Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Late race tire failure leaves Pye last at the Island

Sunday 17 April 2016

Late race tire failure leaves Pye last at the Island

Scott Pye picked up his 10^th last-place finish of his career when his #17 Pirtek Ford finished under power, 2 laps down in the first race at Philip Island. The finish came in Pye’s 111^th race start.

Aaren Russel in the #4 Plus Fitness Holden started the race in the rear, however by turn 1 Dale Wood in the #96 GB Galvanizing/ADVAM Holden had fallen to the rear after almost stalling at the start. By lap 3 Aaren Russell had fallen back to last. On lap 5 pitstops began, and Michael Caruso in the #23 – Nissan fell to the rear. Lap 8 saw Aaren Russel in the #4 Plus Fitness Holden fall back to the rear.

Russell held last until lap 24 When Scott Pye in the #17 Pirtek Ford blew a right-front tire, spearing him off the road at turn 1. Pye dropped 2 laps trying to get back to the pit-lane and fell to last. Scott Pye wouldn’t be the last driver to suffer a right-front tire failure, this fate also befalls Chazz Mostert in the #55 Supercheap Auto Holden on the last lap, dropping him to 23^rd.

Splitting Mostert and Russell was Andre Heimgartner in the #3 ABRO/Repair Management Australia Holden. Rounding out the bottom five was Tim Blanchard in the #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden after he ran off the road, also on the final lap.

The Bottom Five

Scott Pye	25 Laps	Running
Aaren Russell	27 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	27 Laps	Running
Chazz Mostert	27 Laps	Running
Tim Blanchard	27 Laps	Running

Driver's Championship

Tim Slade, Nick Percat, Aaren Russell, Scott McLaughlin, Chris Pither, Scott Pye: 1

Team's Championship

BOC Racing, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports, Erebus Motorsports, Gary Rodgers Motorsport, Super Black Racing, DJR Team Penske: 1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Holden: 3

Ford: 2

Volvo: 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.