Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: June 2021

Wednesday 30 June 2021

Simulator Race: Buddy Baker last after multi-car crash at the 1988 Southern 500 Simulated

Buddy Baker finished last in DerpP's 1988 Southern 500 race at Darlington when his #33 Red Baron Pontiac was involved in a 4-car crash that ended his race after 94 of the race's 367 laps.

Right at the start of the race, Rick Wilson in the #4 Kodak Pontiac had a puncture that dropped him to last, 2 laps down. He held that until the restart on Lap 70 for a lap 64 crash involving Alan Kulwicki in the #7 Zerex Ford and Chad Little in the #19 Coors Ford.

On the restart, Benny Parsons BULLS-EYE Ford ran out of fuel, he lost 3 laps getting that rectified and fell to last.

He held it until Lap 94 when Buddy Baker in the #33 Red Baron Pontiac was turned into the wall by Sterling Marlin in the #44 Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile. Baker was then collected by Kyle Petty in the #21 CITGO Ford and Harry Gant in the #33 Skoal Bandit Chevrolet, completely destroying both cars and ending their races. Baker was last, while Gant was 2nd last.

The Bottom Five was determined in a massive crash on Lap 163.

Bobby Hillin Jr #8 Miller Lite Buick spins Alan Kulwicki in the #7 Zerex Ford and is then smashed into by Chad Little in the #19 Coors Ford.

Trying to avoid the crash, Darrell Waltrip in the #17 Tide Chevrolet spins and collects his teammates Geoff Bidone in the #5 Levi Garrett Chevrolet.

As Little and Kulwicki slide down they collide with Richard Petty in the #43 STP Pontiac and Eddie Bierschwaele in the #23 Wayne Paging Oldmobile, causing Chad Little in the #19 Coors Ford to flip. Then, Morgan Shepherd in the #57 Heinz Tomato Ketchup Ford caused Eddie to flip, then Petty flipped after contact with the #21 and #44.

After a rough race, including a tire blowout on lap 136, Kyle Petty in the #21 CITGO Ford finished 3rd last after the crash, then Chad Little in the #19 Coors Ford was 4th last, and Eddie Bierschwaele in the #23 Wayne Paging Oldsmobile, all retiring.

The Bottom Five

Buddy Baker	96 Laps	Crash
Harry Gant	96 Laps	Camshaft
Kyle Petty	161 Laps	Crash
Chad Little	162 Laps	Crash
Eddie Bierschwaele	163 Laps	Crash

Saturday 19 June 2021

Early race contact leaves Heimgartner last at Hidden Valley

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Andre Heimgartner picked up the 6th last-place finish of his career when his #7 NED Ford retired with Suspension issues after 3 of the race's 38 laps. The finish came in Heimgartner's 165th start.

Andre Heimgartner is in his 5th full-time season and got his first win at Tailem Bend last round. He was 16th in Practice 1 but fell to 19th in Practice 2. He qualified 13th.

Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden started the race in the rear but by the end of Lap 1 Jack LeBrocq in the #5 Truck Assist Ford had fallen to the rear.

Near the end of Lap 2 Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Ford fell to the rear, and pulled into the garage with Suspension damage, dropping to last. Initially, he lost 3 laps, but returned to the garage lap 8, retiring shortly afterwards.

Rounding outThe bottom 5 was Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden, Brodie Kostecki in the #99 Boost Mobile Holden, Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden and Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden.

