Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: April 2021

Sunday 18 April 2021

Jacobson last at Symmonds Plains gives 8 from 8 for different last-place finishers in 2021

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Garry Jacobson picked up the 8th last-place finish of his career when his #22 Premair Hire Holden finished under power, on the lead lap in the final race at Symmonds Plains. The finish came in Jacobson's 73rd start.

Garry Jacobson is in his 3rd full-time season in the Supercars. He was 23rd in Practice 1 but rose to 19th in Practice 2. Then he fell to 22nd in Qualifying.

Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden started the race in the rear, but almost immediately Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden fell to the rear.

Pitstops started on Lap 6, with James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Ford pitted and dropped to last. The following lap Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt Tools/Nulonell to the rear. Lap 10 saw Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Ford pit and fall to the rear. Then, Garry Jacobson in the #22 Premair Hire Holden pitted and fell to last on lap 12.

He held it until Lap 22 when Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden pitted and fell to last. However, Smith ran down Garry Jacobson and dropped him to last on Lap 34, which he holds for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden, Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Ford, Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden and Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden.

The Bottom Five

Garry Jacobson	44 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	44 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	44 Laps	Running
Jake Kostecki	44 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	44 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jack Smith	4	1	4	5
Garry Jacobson	22	1	2	6
Macauley Jones	96	1	2	4
Anton De Pasquale	11	1	2	2
James Courtney	44	1	2	2
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Chaz Mostert	25	1	1	1
Nick Percat	8	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	3	6
Andre Heimgartner	7	0	2	2
Scott Pye	20	0	1	1
David Reynolds	26	0	1	1
Jake Kostecki	35	0	1	2
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	2
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Cameron Waters	6	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	3/2	3/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	6/4	9/4
Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	1/2	1/2	3/2
Tickford Racing	3	1/3	2/3	5/3
Team Sydney	2	1/2	4/2	11/2
Kelly Grove Racing	2	0	3/2	3/2
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	12/8	17/8
Holden	16	5/16	12/16	23/16

Saturday 17 April 2021

Multiple hits leaves Smith last at Symmonds Plains

Original by Fox Sports, edited by me.

Jack Smith picked up the 4th last-place finish of his career when his #4 SCT Logistics Holden was involved in two separate incidents that ended his race after 1 of the race's 44 laps. The finish came in Smith's 47th start, and now leads the 2021 Superlastcar championship.

Jack Smith is in his 2nd full-time season in the main game. He was 22nd in Practice 1 but rose to 21st in Practice 2. He jumped to 14th in Qualifying.

Garry Jacobson in the #22 Premair Hire Holden started the race in the rear, but it was carnage at Turn 4.

Jack LeBrocq in the #5 Truck Assist Ford got into the back of Anton DePasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Ford, spinning him. In the aftermath, Andre Heimagrtner in the #7 NED Ford spun Jack LeBreocq out.

At the same time, Fabian Coulthard in the #19 Local Legends Heat Sauce made contact with Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden, sending both cars to the garage. Coulthard lost 11 laps in repairs, while Jack Smith, after further contact with James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Holden, after contact with Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden retired with terminal damage and dropped to last. Courtney would lose 3 laps in repairs. Coulthard would retire shortly afterwards, and finish 2^nd last.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Holden after contact with Jack Smith, Jack LeBrocq in the #5 Truck Assist Holden after being penalised for turning Andre Heimgartner, and Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden after being penalised for contact with James Courtney.

The Bottom Five

Jack Smith	1 Lap	Crash
Fabian Coulthard	6 Laps	Crash
James Courtney	41 Laps	Running
Jack LeBrocq	43 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	44 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Jack Smith	4	1	3	4
Macauley Jones	96	1	2	3
Anton De Pasquale	11	1	2	2
James Courtney	44	1	2	2
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Chaz Mostert	25	1	1	1
Nick Percat	8	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	3	6
Garry Jacobson	22	0	1	5
Andre Heimgartner	7	0	1	1
Scott Pye	20	0	1	1
David Reynolds	26	0	1	1
Jake Kostecki	35	0	1	1
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	2
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Cameron Waters	6	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	3/2	3/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	5/4	7/4
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	2/3	5/3
Team Sydney	2	0	3/2	10/2
Kelly Grove Racing	2	0	2/2	2/2
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	11/8	16/8
Holden	16	4/16	10/16	19/16

First lap contact leaves Percat last at Symmonds Plains

Original by RJBATT.com, edited by me.

Nick Percat picked up the 12th last-place finish of his career when his #8 R&J’s Batteries Holden finished under power, 8 laps down in the first race at Launceston. The finish came in Percat's 227th start.

Percat is a veteran of the sport and is in his 8th full-time season. He was 14th in Practice 1, and stayed 14th in Practice 2. He then slipped to 19th in Qualifying.

Todd Hazelwood in the #14 Club Cadet Holden started the race in the rear after issues during qualifying, and fought with Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holen for last in the early laps.

Suddenly, Lap 2 at Turn 6 Nick Percat in the #8 R&J’s Batteries Holden was bumped into the wall, possibly by Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden, sending car #8 into the wall, losing 8 laps in repairs, dropping to last, where he would remain for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Bryce Fullwood in the #2 Middy's Electrical after contact with Tim Slade in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden on lap 15, Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Ford after stalling in his pitstop and struggling to restart the car, Fabian Coulthard in the #19 Local Legends Heat Sauce Holden after a lug nut and clutch issue during his pitstop and Garry Jacobson in the #22 Prematair Hire Holden.

The Bottom Five

Nick Percat	36 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	43 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartnet	43 Laps	Running
Fabian Coulthard	44 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson	44 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
Nick Percat	8	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	2	5
Jack Smith	4	0	2	3
Garry Jacobson	22	0	1	5
Andre Heimgartner	7	0	1	1
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	3/2	3/2
Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	2/4	4/4	5/4
Matt Stone Racing	2	1/2	1/2	2/2
Tickford Racing	3	1/3	1/3	3/3
Team Sydney	2	0	2/2	9/2
Kelly Grove Racing	2	0	2/2	2/2
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	9/8	13/8
Holden	16	3/16	9/16	17/16

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.