Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: July 2020

Saturday 18 July 2020

Defending Champion Jacobson takes lead of Last-Place championship after Last place at Sydney Motorsport Park

Original by Auto Action, edited by me.

Defending Champion Garry Jacobson picked up his 5th last-place finish of his career when his #35 Yellow Cover Holden finished under power, on the lead lap in the final race at Sydney Motorsport Park. The finish came in Jacobson's 46th start.

Garry Jacobson is in his second full-time season, now for Matt Stone Racing after his rookie season, where he scored the most last-place finishes for 2019. He was 18th in Practice 1, but rose to 16th in Practice 2, and rose a little further to 14th in Qualifying.

Anton De Pasquale in the #99 Penrite Oils Holden started the race in the rear, and anchored the field during the early laps. On lap 4 Macauley Jones in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden fell to the rear.

On lap 6 Cameron Waters in the #6 Monster Energy Ford started falling back through the field, and pitted on lap 7, though initially avoided last as Anton De Pasquale also pitted and returned to last. By Lap 11 Garry Jacobson in the #35 Yellow Jacket Holden had fallen to last. Jones and Jacobson briefly exchanged last a couple of times over the next few laps.

Rounding out the bottom five was Macauley Jones in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden, Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden, Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden and Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden.

The Bottom Five

Garry Jacobson	32 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	32 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	32 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	32 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	32 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Zane Goddard	#34	2	2	2
Garry Jacobson	#35	2	3	5
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	3	3
Alex Davison	#19	1	2	5
Scott Pye	#20	1	1	2
Fabian Coulthard	#12	1	1	1
Chris Pither	#22	0	4	6
Jack Smith	#4	0	3	5
James Courtney	#19	0	1	1
Nick Percat	#8	0	1	1
Anton De Pasquale	#99	0	1	1
Macauley Jones	#3	0	1	3
Bryce Fullwood	#2	0	0	2
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	0	1
David Reynolds	#9	0	0	1
Tood Hazelwood	#14	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Matt Stone Racing	3	5/3	8/3	10/3
Team 18	2	2/2	2/2	4/2
DJR Team Penske	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Team Sydney	2	0	6/2	10/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	5/4	9/4
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	6/16	20/16	34/16
Ford	8	1/8	1/8	1/8

300th Article! Zane Goddard takes Last-Place lead after 2nd last-place finish in a row at Sydney Motorsport Park

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Zane Goddard picked up his 2nd last-place finish of his career when his #34 UNIT Holden finished under power, 1 lap down in the second race in the second round at Sydney Motorsport Park. The finish came in Goddard's 4th start and is his 2nd in a row.

Zane Goddard is sharing the #34 UNIT Holden with Jake Kostecki. He was slowest in the Rookie Only Practice, 21st in Practice 1, dropped to 23rd in Practice 2, and qualified 16th.

Todd Hazelwood in the #14 Brut Max Defence/R&J Batteries Holden started the race in the rear after a vibration put him out of Qualifying, but by Turn 2 Macauley Jones in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden fell to the rear. Hazelwood returned to last by the end of Lap 1, and fell over a second behind Macauley Jones in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden by the end of lap 2.

Pit-Stops started on lap 9, Bryce Fullwood in the #2 Middy's Electrical Holden pitted and dropped to the rear, though Hazelwood returned to last on lap 10 after his pitstop. A pitstop on lap 12 put Lee Holdsworth in the #5 Truck Assist Ford down t last. The following lap Zane Goddard in the #34 UNIT Holden pitted and fell to last.

Rounding out the bottom five was Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden, Macauley Jones in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden, Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt Holden and Todd Hazelwood in the #14 Brut Max Defence/R&J Batteries Holden.

The Bottom Five

Zane Goddard	31 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	31 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	32 Laps	Running
Scott Pye	32 Laps	Running
Todd Hazelwood	32 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Zane Goddard	#34	2	2	2
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	3	3
Garry Jacobson	#35	1	2	4
Alex Davison	#19	1	2	4
Scott Pye	#20	1	1	2
Fabian Coulthard	#12	1	1	1
Chris Pither	#22	0	3	5
Jack Smith	#4	0	3	4
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
Macauley Jones	#3	0	0	2
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	0	1
David Reynolds	#9	0	0	1
Tood Hazelwood	#14	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Matt Stone Racing	3	4/3	7/3	9/3
Team 18	2	2/2	2/2	3/2
DJR Team Penske	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Team Sydney	2	0	5/2	9/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	4/4	7/4
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	5/16	17/16	29/16
Ford	8	1/8	1/8	1/8

Goddard last as Matt Stone takes Team Last-Place Championship lead.

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Zane Goddard picked up his 1^st last-place finish of his career when his #34 UNIT Holden finished under power, on the lead lap in the first race in the second round at Sydney Motorsport Park. The finish came in Goddard’s 3^rd start.

Zane Goddard is sharing the #34 UNIT Holden with Jake Kostecki. He was slowest in the Rookie Only Practice, 21st in Practice 1, dropped to 23rd in Practice 2, and was slowest in Qualifying.

Zane Goddard in the #34 UNIT Holden started the race in the rear and held last during the early laps.

Pit-Stops started on Lap 8, and last-place was exchanged between Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt on lap 8, Rick Kelly in the #15 Castrol Ford pitted on lap 9, Alex Davison in the #19

Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden pitted on lap 10, Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden pitted on lap 12, and finally, Goddard returned to last after his pitstop on lap 14, and on lap 15 went a lap down and held it for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the bottom five was Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden, Garry Jacobson in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden, Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden and Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Jerky Biltong Holden.

The Bottom Five

Zane Goddard	32 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	32 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson	32 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	32 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	32 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	3	3
Garry Jacobson	#35	1	2	4
Alex Davison	#19	1	1	3
Scott Pye	#20	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	#12	1	1	1
Zane Goddard	#34	1	1	1
Chris Pither	#22	0	3	5
Jack Smith	#4	0	3	4
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
Matt Stone Racing	3	3/3	6/3	8/3
Team 18	2	2/2	2/2	2/2
DJR Team Penske	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Team Sydney	2	0	4/2	8/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	4/4	6/4
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	14/16	24/16
Ford	8	1/8	1/8	1/8

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.