Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Multiple hits leaves Smith last at Symmonds Plains

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

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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.