Brodie Kostecki has supplied particulars on simply how sick he was on the best way to taking his first Bathurst 1000 win final weekend.
Talking on Supercars’ Drivers Solely podcast, Kostecki mentioned: “Properly, I had the shits with myself, however I actually had the shits that day.
“Bodily, I used to be feeling horrible to the purpose the place I used to be on the shred. It was not good. I wasn’t feeling good on Friday.
“On the Friday, I used to be simply minimal laps making an attempt to remain recent for qualifying. However yeah, I used to be getting a little bit of double imaginative and prescient and all that type of stuff happening. Bit feverish.
“I used to be glad to really simply put it within the Shootout, to be trustworthy.”
Such had been Kostecki’s points that co-driver Todd Hazelwood was cautious about sharing the automotive within the race with an unwell teammate, joking: “We did joke on Saturday, like, we’ll must put a rubbish bag within the seat.
“Like, ‘I do not need to be sitting in that’.”
Brodie Kostecki, Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Picture by: Edge Photographics
Beneath the circumstances, the flat-out 30-lap dash to the tip of the race with Triple Eight’s Broc Feeney barely a second behind him – all of the whereas managing a good gas window – was much more spectacular.
“These final 30 laps there have been gruelling, they had been so intense,” Kostecki mentioned.
“It was inside a second for lots of, you realize, for over 50 p.c of that final stint. And I’ve bought a show on my sprint that reveals me how far Broc was behind me.
“I might be taking place the hill each lap, just about hanging my balls out on the road, prepared to put in writing this Chiko roll off and roll by way of the sand.”
The 26-year-old has two rounds remaining till the tip of the season, after which he’ll transfer to Dick Johnson Racing to race a Ford Mustang in 2025.
