Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Steering Failure nets Moffat 2 Darwin last-place finishes in 2 years

Tuesday 24 June 2014

Steering Failure nets Moffat 2 Darwin last-place finishes in 2 years

James Moffat picked up his 7^th last-place finish of his V8 Supercar career when his #360 Norton Hornet retired with steering issues on the opening lap of the second race at Hidden Valley, Darwin. The finish came in Moffat's 49^th start.

In the first corner of the opening lap, James Moffat in the #360 Norton Hornet made contact with Scott Pye in the Wilson Security #16, resulting in major damage to the left-front of James Moffat's Nissan Altima and while James managed to get back to pit-lane, the damage to James' car was too severe to safetly repair and complete 75% of the race, which secured James' position at the end of the field.

Rounding out the bottom five is Lee Holdsworth, who's Power Steering failed during the early stages of the race, Todd Kelly, Rick Kelly and Russell Ingall, who all decided not to change tires between races 17 and 18, leaving them as the final 3 running in the race.

The Bottom Five

James Moffat	0 Laps	Steering
Lee Holdsworth	8 Laps	Power Steering
Todd Kelly	34 Laps	Running
Rick Kelly	34 Laps	Running
Russell Ingall	35 Laps	Running

Lastcar Standings

Manufacturer Standings:

Holden: 9

Ford: 5

Nissan: 5

Volvo: 2

Mercedes: 1

Driver Standings:

Todd Kelly: 4

Tim Slade: 3

Scott Pye, Dale Wood, David Wall: 2

David Reynolds, Nick Percat, Garth Tander, Robert Dahlgren, Scott McLaughlin, Shane Van Gisbergen, Jack Perkins, Will Davison, James Moffat: 1

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How Juniorgeneric defines a Last-Place finisher

Australian V8 LASTCAR'S Official Definition of a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF)

For the purposes of the Australian V8 LASTCAR championship rankings and statistics, a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF) is a driver(s) who, after qualifying for a V8 Supercars Championship Points-Paying race, the result must be confirmed from official sources, or unofficial sources failing that. Only one driver (or two in a endurance race) can be classified as the LPF for that race.

Meeting those requirements, the LPF can be any driver classified as such for any reason, including, but not limited to.
1) A "did not start" although it should be noted that there is a difference between my definition of "did not start" and Brock Beard's definition of "Did not Start".
For example, in Bathurst 2015 Chazz Mostert and Cameron Waters' #6 Pepsi Max Ford had a huge accident during practice that injured Mostert and all but wrote off the car. Car #6 was withdrawn, and therefore I don't count Mostert and Waters as finishing last. Under Brock Beard's definition, however, Mostert and Waters would have finished last instead of David Wall and Chris Pither.
2) An entrant who encounters an event once the race has started which prevents the driver(s) from finishing ahead of any other qualified entrants, including both DNFs and drivers who finish under power but laps down*

*Only when all the cars in the race are running ahead of the LPF

3) A decision to “start and park” the driver’s entry (Extremely rare in V8 Supercars)
(4) a disqualification handed down by V8 Supercars and/or track officials that subsequently classifies the driver(s) in the final position behind the unofficial LPF.

Australian V8 LASTCAR shall not consider the LPF as anything else, including but not limited too
1) Any DNQ's
2) Any driver's who's car withdrew before the race start.
3)The lowest-ranked driver who finishes the race under power (unless all cars finished under power, actually quite common in V8 Supercars)
4) A driver(s) who finished last initially, however post-race disqualifications usurped the spot.
5) A driver(s) who may be catagorised as finishing last for exhibition events (I may bring these back at some point in the near future, I need more accurate numbers for the events before I start them up again)
6) Anything in non-V8 Supercar Main game (again, insufficent historical data)
7) A driver who was running last when the checkered flag fell, however because they greeted the checkered flag but a drive who was in front of them at the end of the race, however was not running at the end of the race. In that instance the driver who doesn't finish the race will fall behind the driver whom is still running at the end of the race.

In the rare event where official results or a preponderance of unofficial results are later updated with more accurate information about who was the LPF for that event, Australian V8 LASTCAR rankings and statistics shall be updated to reflect that change.