The Bottom Five

Andre Heimgartner	3 Laps	Suspension
Jake Kostecki	38 Laps	Running
Brodie Kostecki	38 Laps	Running
Zane Goddard	38 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	38 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Garry Jacobson	22	2	5	9
Jack Smith	4	2	5	9
Macauley Jones	96	2	3	6
Anton De Pasquale	11	2	3	4
David Reynolds	26	1	2	3
James Courtney	44	1	2	2
Chaz Mostert	25	1	2	2
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Nick Percat	8	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	4	8
Jake Kostecki	35	0	3	4
Andre Heimgartner	7	1	3	3
Cameron Waters	6	0	1	2
Mark Winterbottom	18	0	1	2
Scott Pye	20	0	1	1
Todd Hazelwood	14	0	1	1
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Will Brown	9	0	1	1
Thomas Randle	55	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	3
Zane Goddard	35	0	0	3
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Kurt Kostecki	27	0	0	1
Brodie Kostecki	88	9	1	1

Team’s Championship

Team	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Brad Jones Racing	4	5/4	10/4	16/4
Dick Johnson Racing	2	2/2	4/2	5/2
Team Sydney	2	2/2	9/2	17/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	3	2/3	3/3	3/3
Kelly Grove Racing	2	1/2	4/2	5/2
Tickford Racing	4	1/4	5/4	8/4
Irwin Racing	2	0	2/2	3/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	0	1/2	3/2
Erebus 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	9	6/9	15/9	22/9
Holden	17	8/17	24/17	43/17

Steering Vibration leaves Jacobson last, and leading, at Hidden Valley

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Garry Jacobson picked up the 9th last-place finish of his career when his #22 Premair Hire Holden retired with a Steering Vibration after 18 of the race's 38 laps. The finish came in Jacobson's 78th start and brings him back to the top of the Superlastcar Championship.

Garry Jacobson is in his 3rd full-time season in Supercars. He was slowest in Practice 1, but rose to 24th in Practice 2, and kept 24th in Qualifying.

Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden started the race in the rear, but immediately Kurt Kostecki in the #27 Boost Mobile Holden fell to the rear, and battles with Smith early.

Lap 2 saw Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford fell to the rear. Randle got back past Smith on lap 4.

Then Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden fell to the rear after being punted by Kurt Kostecki in the #27 Castrol Ford.

Pitstops then began at the end of Lap 4, and Kurt Kostecki pitted and dropped to the rear, then on lap 6 Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden had a wheel nut problem during his pitstop, dropping to the rear in the process.

Lap 14 saw Jack Smith returns to last, though with Tim Slade in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden not far in front. Lap 17 saw Garry Jacobson in the #22 Permair Hire Holden pulled into the garage with a Steering Vibration, dropping to the rear. He got back out, but too many laps down to be classified.

Rounding out The bottom five was Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford after mechanical issues, Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden after an additional pitstop, Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden and Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden.

The Bottom Five

Garry Jacobson	18 Laps	Steering Vibration
Thomas Randle	31 Laps	Running
Jake Kostecki	37 Laps	Running
Jack Smith	38 Laps	Running
Zane Goddard	38 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Garry Jacobson	22	2	5	9
Jack Smith	4	2	5	8
Macauley Jones	96	2	3	6
Anton De Pasquale	11	2	3	4
David Reynolds	26	1	2	3
James Courtney	44	1	2	2
Chaz Mostert	25	1	2	2
Bryce Fullwood	2	1	1	1
Nick Percat	8	1	1	1
Fabian Coulthard	19	0	4	8
Jake Kostecki	35	0	2	3
Andre Heimgartner	7	0	2	2
Cameron Waters	6	0	1	2
Mark Winterbottom	18	0	1	2
Scott Pye	20	0	1	1
Todd Hazelwood	14	0	1	1
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Will Brown	9	0	1	1
Thomas Randle	55	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	3
Zane Goddard	35	0	0	2
Tim Slade	3	0	0	1
Kurt Kostecki	27	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Brad Jones Racing	4	5/4	10/4	16/4
Dick Johnson Racing	2	2/2	4/2	5/2
Team Sydney	2	2/2	9/2	17/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	3	2/3	3/3	3/3
Kelly Grove Racing	2	1/2	4/2	5/2
Tickford Racing	4	1/4	5/4	8/4
Irwin Racing	2	0	2/2	3/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	0	1/2	3/2
Erebus 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	9	6/9	15/9	22/9
Holden	17	8/17	24/17	43/17

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.