Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: June 2020

Saturday 27 June 2020

Last Lap Gearbox failure leaves Coulthard last at Sydney Motorsport Park

Original by superloopadl500.com.au, adjusted by me

Fabian Coulthard picked up his 13th last-place finish of his career when his #12 Shell V-Power Ford retired with Gearbox failure after 31 of the race's 32 laps. The finish came in Coulthard's 415th start.

A veteran of this series, Fabian Coulthard has been full-time for 13 years. He was 7th in Practice 1, slipped to 11th in Practice 2, but rose back to 7th in Qualifying.

Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden started the race in the rear after issues in qualifying and held last during the early laps.

Lap 8 saw James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Holden pitted and dropped to the rear, followed by Chaz Mostert in the #25

Appliances Online/Mobil 1 Holden pitted on lap 9 and dropped to last. Rick Kelly in the #15 Castrol Ford fell to the rear on lap 11. Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden fell to last the following lap, with Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden falling to last, the lap after that sees Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden falls to last, and finally Alex Davison in the #19

Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden fell to last, all thanks to pitstops.

Alex Davison would relegate Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden to last on lap 22

Just as it seemed like Chris Pither would finish last, the gearbox failed on Fabian Coulthard's #12 Shell V-Power Ford, dropping him to last on the final lap, and he failed to finish.

Rounding out the bottom five was Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden, Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden and Macauley Jones in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden.

The Bottom Five

Fabian Coulthard	31 Laps	Gearbox
Chris Pither	32 Laps	Running
Jake Kostecki	32 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	32 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	32 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	3	3
Garry Jacobson	#35	1	1	3
Alex Davison	#19	1	1	2
Scott Pye	#20	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	#12	1	1	1
Chris Pither	#22	0	3	4
Jack Smith	#4	0	2	3
James Courtney	#19	0	1	1
Nick Percat	#8	0	1	1
Anton De Pasquale	#99	0	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	#2	0	0	2
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	0	1
David Reynolds	#9	0	0	1
Macauley Jones	#3	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Team 18	2	2/2	2/2	2/2
Matt Stone Racing	3	2/3	4/3	6/3
DJR Team Penske	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Team Sydney	2	0	4/2	6/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	3/4	5/4
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	0	2/2
Red Bull Holden	2	0	0	1/2
Penrite Racing	2	0	0	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer Name	No. Card	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	16	3/16	11/16	19/16
Ford	8	1/8	1/8	1/8

Penalty for exceeding track limits leaves Kostecki last at Sydney

Original by Auto Action, Adjusted by me.

Jake Kostecki picked up his 1st last-place finish of his career when his #34 UNIT Holden finished under power, one lap down in the second race at Eastern Creek. The finish came in Kostecki's 7th start.

Jake Kostecki is a rookie, sharing his first-year drive with Zane Goddard. He was 2nd slowest in the Rookie Practice Session, and was slowest in Practice 1 and in Practice 2. He rose to 23rd in Race 8 qualifying.

Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden started the race in the rear but by turn 1 Garry Jacobson in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden had fallen to the rear. Smith returned to last by turn 7.

On lap 4 Bryce Fullwood in the #2 Middy's Electrical Holden fall back, and would fall to last by the end of lap 5, and continue to lose margin to Smith as the race progressed.

Fullwood would put on lap 9. After his pitstop on lap 10, Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden dropped to the rear. Lap 17 saw Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden fall to last. He wouldn't stay last for long though, as Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden got a pit-lane penalty on lap 19 for exceeding track limits at turn 5.

Rounding out the bottom five was Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden after a post-race 15 second time penalty for an unsafe release, Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden, Garry Jacobson in the #35 Yellow Jacket Holden and Bryce Fullwood in the #2 Middy's Electrical Holden.

The Bottom Five

Jake Kostecki	31 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	32 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	32 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson	32 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	32 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	2	2
Garry Jacobson	#35	1	1	3
Scott Pye	#20	1	1	1
Alex Davison	#19	1	1	1
Chris Pither	#22	0	2	3
Jack Smith	#4	0	2	3
James Courtney	#19	0	1	1
Nick Percat	#8	0	1	1
Anton De Pasquale	#99	0	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	#2	0	0	2
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	0	1
David Reynolds	#9	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Team 18	2	2/2	2/2	2/2
Matt Stone Racing	3	2/3	3/3	5/3
Team Sydney	2	0	3/2	4/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	3/4	4/4
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	0	2/2
Red Bull Holden	2	0	0	1/2
Penrite Racing	2	0	0	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer Name	No. Card	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	16	4/16	12/16	20/16
Ford	8	0	0	0

Friday 26 June 2020

Suspension failure leaves Alex Davison last at Sydney Motorsport Park

Original by Fox Sports, edited by me.

Alex Davison picked up his 4th last-place finish of his career when his #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden retired with Suspension failure after 12 of the race’s 32 laps. The finish came in Alex Davison’s 173^rd start.

This is Alex Davison's 5th full-time season in the main game, but has spent a lot of time as a co-driver, usually for his brother Will Davison. He was 16th in Practice 1, but dropped to 21st in Practice 2, but didn't get out of Qualifying 1 with 19th.

Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden started the race in the rear, but Jack LeBrocq in the #55 - Ford stalled off the start and fell to the rear. and was sixteen seconds back by the end of Lap 1.

On Lap 8 LeBrocq caught and passed Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden, dropping him to last.

On lap 12 pit-stops start and James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Holden pitted and dropped to last. Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden pulled into the garage on lap 13 with Suspension failure, ending his race and leaving him last.

Rounding out the bottom five was Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden for exceeding track limits too many times on lap 21, Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden, David Reynolds in the #9 Penrite Oils Holden and Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden.

The Bottom Five

Alex Davison	12 Laps	Steering Clevis
Jack Smith	31 Laps	Running
Jake Kostecki	32 Laps	Running
David Reynolds	32 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	32 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Garry Jacobson	#35	1	1	2
Scott Pye	#20	1	1	1
Alex Davison	#19	1	1	1
Chris Pither	#22	0	1	2
Jack Smith	#4	0	1	2
James Courtney	#19	0	1	1
Nick Percat	#8	0	1	1
Anton De Pasquale	#99	0	1	1
Jake Kostecki	#34	0	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	#2	0	0	1
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	0	1
David Reynolds	#9	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Team 18	2	2/2	2/2	2/2
Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	2/3	3/3
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	2/4	3/4
Team Sydney	2	0	2/2	3/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	0	1/2
Red Bull Holden	2	0	0	1/2
Penrite Racing	2	0	0	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer Name	No. Card	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	16	3/16	9/16	15/16
Ford	8	0	0	0

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.