Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: July 2017

Sunday 30 July 2017

Contact with main-game driver leaves Wildcard LeBrocq last at Ipswich

Screenshot from Supercars, edited by me.

Jack LeBrocq picked up his 1st last place finish of his career when his #28 Gogetta Nissan was involved in a two-car crash that ended his race after 18 of the race's 65 laps. The finish came in LeBrocq's 12th start.

Alex Davison in the #3 Gemini/Repair Management Australia Holden started the race in the rear after a penalty for impeding James Courtney in the #22 Mobil 1 HSV Racing/Boost Mobile during qualifying (Alex Davison initially qualified 29^th out of 30, but got a 2 grid spot penalty), however by turn 2 Alex Rullo in the #62 Repair Management/Castrol Holden fell to the rear. By lap 4 Rullo had dropped Alex Davison to last again.

Alex Davison held last until first pitstops on lap 8 when Dale Wood in the #96 GB Galvanizing/ADVAN Holden pitted, falling to last. On lap 11 Jack LeBrocq in the #28 Gogetta Nissan pitted, falling to last. On lap 16 Will Davison in the #19 Woodstock Holden lost a tire heading into turn 3, almost hitting the tyre barrier. This dropped Will Davison to the rear.

Davison held last until lap 21 when Michael Caruso in the #23 Nismo Nissan collided with Jack LeBrocq heading out of turn 2, damaging the front Suspension on LeBrocq's car and the rear Suspension on Caruso's car, and nearly taking Todd Hazlewood in the #35 Bigmate Holden with them. The damage took both Caruso and LeBrocq out of the race, and left LeBrocq last, as Caruso attempted to run a few more laps on lap 38, however rear Suspension damage eventually ended Caruso's race.

Will Davison continued to lose laps after a second tire failure on lap 32, and eventually is forced to the garage on lap 40. Following Will Davison into the garage was Dale Wood in the #99 GB Galvanizing/ADVAN Holden after a fuel fire caused by melted wires on lap 42, ending his race. Rounding out the bottom five was Alex Davison in the #3 Gemini/Repair Management Australia Holden.

The Bottom Five

Jack LeBrocq	18 Laps	Crash
Michael Caruso	26 Laps	Crash
Will Davison	38 Laps	Tyre
Dale Wood	41 Laps	Fire
Alex Davison	64 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Will Davison	2	3	3
2	Alex Rullo	1	8	9
3	Taz Douglas	1	5	5
4	Dale Wood	1	4	6
5	Jason Bright	1	4	5
6	Tim Slade	1	3	3
7	Nick Percat	1	2	3
8T	Tim Blanchard	1	2	2
8T	Matthew Brabham	1	2	2
9	Simona De Silvestro	1	1	5
10	Todd Kelly	1	1	3
11	Michael Caruso	1	1	2
12T	Chaz Mostert	1	1	1
12T	Rick Kelly	1	1	1
12T	Jack LeBrocq	1	1	1
13	James Courtney	0	2	4
14	James Moffat	0	1	3
15	Aaren Russell	0	1	2
16T	Cameron McConville	0	1	1
16T	David Reynolds	0	1	1
16T	Shane Van Gisbergen	0	1	1
16T	Garth Tander	0	1	1
17T	Lee Holdsworth	0	0	1
17T	Craig Lowndes	0	0	1
17T	James Golding	0	0	1
17T	Scott Pye	0	0	1
17T	Macauley Jones	0	0	1
17T	Alex Davison	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	No. Drivers in Team	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Tekno Autosports	1	2	4	4
2	Nissan Motorsports	6	5/6	7/6	10/6
3	Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	2	2
4	Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	5/2	7/2
5	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports	6	1/2	17/5	11/3
6	Prodrive Racing Australia	4	1/2	1	1
7	Walkinshaw Racing	2	0	1	5/2
8	Gary Rodgers Motorsports	3	0	2/3	5/3
9T	Preston Hire Racing	1	0	0	1
9T	Vortex Racing	1	0	0	1
10	Holden Red Bull Racing	2	0	0	½

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Driver	No. Drivers in Manufacturer	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Nissan	6	5/6	9/6	10/6
2	Ford	6	2/3	2/3	2/3
3	Holden	18	8/18	30/18	5018

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.