Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Strange Fuel Filler issue Leaves Moffat and Douglas trailing the field at Sandown

Monday 15 September 2014

Strange Fuel Filler issue Leaves Moffat and Douglas trailing the field at Sandown

Before I begin, yes I will be counting the Sprint for the Grids this year. From next year, however, I will not be counting the Sprint for the Grids and the Albert Park races for the Australian V8 LASTCAR championship because they are non-championship events.

Also, in the Australian V8 Supercars, all the drivers who finish the race under power is placed ahead of the drivers who were not running at the end of the race. That is why, as you will see, the #222 finished ahead of the #4, despite completing 3 less laps.

James Moffat picked up his 9th last-place finish of his career, while Taz Douglas picked up his 1st last-place finish of his career when their #360 Norton Hornet retired with a Fuel Filler failure after 15 of the race's 161 laps. The finish came in Moffat's 53rd start, and puts Moffat into the 2nd place logjam at 3 last-place finishes, while the last-place finish for Taz Douglas came in his 24th start.

Initally Dale Wood and Chris Pither in the #21 Wilson Security/ADVAM Holden was trailing the field, Michael Caruso and Dean Fiore in the #36 Norton Hornet then pitted, dropping him to the rear in the process. On lap 16 however, a fuel coupling issue for James Moffat and Taz Douglas in the #360 Norton Hornet resulted in car #360 being forced to the garage, with the fuel coupling issues ending their days.

Rounding out the bottom five is Jason Bright and Andrew Jones in the #8 BOC Racing Holden, who suffered a multitude of issues during the race including, losing the right-front door skin on the opening lap, damaging the front of his car requiring a radiator replacement and hitting a tire from a late-race crash that ended his day. Joining Bright and Jones in the bottom five were Lee Holdsworth and Craig Baird in the #4 Fuchs/Erebus Mercedes who had another rough day, with an incident with Todd Kelly, leading to a drive-through penalty, and the "stewards curse" striking on lap 134 where something in the rear failed, leading to a massive crash, with a tire from the car ending Jason and Andrew's race, Nick Percat and Oliver Gavin in the #222 Heavy Haulage Australia Holden who also had a rough day with Oliver Gavin blocking Robert Dahlgren in the #34 Valvoline Volvo during the first safety car for track issues, then contact with Will Davison in the #9 Beko/MEX Maitenance Software Mercedes left the #222 Team 34 laps in arrears and brothers Will and Alex Davison in the #9 Beko/MEX Maintenance Software Mercedes, who was penalised after the contact with Percat, with this combined with lack of pace leaving the Davison brothers two laps in arrears.

The bottom five

James Moffat/Tax Douglas	15 Laps	Fuel Filler
Jason Bright/Andrew Jones	111 Laps	Crash
Lee Holdsworth/Craig Baird	130 Laps	Crash
Nick Percat/Oliver Gavin	127 Laps	Running
Will Davison/Alex Davison	159 Laps	Running

Lastcar Standings

Manufacturer Standings:

Holden: 14

Ford, Nissan: 8

Volvo: 4

Mercedes: 1

Driver Standings:

Todd Kelly, Dale Wood: 4

Tim Slade, David Reynolds, Robert Dahlgren, Scott Pye, James Moffat: 3

David Wall, Jack Perkins: 2

Nick Percat, Garth Tander, Scott McLaughlin, Shane Van Gisbergen, Will Davison, Craig Lowndes, Michael Caruso, Chris Pither, Taz Douglas: 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.