Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Early race crash leaves Davison last at Pocono

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Early race crash leaves Davison last at Pocono

Will Davison picked up the 1^st last-place finish of his 2021 Eseries campaign when his #17 Shell V-Power Ford finished under power, 3 laps down in the race at Pocono.

Sam Brabham in the #10 Repco Mustang started the race in the ring, but by the end of Lap 1 Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden had fallen to last.

Matt McLean in the #54 Shure Holden and Will Davison in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford collided on lap 3, also collecting Matthew Pane in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden and Todd Hazelwood in the #14 Black Duck Holden, dropping Davison to last first then McLean.

Davison returned to last on Lap 14, and lost another lap on Lap 15, ending 3 laps down.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Sam Brabham in the #10 Repco Mustang, Todd Hazelwood in the #14 Black Duck Holden, Matthew McLean in the #54 Shure Holden and Zane Goddard in the #35 Yellow Cover Holden.

The Bottom Five

Will Davison	20 Laps	Running
Sam Brabham	21 Laps	Running
Todd Hazelwood	22 Laps	Running
Matthew McLean	22 Laps	Running
Zane Goddard	23 Laps	Running

The Bottom Five

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Will Davison	1	1	1
Matt McLean	1	1	2
Sam Brabham	0	2	2
Andre Heimgartner	0	1	1
Todd Hazelwood	0	1	1
Scott Pye	0	0	1
Jayden Ojeda	0	0	1
Zane Goddard	0	0	1

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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 Car #6 was withdrawn, and therefore I don't count Mostert and Waters as finishing last.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.