Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Tire trouble leaves Goddard last at Tailem Bend

Saturday 19 September 2020

Tire trouble leaves Goddard last at Tailem Bend

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Zane Goddard picked up his 3rd last-place finish of his career when his #34 UNIT Holden finished under power, on the lead lap in the first race at Tailem Bend. The finish came in Goddard's 13th start.

Zane Goddard is in his rookie year, and is sharing car #34 with Jake Kostecki. He was slowest in the rookie only practice session, and was 21st in Practice 1. He rose to 15th in Practice 2, but qualified 19th.

James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile ford started the race in the rear after making a mistake in qualifying, but by turn 3 Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden had fallen to the rear.

Right at the end of lap 1 Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden fell to the rear, and would exchange last a couple of times with Smith during the early laps.

Pitstops start on lap 6 and Zane Goddard in the #34 UNIT Holden pitted and dropped to the rear, followed by Smith on lap 8, and dropped to last on lap 10.

Lap 12 saw Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legend Holden pit and drop to last.

Zane Goddard then pitted a second time on lap 16, dropping to the rear with a tire issue.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Lee Holdsworth in the #5 Truck Assist Ford, Garry Jacobson in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden, Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden and Alex Davison in the #19 Local Legends Holden,

The Bottom Five

Zane Goddard	24 Laps	Running
Lee Holdsworth	24 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson	24 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	24 Laps	Running
Alex Davison	24 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Garry Jacobson	#35	3	6	9
Zane Goddard	#34	3	3	8
Chris Pither	#22	2	9	16
Alex Davison	#19	2	6	12
Jack Smith	#4	1	10	15
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	7	8
Macauley Jones	#3	1	5	9
Tood Hazelwood	#14	1	2	5
Nick Percat	#8	1	2	3
Scott Pye	#20	1	2	3
Andre Heimgartner	#7	1	2	2
David Reynolds	#9	1	1	2
Fabian Coulthard	#12	1	1	2
Jack LeBrocq	#55	1	1	1
Cameron Waters	#6	1	1	1
Chaz Mostert	#25	1	1	1
Anton De Pasquale	#99	0	3	3
Rick Kelly	#15	0	1	2
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	1	2
James Courtney	#19	0	1	1
Lee Holdsworth	#5	0	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	#2	0	0	3
Scott McLaughlin	#17	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Matt Stone Racing	3	7/3	15/3	25/3
Team 18	2	4/2	4/2	10/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	4/4	18/4	31/4
Team Sydney	2	1/2	14/2	22/2
DJR Team Penske	2	1/2	1/2	3/2
Tickford Racing	4	2/4	2/4	3/4
Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	3/2	4/2
Kelly Racing	2	1/2	2/2	4/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	1/2	1/2	4/2
Red Bull Holden	2	0	1/2	2/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer Name	No. Card	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	16	17/16	59/16	100/16
Ford	8	4/8	7/8	10/8

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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.