Kostecki started to place his NASCAR plan into place throughout a current journey to the US the place he took in each the Indianapolis 500 and the Cup Collection race at WWT Raceway.
Whereas Stateside he kicked off talks with potential events that might facilitate a partial Cup or Xfinity Collection programme subsequent season.
The concept is not for a full change from Supercars to NASCAR subsequent 12 months, however a handful of races to complement was is a relatively brief Supercars season.
Further curricular actions are frequent for Supercars drivers, with Shane van Gisbergen a daily in GT and rally automobiles, whereas Cam Waters and Kostecki himself participate in loads of low season sprintcar racing.
Kostecki simply needs extra racing
Nonetheless pairing Supercars with NASCAR can be a singular path for the Erebus Motorsport driver.
“I haven’t got something set in stone. Whether or not it is Cup or Xfinity, I am not too fazed,” he advised Motorsport.com.
“I simply wish to do extra racing subsequent 12 months. That can go together with my Supercars schedule. It is simply extra racing usually.
“I feel a number of individuals have learn it a bit in another way to what I am attempting to realize, and that is to race extra usually. We solely race 12 or 13 instances a 12 months and that does not actually fulfill me. So I wish to race a bit extra.”
Kostecki is not any stranger to the NASCAR system having spent a lot a major a part of his junior profession racing within the US. He competed within the ARCA Menards Collection East earlier than returning to his native Australia to chase a profession in Supercars.
Which means he may feasibly race on both an oval or a highway course, though he admits he would favor to start out on a highway course.
“I’d like to do a highway course and see how I’m going there, and simply go from there,” he mentioned.
Kostecki’s US expertise means he additionally has loads of contacts within the NASCAR world, along with his current journey together with a while spent with Martin Truex Jr’s crew chief, expat Aussie James Small.
“I used to be capable of meet up with a number of outdated associates,” mentioned Kostecki. “I truly obtained to meet up with Smally by way of [Erebus CEO] Barry Ryan, they’re fairly tight, which is cool. He confirmed me round.
“We’ll see what occurs.”