events, the first and only Safety Car of the afternoon was called on Lap 132 of 161 when kiwi Matt Payne put the #19 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang into the concrete fence at The Cutting.

After Kostecki had opened a comfortable lead, the Safety Car brought his Chiko Erebus Camaro back to the pack, and a sprint finish ensued.

Feeney pushed Kostecki the whole way over the final laps but couldn’t catch the defending Supercars Champion who emotionally crossed the line for this first ever Bathurst win.

The crowd roared as Kostecki and Hazelwood lifted the Peter Brock Trophy atop the Mount Panorama podium for the first time.

With the Championship down to just two more events, all attention turns to the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 which will run 25-27 on the streets of Surfers Paradise.

RACE RESULT - REPCO BATHURST 1000

Pos

#

Driver

Co-Driver

Major Sponsor

Car

Team

1

1

Brodie Kostecki

Todd Hazelwood

Chiko

Chevrolet Camaro

Erebus

2

88

Broc Feeney

Jamie Whincup

Red Bull, Ampol

Chevrolet Camaro

Triple Eight

3

87

Will Brown

Scott Pye

Red Bull, Ampol

Chevrolet Camaro

Triple Eight

4

6

Cam Waters

James Moffat

Monster Energy

Ford Mustang

Tickford

5

25

Chaz Mostert

Lee Holdsworth

Mobil 1, Optus

Ford Mustang

WAUR

6

31

James Golding

David Russell

Nulon

Chevrolet Camaro

PremiAir Racing

7

11

Anton De Pasquale

Tony D'Alberto

Shell V-Power

Ford Mustang

DJR

8

9

Jack Le Brocq

Jayden Ojeda

Tyrepower

Chevrolet Camaro

Erebus

9

26

Richie Stanaway

Dale Wood

Penrite

Ford Mustang

Grove Racing

10

4

Cameron Hill

Cameron Crick

SP Tools

Chevrolet Camaro

MSR

11

55

Thomas Randle

Tyler Everingham

Castrol

Ford Mustang

Tickford

12

17

Will Davison

Kai Allen

Shell V-Power

Ford Mustang

DJR

13

96

Macauley Jones

Jordan Boys

Pizza Hut

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

14

888

Craig Lowndes

Cooper Murray

Supercheap Auto

Chevrolet Camaro

T8 Wildcard

15

2

Ryan Wood

Fabian Coulthard

Mobil 1, Truck Assist

Ford Mustang

WAUR

16

8

Andre Heimgartner

Declan Fraser

R&J Batteries

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

17

10

Nick Percat

Dylan O'Keeffe

Bendix

Chevrolet Camaro

MSR

18

18

Mark Winterbottom

Michael Caruso

Dewalt

Chevrolet Camaro

Team 18

19

23

Tim Slade

Cameron McLeod

Nulon

Chevrolet Camaro

PremiAir Racing

20

12

Jaxon Evans

Dean Fiore

SCT Logistics

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

21

7

James Courtney

Jack Perkins

Snowy River Caravans

Ford Mustang

BRT

22

14

Bryce Fullwood

Jaylyn Robotham

Middy's

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

23

3

Aaron Love

Aaron Cameron

CoolDrive

Ford Mustang

BRT

24

20

David Reynolds

Warren Luff

Tradie

Chevrolet Camaro

Team 18

25

118

Matt Chahda

Brad Vaughan

Boost Mobile

Chevrolet Camaro

MCM Wildcard

26

DNF

Matthew Payne

Garth Tander

Penrite

Ford Mustang

Grove Racing

  

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS - REPCO BATHURST 1000

Pos

Car

Driver

Major Sponsor

Make

Team

Points

Dif

1

87

Will Brown

Red Bull, Ampol

Chevrolet Camaro

Triple Eight

2538

 

2

88

Broc Feeney

Red Bull, Ampol

Chevrolet Camaro

Triple Eight

2334

-204

3

25

Chaz Mostert

Mobil 1, Optus

Ford Mustang

WAUR

2313

-225

4

6

Cam Waters

Monster Energy

Ford Mustang

Tickford

2074

-464

5

31

James Golding

Nulon

Chevrolet Camaro

PremiAir Racing

1718

-820

6

19

Matthew Payne

Penrite

Ford Mustang

Grove Racing

1659

-879

7

10

Nick Percat

Truck Assist

Chevrolet Camaro

MSR

1548

-990

8

55

Thomas Randle

Castrol

Ford Mustang

Tickford

1543

-995

9

11

Anton De Pasquale

Shell V-Power

Ford Mustang

DJR

1531

-1007

10

17

Will Davison

Shell V-Power

Ford Mustang

DJR

1530

-1008

11

9

Jack Le Brocq

Tyrepower

Chevrolet Camaro

Erebus

1444

-1094

12

8

Andre Heimgartner

R&J Batteries

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

1422

-1116

13

4

Cameron Hill

SP Tools

Chevrolet Camaro

MSR

1408

-1130

14

20

David Reynolds

Tradie

Chevrolet Camaro

Team 18

1327

-1211

15

18

Mark Winterbottom

DEWALT

Chevrolet Camaro

Team 18

1323

-1215

16

2

Ryan Wood

Mobil 1, Truck Assist

Ford Mustang

WAUR

1285

-1253

17

26

Richie Stanaway

Penrite

Ford Mustang

Grove Racing

1267

-1271

18

14

Bryce Fullwood

Middy's

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

1222

-1316

19

23

Tim Slade

Nulon

Chevrolet Camaro

PremiAir Racing

1167

-1371

20

7

James Courtney

Snowy River Caravans

Ford Mustang

BRT

1046

-1492

21

1

Brodie Kostecki

Chiko

Chevrolet Camaro

Erebus

1023

-1515

22

96

Macauley Jones

Pizza Hut

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

988

-1550

23

12

Jaxon Evans

SCT Logistics

Chevrolet Camaro

BJR

913

-1625

24

3

Aaron Love

CoolDrive

Ford Mustang

BRT

723

-1815

 

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