Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: March 2021

Saturday 20 March 2021

Broken Throttle Cable leaves Mostert last at Sandown

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Chaz Mostert picked up the 7th last-place finish of his career when his #25 Appliances Online Holden finished under power, 7 laps down in the final race at Sandown. The finish came in Mostert's 235th start.

Mostert is in his 8th full-time season, and has been a force on the grid. He was 13th in Practice 1, but skyrocketed to 4th in Practice 2. He fell to 9th in Qualifying.

Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden started the race in the rear, but between turns 3 and 4 Jack Smith in the #5 Truck Assist Ford tipped James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Ford into a spin, dropping Courtney to last.

Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden fell to the rear shortly afterwards.

Pitstops started on lap 6 with Jack LeBrocq in the #5 Truck Assist Ford pitting, Scott Pye pitted on Lap 7 and fell to last.

Lap 16 saw disaster strike for Chaz Mostert in the #25 Appliances Online Holden, pulling into the garage on Lap 16, and down to last, with a broken throttle cable, losing 8 laps in repairs.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden, Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt/Nulon Holden, Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden and Fabian Coulthard in the #19 Local Legends Heat Sauce Holden.

The Bottom Five

Chaz Mostert	29 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	35 Laps	Running
Scott Pye	35 Laps	Running
Zane Goddard	35 Laps	Running
Fabian Coulthard	35 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Anton De Pasquale	11	1	2	2
Macauley Jones	96	1	2	2
James Courtney	44	1	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Chaz Mostert	25	1	1	1
Jack Smith	4	0	2	3
Garry Jacobson	22	0	1	4
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	1	3
Scott Pye	20	0	1	1
David Reynolds	26	0	1	1
Jake Kostecki	35	0	1	1
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Cameron Waters	6	0	0	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	1
Zane Goddard	35	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	2/2	2/2	2/2
Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	1/2	1/2	2/2
Tickford Racing	3	1/3	1/3	3/3
Brad Jones Racing	4	1/4	3/4	4/4
Team Sydney	2	0	2/2	7/2
Kelly Grove Racing	2	0	1/2	1/2
Irwin Racing	2	0	1/2	1/2
Tim Blanchard Racing	1	0	0	1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Ford	8	3/8	8/8	12/8
Holden	16	2/16	7/16	13/16

Engine failure leaves Macauley Jones last at Sandown

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Macauley Jones picked up the 5th last-place finish of his career when his #96 Coca-Cola Holden retired with an Oil Cooler failure after 2 of the race's 36 Laps. The finish came in Jones'84th start.

Macauley Jones is in his 3rd full-time season in the main game and is the son of Brad Jones. He was 11th in Practice 1 but rose to 10th in Practice 2. He slid to 21st in Qualifying.

Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden started the race in the rear after a stuck throttle ended his qualifying after just 3 minutes. Off the start, however, Brodie Kostecki in the #99 Boost Mobile Holden had fallen to the rear, then Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Clover Holden fell to last.

Lap 2 saw David Reynolds in the #26 Penrite Oils Holden was spun by Tim Slade in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden, dropping to last, pulling into the garage on Lap 5 with Suspension damage, losing 3 laps in repairs. Meanwhile, Lap 3 saw Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden pulling off the track after an Oil Cooler failure ended his race, leaving him last.

The other retirement of this race went to Anton De Pasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Ford, after Engine issues during the race, which eventually ended his race on lap 25. Rounding out the Bottom five was David Reynolds in the #26 Penrite Oils Holden, Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden and Garry Jacobson in the #22 Penrite Air Holden copped a pit-lane penalty for a breach of Safety Car restart procedures on Lap 15.

The Bottom Five

Macauley Jones	2 Laps	Oil Cooler
Anton De Pasquale	25 Laps	Engine
David Reynolds	32 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	35 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson	35 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Anton De Pasquale	11	1	2	2
Macauley Jones	96	1	2	2
James Courtney	44	1	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Garry Jacobson	22	0	1	4
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	1	2
Jack Smith	4	0	1	2
David Reynolds	26	0	1	1
Jake Kostecki	35	0	1	1
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Cameron Waters	6	0	0	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Tickford Racing	3	1/3	1/3	3/3
Brad Jones Racing	4	1/4	2/4	3/4
Team Sydney	2	0	2/2	6/2
Tim Blanchard Racing	1	0	0	1
Kelly Grove Racing	2	0	1/2	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Ford	8	2/8	5/8	8/8
Holden	16	2/16	7/16	12/16

Early Race crash leaves Fullwood last at Sandown

Original by Fox Sports/Supercars, Edited by me

Bryce Fullwood picked up the 2nd last-place finish of his career when his #2 Middy's Electrical Holden finished under power, 7 laps down in the first race at Sandown. The finish came in Fullwood's 38th start.

Bryce Fullwood is in his 2nd full-time season in the main game. He was 21st in Practice 1 but rose to 17th in Practice 2. He dropped to 23rd in Qualifying.

Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden started the race in the rear, but off the start Zane Goddard in the #35 UNIT Holden fell to the rear. At the end of Lap 1 Jake Kostecki in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden had fallen to the rear, pitting with Steering damage, falling to last, 6 laps down.

Garry Jacobson in the #22 Premair Hire Holden bumped Bryce Fullwood in the #2 Middy’s Electrical Holden, sending Fullwood’s car into the tires on Lap 2, triggering the first Safety Car of the race. Fullwood’s car was severely damaged, sending him to the garage on Lap 5, dropping to last on lap 9, but only 1 lap behind Kostecki.

Will Davison in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford went off on lap 31 and ingested a whole bunch of grass, causing overheating issues that caused Davison to plummet through the field in the last few laps on the race, dropping to 22^nd, 2 laps down, and briefly threatened to take the last place from Fullwood. Rounding out the Bottom Five was Fabian Coulthard in the #22 Local Legends Heat Sauce Holden and Garry Jacobson in the #19 Local Legends Heat Sauce Holden and Premair Hire Holden.

The Bottom Five

Bryce Fullwood	29 Laps	Running
Jake Kostecki	30 Laps	Running
Will Davison	34 Laps	Running
Fabian Coulthard	36 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson	36 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Anton De Pasquale	11	1	1	1
James Courtney	44	1	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Garry Jacobson	22	0	1	3
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	1	2
Macauley Jones	96	0	1	1
Jack Smith	4	0	1	1
Jake Kostecki	35	0	1	1
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Cameron Waters	6	0	0	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	2/2	2/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	1/2	1/2	1/2
Tickford Racing	3	1/3	1/3	3/3
Team Sydney	2	0	2/2	5/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	0	1/4	2/4
Tim Blanchard Racing	1	0	0	1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Ford	8	2/8	3/8	6/8
Holden	16	1/16	6/16	9/16

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.