As a kid, Brodie Kostecki used to park himself at Wanneroo’s CARCO.com.au Raceway’s opening corner and dream of one day leading the chasing field into turn one.

This weekend, the Ballajura boy will take to the track gripping a 32-point lead at the top of the driver’s championship after six races of the Supercars season.

Having entered this season with no career wins, the Erebus Motorsport driver promptly won back-to-back races at Albert Park to lead the drivers’ standings after two rounds and fuel talk of a title push.

Now heading to his home track for just the second time as a V8 driver, the 25-year-old admitted he was not as well-versed with racing on the track as some of his rivals, but was excited to line up on the grid.

“With Perth as my home round, I actually haven’t done too many laps around it - the first time I ever drove the track was the development series back in 2018,” he said.

“I’ve been out there plenty of times to watch Supercars races when I was a young fella, so I’ve definitely got plenty of memories, sitting at turn one on the hill, watching Supercars go around.

“That was when I was dreaming big, so it’s great to be able to be on the track now.”

Kostecki has journeyed the road less travelled to fulfil his Supercars dream - as a teenager, he moved to America and spent years competing in midget and stock car series.

As a teenager, he competed in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series, recording two poles and a top-five finish across 14 races - something which Kostecki credits now for turning him into the driver he is today.

“I didn’t really have the normal pathway into Supercars, but I was able to go over to America when I was pretty young, at the age of 12, and got to experience little things over there and race a whole bunch,” he said.

“The biggest thing over there was you get to race 500, 600 horsepower cars when you’re 13 or 14-years-old.

“The wealth of experience I gained at a young age really helped my progression - you could say I probably had a head start against some of the people that are my age I’m racing today.”

Kostecki is hoping to build on his fast start to the season at his home circuit, but with Chaz Mostert and defending champion Shane van Gisbergen breathing down his neck, he said a home victory on the short, tight Wanneroo circuit would be just the tonic.

“It’s going to come down to just keeping our heads down and not focusing on anyone else and just focusing on what we’re doing, doing the best job that we can and minimising mistakes,” he said.

“To win any race would mean a bunch to me and also the team was well, but to win my home track and hometown race would be really cool.”