Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Post-Race Exclusion leaves Percat last at Ipswich

Sunday 24 July 2016

Post-Race Exclusion leaves Percat last at Ipswich

Nick Percat picked up his 9^th last-place finish of his career when his unsponsored #222 Holden was excluded post-race for a minimum weight breach after -38 of the race’s 38 laps. The finish came in Percat’s 94^th start.

Scott Pye in the #17 Penske Truck Rental Ford was to start the race in the rear, however during the warm-up lap Camerom Waters in the #6 Castrol/Monster Energy Ford suffered a gearbox issue, stopping Waters from starting the race and dropping him to the rear before the race even begins. Pepsi Max Racing got Cameron Waters back out, but the car didn’t last long, retiring for good after just 4 circuits. Post-race, Nick Percat was excluded because car #222 had a front bumper bar weighed below the minimum weight requirements, dropping him to last.

Rounding out the bottom five was Craig Baird in the #4 Hungry Jacks Holden, Kurt Kosticki in the #18 FUCHS/Preston Hire Holden and Michael Caruso in the #23 Nissan GT Academy/Nissan Nismo Nissan after dropping the jack without the right-rear wheel properly on, then having to replace the tire after the car was re-jacked on lap 8

The Bottom Five

Nick Percat	-38 Laps	Excluded
Cameron Waters	4 Laps	Driveline
Craig Baird	38 Laps	Running
Kurt Kostecki	38 Laps	Running
Michael Caruso	38 Laps	Running

Driver's Championship

Nick Percat: 4

Lee Holdsworth (Trying to come back at Eastern Creek): 2

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

Team's Championship

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports: 4

Charlie Schwerkolt Racing: 3

DJR Team Penske, Gary Rodgers Motorsport: 2

BOC Racing, Erebus Motorsports, Super Black Racing, Pepsi Max Racing, Nissan Motorsports, 1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Holden: 10

Ford: 4

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.