Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: December 2019

Thursday 5 December 2019

Supercars CEO Vow for 2020. My response and thoughts.

Re: Supercars CEO Vow for 2020.

Original Article: https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/12/05/supercars-ceos-vow-for-2020/

So, I'm writing this article to respond to some statements made by the CEO of Supercars about 2019 and 2020. There are a few things I want to respond to.

Firstly, Sean Seamer said "I think that the disappointing thing for us is that this year has been a year that’s been dominated by a highly technical narrative which is made it very, very difficult for fans to follow,"

And it's OK that you think that, but for a lot of fans, they were able to follow fine. The Ford Mustangs, or more specifically a combo of the Mustang and Scott McLaughlin and, to a lesser degree, Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert, was well ahead at the start of the year. By the end of the year, however, DJR Team Penske, Tickford Racing, Red Bull Holden Racing Team and Erebus Motorsports were competitive to varying degrees.

Part of Red Bull Holden's struggles was with the new springs, and it did take a few rounds for them to figure the springs out. Were some of the parity adjustments were done too early? Yes. Is Roland Dane a whiner? Arguable. (Though I would also say that Ryan Story and Tim Edwards are little better), does that mean that Supercars are in Dane's pocket? No, especially since Roger Penske has more money than the rest of the field combined. Does that mean that any other conspiracy theories are valid? Not really.

I do agree with one thing though, we do need to be front and centre/press/news for the right reasons, and not because of parity controversies, or Ford cultists and Holden cultists abusing drivers and team members

That was the main thing that I wanted to respond to. It is not all that I want to talk about. And that is a little bit about the Facebook algorithm and how Supercars get their views, comments, etc.

The comments from Ford and Holden cultists are what drive ratings on Facebook for some reason, the arguments are the normal stupidity from low IQ numbnuts.

Hopefully the racing product in 2020 will be a lot better than in 2019, where it took ages to get the parity right, and even then, I think it may have gone a tiny bit too far the other way, but oh well.

However, I am optimistic about the future of Supercars, that we will get a great and competitive championship in 2020 and further on, especially if BMW decides to join in 2021. I have another article coming for that.

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.