Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: August 2021

Wednesday 25 August 2021

Multiple crashes leaves McLean last in Carnage led eSeries at Charlotte

Matt McLean picked up the 1st last-place finish of the 2021 eSeries event when his #54 Shure Holden was involved in multiple crashes that eventually ended his race after 33 of the race's 38 laps.

Sam Brabham in the #10 Brabham Mustang started the race in the rear, but immediately Tony D'Alberto in the #923 Logitech Mustang fell to the rear after contact.

Contact between Dylan O’Keefe in the #22 Premiair Hire Holden, Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Mustang and Matt McLean in the #54 Shure Holden left firstly McLean last, then OKeefe dropped to last shortly afterwards. Tony D'Alberto then crashed on Lap 11 trying to get into the pitlane.

Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt entry lost 4 laps starting Lap 11, dropping to the rear Lap 15.

On the restart on lap 19, Tony D'Alberto, Sam Brabham, Scott Pye and Matt McLean were all fighting for the last place 3 laps down. Brabham lost 2 more laps in the chaos, despite a massive crash between the leaders, Jake Kostecki in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden and Matt Chada in the #18 Shannons Mustang.

Matt McLean had another massive crash on Lap 35 that ended his race and left him last.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Sam Brabham in the #10 Repco Mustang Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Mustang, Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt Holden and Jayden Ojeda in the #31 Swyftx Holden.

The Bottom Five

Matt McLean	33 Laps	Crash
Sam Brabham	33 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	35 Laps	Running
Scott Pye	36 Laps	Crash
Jayden Ojeda	36 Laps	Running

The Bottom Five

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Matt McLean	1	1	1
Sam Brabham	0	1	1
Andre Heimgartner	0	1	1
Scott Pye	0	0	1
Jayden Ojeda	0	0	1

Pit-Lane Penalty leaves Blake Purdie last at the Red Bull Ring

Blake Purdie picked up his 1^st last-place finish of the 2021 Pro eSeries event after his #48 Shannons Mustang finished under power, 1 lap down in the first race at Red Bull Ring.

Sam Backlock in the #23 squftx Holden started the race in the rear, but by Lap 4 Brady Meyers in the #22 Shell V-Power Mustang had dropped to the rear.

The first round of pitstops saw Corey Shepherd in the #718 Pioneer DJ Mustang fell to the rear, then Wayne Bourke in the #89 Shannons Mustang pitted and fell to the rear.

Lap 7 saw Jordan Caruso in the #12 Repco Mustang pitted and fell to the rear, then Lap 9 saw Blake Purdie in the #48 Shannons Mustang copping a pit-lane penalty for Contact, and when he took it, he dropped to last, where he stayed for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Wayne Bourke in the #89 Penrite entry, Corey Shepherd in the #718 Pioneer DJ Mustang, Jordan Caruso in the #12 Repco Mustang, and Simon Feigl in the #83 Shure Holden

The Bottom Five

Blake Purdie	12 Laps	Running
Wayne Bourke	13 Laps	Running
Corey Shepard	13 Laps	Running
Jordan Caruso	13 Laps	Running
Simon Feigl	13 Laps	Running

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Blake Purdie	1	1	1
Wayne Bourke	0	1	1
Corey Sheperd	0	1	1
Jordan Caruso	0	0	1
Simon Feigl	0	0	1

eSeries Entry Lists

The Full All-Stars Grid

Driver	Car #	Sponsor
Dayne Warren	#2	Middy's Electrical
Josh Anderson	#3	Cooldrive Distribution
Jackson Souslin-Harlow	#4	RJ Batteries
Jake Burton	#8	Dunlop
Jobe Stewart	#9	WD-40
Jordan Caruso	#12	Life Changer
Madison Down	#14	Ryco
Cooper Webster	#18	Irwin Tools
Ryan Wood	#19	PremiAir Hire
Brady Meyers	#22	Shell V-Power
Andrew Gilliam	#35	Yellow Cover
Richard Hamstead	#44	Boost Mobile
Blake Purdie	#48	Shannons
Emily Jones	#51	Cash Converters
Ethan Warren	#55	Tickford
Fawan El-Nabi	#62	Bathurst 1000 Boot Party
Simon Feigl	#83	Shure
Wayne Bourke	#89	Shannons
James Scott	#98	BP Ultimate
Jarred Fisell	#99	Boost Mobile
Sam Blacklock	#215	swyftx
Corey Shephers	#718	Pioneer DJ
Ethan Grigg-Gault	#923	Logitech

The Full Pro-Series Grid

Driver	Car #	Sponsor
Oscar Piastri	#2	BP Ultimate
Matthew Payne	#3	Cooldrive Distribution
Jack LeBrocq	#5	Truck Assist
Cameron Waters	#6	Monster Energy
Sam Brabham	#10	Repco
Anton De Pasquale	#11	Shell V-Power
Todd Hazelwood	#14	Dunlop
James Davison	#15	Greatest Generations Foundation
Matt Chada	#18	Shannons
Scott Pye	#20	DeWalt
Dylan O'Keefe	#22	PremiAir Hire
Chaz Mostert	#25	Appliances Online
Jayden Ojeda	#31	Swyftx
Jake Kostecki	#35	Yellow Cover
Garret Smithley	#51	Rick Ware Racing
Matt McLean	#54	Shure
Thomas Randle	#55	BP Ultimate
Richie Stanaway	#62	Bathurst 1000 Boot Party
Justin Ruggier	#88	Cash Converters
Jack Atiken	#89	Truck Assist
Macauley Jones	#96	Coca-Cola
Brodie Kostecki	#99	Boost Mobile
James Golding	#131	Pioneer DJ
Tony D'Alberto	#923	Logitech

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.