Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Race incidents leave Rick Kelly last at Bathurst

Wednesday 22 April 2020

Race incidents leave Rick Kelly last at Bathurst

Rick Kelly picked up his 2nd last-place finish of his career when his #15 Sengled Ford finished under power, 2 laps down in the 2nd race at Bathurst. The finish came in Kelly's 10th start.

After winning race 1, Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden started race 2 in last, but at turn 1 Alex Davison in the #20 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden had a wild flip and dropped to last. The following corner Chris Pither in the #22 Coca Cola Holden spun and was collected by Brodie Kostecki in the #56 Yassa/Dunlop Holden.

Rick Kelly after his own incidents fell to the rear before the end of the race. Chris Pither in the #22 Coca Cola Holden would also finish 3 laps down. Rounding out the bottom five was Simona De Silvestro in the #78 Harvey Norman Ford, Alex Davison in the #20 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden and Anton De Pasquale in the #99 Penrite Holden.

The Bottom Five

Rick Kelly	6 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	7 Laps	Running
Simona De Silvestro	7 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	8 Laps	Running
Anton De Pasquale	8 Laps	Running

eLASTCAR Championship: Drivers

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jack Smith	4	2	5	8
Macauley Jones	3	2	2	3
Rick Kelly	15	2	2	3
Jake Kostecki	33	1	3	3
Mark Winterbottom	18	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	12	1	1	1
Chris Pither	22	0	2	4
Jamie Whincup	88	0	2	2
Scott Pye	20	0	1	3
Alex Davison	3	0	1	3
Lee Holdsworth	5	0	1	2
Anton De Pasquale	99	0	1	2
Simona De Silvestro	78	0	1	2
Bryce Fullwood	2	0	1	1
Shame Van Gisbergen	97	0	1	1
Will Davison	23	0	1	1
Todd Hazelwood	35	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	55	0	0	1
David Reynolds	9	0	0	1
Zane Goddard	33	0	0	1
Chaz Mostert	25	0	0	1

eLASTCAR Championship: Teams

Team	# Entries	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Brad Jones Racing	4	4/4	7/4	12/4
Rick Kelly Racing	3	2/3	3/3	5/3
Irwin Tools Racing	2	1/2	2/2	4/2
Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	2/3	4/3
DJR Team Penske	3	1/3	1/3	1/3
Team Sydney	2	0	2/2	7/2
Red Bull Holden Racing Team	3	0	3/3	3/3
Tickford Racing	5	0	2/5	3/5
Erebus Motorsports	3	0	1/3	3/3
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	1/2	2/2

eLASTCAR Championship: Manufacturer

Manufacturer	# Entries	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Ford	10	3/10	7/10	10/10
Holden	21	6/21	20/21	35/21

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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.