Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Turn 6 crash leaves Courtney last in second Race for thOrige Grid

Sunday 16 September 2018

Turn 6 crash leaves Courtney last in second Race for thOrige Grid

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

James Courtney picked up his 1st last-place finish of his Race for the Grid career when his #25 Mobil 1/Boost Mobile Holden was involved in a single-car crash after 2 of the race's 20 laps.

Lee Holdsworth in the #18 Preston Hire/Fuchs Holden started the second race in the rear, but by turn 4 James Golding in the #34 Wilson Security/Garry Rogers '83 Tribute Holden had fallen to the rear.

On lap 2, catastrophe struck for James Courtney in the #25 Mobil 1/Boost Mobile Holden, smashing the wall at Turn 6, destroying the right-side of his car and triggering the first safety car of the race, dropping him to the rear.

Golding went on to half-spin Simona De Silvestro in the #78 Harvey Norman/LG Super UHD TV Retro Nissan, dropping both to 24th and 22nd, respectively.

Falling behind both De Silvestro and Golding is Nick Percat in the #8 Snapes Holden, who had to pit on lap 17. Finishing between Golding and De Silvestro is Todd Hazelwood in the #35 Bigmate/Optus Ford.

The Bottom Five

James Courtney	2 Laps	Crash
Nick Percat	20 Laps	Running
James Golding	20 Laps	Running
Todd Hazelwood	20 Laps	Running
Simona De Silvestro	20 Laps	Running

Race for the Grid Results

Chris Pither, Dale Wood, Andrew Jones, Andre Heimgartner, Richie Stanaway, Cameron Waters, Taz Douglas, Craig Lowndes, Jason Bright, James Courtney: 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.