Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Steering failure leaves Moffat last at Winton

Monday 23 May 2016

Steering failure leaves Moffat last at Winton

James Moffat picked up his 12^th last-place finish of his career when his #34 Valvoline/Wilson Security Volvo finished under power, 5 laps down in the first race at Winton. The finish came in Moffat’s 177^th race start.

Nick Percat in the #222 ABRO/Repair Management Australia Holden started the race in the rear after missing qualifying with Engine issues, however by turn 5 Aaren Russel in the #4 Plus Fitness Holden had fallen to the rear. By the end of lap 1 James Moffat in the #34 Wilson Security/Valvoline Volvo with bent steering and damage to the rear, dropping 5 laps in repairs. Also on the first lap Garth Tander in the #2 Mobil 1/Shark Bite Plumbing Solutions Holden suffered a puncture after contact with Lee Holdsworth in the #18 Preston Hire/Fuchs Holden.

Rounding out the bottom five was Aaren Russell in the #4 Plus Fitness Holden, Andre Heimgartner in the #3 ABRO/Repair Management Australia Holden and David Reynolds in the #9 Penrite Oils Holden.

Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship trivia

· The first ten races have seen ten different last-place finishers and in this race, only if Albert Park is counted was the streak of consecutive different last-place finishers broken with James Moffat's last place run.

The Bottom Five

James Moffat	35 Laps	Running
Garth Tander	39 Laps	Running
Aaren Russell	40 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	40 Laps	Running
David Reynolds	40 Laps	Running

Driver's Championship

Tim Slade, Nick Percat, Aaren Russell, Scott McLaughlin, Chris Pither, Scott Pye, Fabian Coulthard, Michael Caruso, Cameron Waters James Moffat: 1

Team's Championship

DJR Team Penske, Gary Rodgers Motorsport: 2

BOC Racing, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports, Erebus Motorsports, Super Black Racing, Pepsi Max Racing, Nissan Motorsports: 1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Ford: 4

Holden: 3

Volvo: 2

Nissan: 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.