Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Speeding penalty leaves Blacklock last at Philip Island

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Speeding penalty leaves Blacklock last at Philip Island

Sam Blacklock picked up the 1st last-place finish of the eSeries All-Stars race at Philip Island when his #215 Swyftx Holden retired after 4 of the race's 14 laps.

Emily Jones in the #51 Cash Converters Mustang started the race in the rear, but initially Simon Feigl in the #83 Shure Holden fell to the rear.

An incident on lap 1 between Emily Jones in the #51 Cash Converters Mustang, Joshua Anderson in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Mustang, Jordan Caruso in the #12 Repco Ford and Sam Blacklock in the #215 Swyftx Holden, initially knocking Jones to the rear.

However, Lap 3 saw Blacklock drift to the rear after having to take a speeding penalty, which he held for the rest of the race, retiring the following lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Joshua Anderson in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden, Ethan Grigg-Gault in the #923 Logitech G Holden, Corey Shepherd in the #718 Pioneer DJ Mustang and Jordan Caurso in the #12 Repco Mustang.

The Bottom Five

Sam Blacklock	4 Laps	Retired
Josh Anderson	14 Laps	Running
Ethan Girgg-Gault	14 Laps	Running
Corey Shepered	14 Laps	Running
Jordan Caruso	14 Laps	Running

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Sam Blacklock	1	2	3
Emily Jones	1	1	2
Ethan Grigg-Gault	1	2	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
Brady Meyers	0	0	2
Jordan Caruso	0	0	2
Richard Hamstead	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.