Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Rocker Arm failure leaves Holdsworth and Reindler last at Bathurst

Sunday 9 October 2016

Rocker Arm failure leaves Holdsworth and Reindler last at Bathurst

Lee Holdsworth picked up his 14^th last-place finish of his career, while Karl Reindler picked up his 6^th last-place finish of his career when their #18 Preston Hire/FUCHS Holden retired with a broken Rocker Arm after 2 of the race’s 161 laps. The finish came in Holdsworth’s 349^th start and Reindler’s 95^th race start.

Shae Davies and Chris Van der Drift in the #4 Ultra Air Holden started the race in the rear, however Tim Blanchard and Macauley Jones in the #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden stalled at the start, immediately falling to the rear. On lap 2 Blanchard jumped past Lee Holdsworth and Karl Reindler in the #18 Preston Hire/FUCHS Holden broke a rocker arm on lap 2, dropping Holdsworth to the rear. Holdsworth went to the garage on lap 3, retiring officially on lap 18.

Next to fall out was Jason Bright and Andrew Jones in the #8 BOC Holden started having a gearbox sensor issue on lap 28, eventually going to the garage on lap 36, losing 1 lap. Then disaster strikes on lap 92, when Suspension failure caused car #8 to hit the wall at Reed Park, bringing out the first caution of the race. Bright fell behind Van der Drift on lap 94, then behind Richards on lap 95. Following Jones out of the race was James Moffat and James Golding in the #34 Wilson Security/Valvoline Volvo had an engine explosion on lap 108, causing the second caution of the race, dropping to 25^th on lap 121. On lap 113 Andre Heimgartner and Aaren Russell in the #3 Clipsal 500 Holden stalled heading into turn 3 with a Driveline failure, causing the third safety car of the race. He dropped into 24^th on lap 128.

Rounding out the bottom five was Mark Winterbottom and Dean Canto in the #1 Bottle-O Ford hit the wall at Forest Elbow on lap 132. Coming to the chase he suffered a right-rear Suspension failure, spearing him into the sand at the Chase, ending his race and dropping him to 23rd, behind Mostert, on lap 146.

The Bottom Five

Lee Holdsworth/Karl Reindler	2 Laps	Rocker Arm
Jason Bright/Andrew Jones	89 Laps	Crash
James Moffat/James Golding	108 Laps	Engine
Andre Heingartner/Aaren Russell	114 Laps	Driveline
Mark Winterbottom/Dean Canto	132 Laps	Spun Off

Driver's Championship

Nick Percat: 4

Lee Holdsworth: 3

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 Baird Karl Reindler,: 1

Team's Championship

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports, Charlie Schwerkolt Racing,: 4

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: 14

Ford: 5

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.