Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: September 2016

Sunday 18 September 2016

Post-Race Exclusion leaves Reynolds and Baird last at Sandown

David Reynolds picked up his 7^th last-place finish of his career, while Craig Baird picked up his 9th last-place finish of his career when their #90 Penrite Holden was disqualified post-race because Craig Baird didn’t run enough laps after -141 of 143 laps. The finish came in Reynolds’ 220^th start and Baird’s 166^th start.

Jack LeBrocq started the race in the rear in the #6 Castrol/Monster Energy Ford, however at turn 1 James Golding in the #34 Valvoline/Wilson Security Volvo and Jack Perkins in the #22 SP Tools Holden, and heading into turn 7 a tire let go in James Golding’s Volvo, causing the car to go straight into the tire wall at 150kph (approx 93mph), destroying the right-front on car #34, ending his race and triggering a 28-minute red-flag while the damage to the tire wall was repaired.

Next to fall out was Cameron Waters and Jack LeBrocq in the #6 Castrol/Monster Energy Ford after car #6 started blowing smoke out the back of the car on lap 92. He then hit the wall at turn 4 on lap 100. Waters headed to the garage on lap 101, and dropped to 25th on lap 102, however, post-race David Reynolds and Craig Baird in the #9 Penrite Holden was excluded from the race because Craig Baird only completed 52 laps, whereas the minimum required laps for a co-driver is 54 laps.

Rounding out the bottom five was Mark Winterbottom and Dean Canto in the #1 Bottle-O Ford due to hitting the tires in turn 4 on lap 56, triggering the second safety car of the race, dropping 2 laps, eventually finishing 5 laps down, Shae Davies and Chris Van der Drift in the #4 Penrite Holden and Andrew Jones and Jason Bright in the #8 BOC Holden after a flat tire on lap 76.

The bottom five

David Reynolds/Craig Baird	-141 Laps	Excluded.
James Moffat/James Golding	0 Laps	Crash
Cameron Waters/Jack LeBrocq	98 Laps	Engine
Mark Winterbottom/Dean Canto	138 Laps	Running
Shae Davies/Chris Van der Drift	141 Laps	Running

Driver's Championship

Nick Percat: 4

Lee Holdsworth, Scott Pye: 2

Tim Slade, Aaren Russell, Scott McLaughlin, Chris Pither, Fabian Coulthard, Michael Caruso, Cameron Waters, Kurt Kostecki, James Courtney, Will Davison, James Moffat, David Reynolds, Craig Bard: 1

Team's Championship

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports: 4

Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, DJR Team Penske: 3

Gary Rodgers Motorsport, Erebus Motorsports: 2

BOC Racing, Super Black Racing, Pepsi Max Racing, Nissan Motorsports, Holden Racing Team, Tekno Autosports: 1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Holden: 13

Ford: 5

Volvo: 2

Nissan: 1

Contact and bogging leaves Waters last in Second Qualifying race

Cameron Waters picked up his 1^st Sprint for the Grid last-place finish of his career when his #6 Castrol/Monster Energy Ford finished under power, two laps down in the second Sprint for the Grid at Sandown. The finish came in Water’s 4^th sprint.

Chris Pither in the #111 Ice Break Ford started the race in the rear after being excluded from the previous qualifying race, however he almost immediately jumped Jason Bright in the #8 BOC Holden after he stalled briefly at the start.

Suddenly on the way to turn 2 Cameron Waters in the #6 Castrol/Monster Energy Ford went 3 wide with teammate Chazz Mostert in the #55 Supercheap Auto Holden and James Moffat in the #34 Valvoline/Wilson Security Volvo, leading to contact between Waters and Moffat, destroying the tire on car #6 and leaving him bogged, falling too last and bringing out the only Safety Car of the race.

Rounding out the bottom five was Shae Davies in the #4 Penrite Holden, Chris Pither in the #111 Ice Break Ford, Jason Bright in the #8 BOC Holden and Mark Winterbottom in the #1 Bottle-O Ford.

Cameron Waters	18 Laps	Running
Shae Davies	20 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	20 Laps	Running
Jason Bright	20 Laps	Running
Mark Winterbottom	20 Laps	Running

Post-Race exclusion leaves Stanaway last in Sprint for the Grid 1

Richie Stanaway picked up his 1st Sprint for the Grid last-place finish of his career when his #111 Ice Break Ford was excluded post-race after -20 of 20 laps. The finish came in Stanaway's first Sprint.

Chris Van der Drift in the #4 Penrite Holden started the race in the rear, however by turn 1 Tony D'Alberto in the #17 Shell Ford collided with Dean Canto in the #1 Bottle-O Ford and Steven Richards in the #888 Caltex Ford, dropping Canto to the rear. By turn 2 At turn 2 Dean Fiore in the #90 Penrite Nissan slid off the road, dropping to the rear. Dean Canto then fell to the rear on lap 4 after a pit-lane drive-through penalty for the first-turn contact.

Owen held last until lap 12 when Chris Van der Drift in the #4 Penrite Holden suffered a mechanical failure, skiing across the track and nearly getting bogged in the sand, dropping Chris to the rear, out of the race.

Post-race, however, Richie Stanaway in the #111 Ice Break Ford was Excluded for a tire pressure infringement, dropping him to the rear and inverting his lap count.

Rounding out the bottom five was Andrew Jones in the #8 BOC Holden and Craig Baird in the #90 Penrite Holden.

The Bottom Five

Richie Stanaway	-20 Laps	Excluded
Chris Van Der Drift	10 Laps	Suspension
Dean Canto	20 Laps	Running
Andrew Jones	20 Laps	Running
Craig Baird	20 Laps	Running

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.