Zakkary Best is a racing driver from Australia who competes in Supercars Championship for CoolDrive Racing. Best has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,386 ranks Best 2250th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2025-10-09 | Repco Bathurst 1000 | P9 | +87 |
| 2025-09-12 | The Bend Enduro | P24 | −92 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +135 | OTR Supersprint 2022 | Supercars Championship | P5 |
| +126 | Repco Bathurst 1000 2023 | Supercars Championship | P6 |
| +87 | Repco Bathurst 1000 2025 | Supercars Championship | P9 |
| +60 | Penrite Oil Sandown 500 2023 | Supercars Championship | P12 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Supercars Championship | CoolDrive Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −5 | 4,386 |
| 2023 | ▸Supercars Championship | Tickford Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | +186 | 4,391 |
| 2022 | ▸Supercars Championship | Castrol Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | P23 | −359 | 4,205 |
| 2021 | ▸Supercars Championship | Truck Assist Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +3,214 | 4,564 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Broc FeeneyFIA Gold | 6,596 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🇦🇺 Brodie KosteckiFIA Gold | 6,172 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🇦🇺 Cameron Waters | 5,999 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🇦🇺 Will BrownFIA Gold | 5,844 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% |
| 🇦🇺 Anton De PasqualeFIA Gold | 5,697 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🇦🇺 Chaz MostertFIA Platinum | 5,519 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🇳🇿 Andre HeimgartnerFIA Gold | 4,989 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| 🇦🇺 Scott PyeFIA Gold | 4,972 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% |
| 🇦🇺 Lee HoldsworthFIA Gold | 4,900 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🇦🇺 Mark WinterbottomFIA Gold | 4,697 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% |
| 🇦🇺 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,398 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇦🇺 Jamie WhincupFIA Platinum | 6,252 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,240 | 🇯🇵 Hiroyuki Matsumura | Super GT | 4,391 |
| 2,241 | 🇦🇷 Luis Pérez-Companc | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,391 |
| 2,242 | 🇸🇪 Magnus Wallinder | FIA GT Championship | 4,391 |
| 2,243 | 🇯🇵 Yuji Ide | Super GT | 4,391 |
| 2,244 | 🇩🇪 Finn Wiebelhaus | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,390 |
| 2,245 | 🇦🇹 Hannes Neuhauser | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,390 |
| 2,246 | 🇬🇧 Richard Lyons | Super GT | 4,390 |
| 2,247 | 🇺🇸 Justin Marks | NASCAR Truck | 4,388 |
| 2,248 | 🇯🇵 Yorikatsu Tsujiko | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,388 |
| 2,249 | 🇺🇸 Robert Ingram | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,386 |
| 2,250 | 🇦🇺 Zakkary Best | Supercars Championship | 4,386 |
| 2,251 | 🇳🇱 Daan Pijl | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,385 |
| 2,252 | 🇺🇸 Michael Guasch | Le Mans Cup | 4,385 |
| 2,253 | 🇩🇪 Paul Pietsch | Formula 1 | 4,385 |
| 2,254 | 🇨🇿 Reinhard Kofler | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,385 |
| 2,255 | 🇩🇰 Silas Rytter | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 4,385 |
| 2,256 | 🇯🇵 Tsubasa Kurosawa | Super GT | 4,385 |
| 2,257 | 🇦🇺 Jamie Day | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,383 |
| 2,258 | 🇨🇭 Marc Basseng | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,383 |
| 2,259 | 🇺🇸 Lawson Aschenbach | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,382 |
| 2,260 | 🇨🇦 Daniel Morad | GT World Challenge America | 4,381 |
Zakkary Best is a professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, a single-class national series that fields drivers ranging from amateur entrants to graded professionals in the same races. He drives the No. 78 Ford Mustang GT for CoolDrive Racing and has made 12 starts across the 2021 to 2025 seasons.[1]
Best's record consists of limited appearances against a consistently strong field. He currently sits 32nd in the 2025 championship standings after two rounds. He has finished ahead of established professionals including Jamie Whincup, an FIA Platinum driver and former Supercars champion, and twice outfinished the 2025 Supercars champion Broc Feeney, though he typically finishes behind both Feeney and fellow Gold-graded driver Brodie Kostecki, the 2023 Supercars champion. His most recent notable result was a ninth-place finish at the 2025 Bathurst 1000.[2]