Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: September 2021

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Blacklock eSeries champ as Filsell flips out of Hungaroring race

Jarrad Filsell picked up the 1^st last-place finish of the Supercars eSeries when his #99 Erebus Holden crashed out without completing a single lap of the 12 lap race at the Hungaroring. This last-place finish secures victory for Sam Blacklock.

Sam Blacklock in the #215 Swytfx Holden started the race in the rear, but Jarrad Filsell in the #99 Erebus Holden was flipped by Ryan Wood in the #19 Premair Hire Holden, after being crashed into by Emily Jones in the #51 Cash Converters Ford, KO'ing Filsell from the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Corey Shepherd in the #78 Pioneer DJ Mustang, Jobe Stewart in the #9 Erebus Holden, Emily Jones in the #51 Cash Converters Mustang and James Scott in the #98 BP Ultimate Mustang.

The Bottom Five

Jarrad Filsell	0 Laps	Crash
Corey Shepherd	12 Laps	Running
Jobe Stewart	12 Laps	Running
Emily Jones	12 Laps	Running
James Scott	12 Laps	Running

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Sam Blacklock (CHAMPION)	1	2	3
Blake Purdie	1	2	2
Ethan Grigg-Gault	1	2	2
Emily Jones	1	1	3
Jackson Souslin Harlow	1	1	1
Jarrad Filsell	1	1	1
Corey Sheperd	0	2	3
Jobe Stewart	0	2	2
Wayne Bourke	0	1	2
Simon Feigl	0	1	2
Josh Anderson	0	1	1
Madison Down	0	1	1
Brady Meyers	0	1	1
Jordan Caruso	0	0	2
Richard Hamstead	0	0	1
Cooper Webster	0	0	1
Ryan Wood	0	0	1
James Scott	0	0	1

Wednesday 22 September 2021

Mid-race crash leaves Jones and Souslin Harlow last at Bathurst

Macauley Jones and Jackson-Souslin Harlow picked up their first last-place finish of the Series 2021 when their #96 Coca-Cola Holden crashed out after 6 of the race's 20 laps.

Andre Heiomgartner and Wayne Bourke in the #7 NED Mustang started the race in the rear, but James Scott in the #55 BP Ultimate Mustang dropped to the rear after a last-minute swap.

Sam Brabham crashed at turn 1 Lap 1 and dropped to the rear.

Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden crashed out hard on lap 3, collected by Matt Chada in the #48 Shannona's Mustang, finishing them last.

Rounding out the Bottom five was Matt Chadda and Blake Purdie in the #27 Shannons Mustang, Jobe Stewart and Jaylan Robotham in the #9 WD-40 Holden, Scott Pye and Cooper Webster in the #18 DeWalt Holden and Garry Jacobson and Ryan Wood in the #22 Premair Hire Holden after crashing at Forest Elbow on lap 16.

The Bottom Five

Macauley Jones/Jackson-Souslin Harlow	6 Laps	Crash
Matt Chada/Blake Purdie	19 Laps	Running
Jobe Stewart/Jaylan Robotham	19 Laps	Running
Scott Pye/Cooper Webster	20 Laps	Running
Garry Jacobson/Ryan Wood	20 Laps	Running

The Bottom Five

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Andre Heimgartner	1	2	2
Matt McLean	1	1	2
Will Davison	1	1	1
Richie Stanaway	1	1	1
Macauley Jones	1	1	1
Sam Brabham	0	2	2
Scott Pye	0	1	3
Todd Hazelwood	0	1	1
Matthew Payne	0	1	1
Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
Thomas Randle	0	1	1
Matt Chada	0	1	1`
Jaylan Robotham	0	1	1
Jayden Ojeda	0	0	2
Tony D’Alberto	0	0	2
Zane Goddard	0	0	1
Zak Best	0	0	1
Garry Jacobson	0	0	1

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Sam Blacklock	1	2	3
Ethan Grigg-Gault	1	2	2
Emily Jones	1	1	2
Blake Purdie	1	1	1
Wayne Bourke	0	2	2
Simon Feigl	0	1	2
Corey Sheperd	0	1	2
Josh Anderson	0	1	1
Madison Down	0	1	1
Jobe Stewart	0	1	1
Brady Meyers	0	0	2
Jordan Caruso	0	0	2
Richard Hamstead	0	0	1
Cooper Webster	0	0	1
Ryan Wood	0	0	1

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Heimgartner last, and leading, after incidents at Monza

Andre Heimgartner picked up the 1st last-place finish of the eSeries All-Stars when his #7 NED Ford finished under power, 1 lap down in the race at Monza.

Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca-Cola Holden started the race in the rear but at turn 1 there was a multi-car incident as Richie Stanaway in the #62 Bathurst 1000 Boot Party Holden turned Anton De Pasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Mustang, Todd Hazelwood in the #14 Dunlop Holden turned Matt McLean in the #54 Shure Holden, and Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt Holden turned Jack LeBrocq in the #5 Truck Assist Mustang, dropping LeBrocq to the rear.

A couple of laps later Thomas Randle in the #55 BP Ultimate Mustang flipped wildly and fell to the rear.

Randle held last until Lap 9 when Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Mustang fell to last, where he would stay for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt Holden, Thomas Randle in the #55 BP Ultimate Mustang, Jayden OJeda in the #31 Swyftx Holden and Tony D’Alberto in the #923 Logitech G Mustang.

The Bottom Five

Andre Heimgartner	11 Laps	Running
Scott Pye	11 Laps	Running
Thomas Randle	12 Laps	Running
Jayden Ojeda	12 Laps	Running
Tony D’Alberto	12 Laps	Running

The Bottom Five

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Andre Heimgartner	1	2	2
Matt McLean	1	1	2
Will Davison	1	1	1
Richie Stanaway	1	1	1
Sam Brabham	0	2	2
Scott Pye	0	1	2
Todd Hazelwood	0	1	1
Matthew Payne	0	1	1
Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
Jayden Ojeda	0	0	2
Tony D’Alberto	0	0	2
Zane Goddard	0	0	1
Zak Best	0	0	1
Thomas Randle	0	1	1

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.