Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: How many cars will be on the grid in 2020?

Sunday 17 November 2019

How many cars will be on the grid in 2020?

So this article will be going over how many cars there will be on the grid in 2020.

So, first off, the teams that have shrunk in size.

Firstly, Kelly Racing has shrunk from 4 cars to 2, while Garry Rodgers has wound up his team. This leaves 4 Racing Entitlements Contracts up for grabs.

It is understood that several teams are expanding next year. These are
Matt Stone Racing (1 car to 2 cars)
Team 18 (1 car to 2 cars)
Tekno Autosports (1 car to 2 cars)
and finally Brad Jones Racing (3 cars to 4 cars)

So, it does look like we will have at least 24 cars on the grid in 2020.
However, we may have an expansion to the field compared to 2019, depending on the Kostecki Brothers can get enough funding to run the full season.

The other thing we're going to talk about in this article is the Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) shuffle.
Kelly Racing (KR) sold one of their REC's to Matt Stone Racing (MSR), which allowed MSR to give their REC back to Brad Jones Racing (BJR) so BJR can expand to 4 cars in 2020.
The other KR REC was sold to Team 18 (T18) so T18 can expand to 2 cars.
Garry Rodgers Motorsport (GRM) has sold their first REC to MSR so MSR can expand to 2 cars, while the other REC was sold to Tekno Autosports (TA) so TA can also expand to 2 cars.

Finally, if the Kostecki Brothers can get enough funding to go full-time in 2020, will buy either the 3rd Red Bull Racing REC or the 4th Tickford Racing REC, both of which were returned at the end of 2017.

So, provisionally, we have definitely 23 cars on the grid, likely 24, and hopefully 25 on the grid in 2020. I'm wondering why Super Black Racing haven't tried to make a comeback again, probably money TBH, though Chris Pither's sponsor(s) may be able to sponsor him.

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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.