Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Electrical failure leaves Fullwood last at Sydney Motorsport Park

Friday 12 November 2021

Electrical failure leaves Fullwood last at Sydney Motorsport Park

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Bryce Fullwood picked up the 3rd last-place finish of his career when his #2 Middy's Electrical Holden retired with Electrical issues after 18 of the race's 32 laps. The finish came in Fullwood's 61st start.

Bryce Fullwood is in his 2nd full-time season and has one podium to his name. He was 12th in Practice 1 but rose to 10th in Practice 2. He slipped back to 12th in Qualifying.

Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden started the race in the rear, but between Turns 1 and 2, James Courtney in the #44 Boost Mobile Holden was turned by Tim Slade in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden after slightly earlier contact with Scott Pye in the #20 DeWalt Holden, sending Courtney sliding against the wall, dropping him to last.

First pitstops started on lap 6, and Tim Slade in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden pitted and fell to last.

Next to the pit was Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Ford on lap 9, switching last with Slade. Macauley Jones in the #96 Coca Cola Holden pitted on lap 11 and fell to last, followed by Garry Jacobson in the #22 Muscle Car Warehouse Holden after his Lap 12 pitstop, followed by Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden pitting and falling to last on Lap 14.

Nick Percat in the #8 R & J Batteries Holden was steered into the garage on Lap 16 with Suspension failure, dropping him to last, losing 7 laps in repairs.

He held last until Bryce Fullwood in the #2 Middy's Electrical Holden shut off with Electrical issues, triggering the first Safety Car of the race. Fullwood would drop to last on Lap 25.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Cameron Waters in the #6 Monster Energy Ford was taken out by Jack LeBrocq in the #5 Truck Assist Ford on lap 21, taking Waters out of the race and handing LeBrocq a drive-through penalty. Waters lost 3 laps in repairs.

Courtney and, post-race, Luke Youlden rounded out the Bottom Five.

The Bottom Five

Bryce Fullwood	18 Laps	Electrical
Nick Percat	25 Laps	Running
Cameron Waters	29 Laps	Running
James Courtney	31 Laps	Running
Luke Youlden	32 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Driver	Car No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Macauley Jones	96	4	6	9
Anton De Pasquale	11	3	4	5
Garry Jacobson	22	2	6	13
Jack Smith	4	2	6	11
Zane Goddard	35	2	4	9
Andre Heimgartner	7	2	4	5
James Courtney	44	2	4	5
Bryce Fullwood	2	2	2	4
Fabian Coulthard	19	1	8	15
Jake Kostecki	35	1	6	8
Todd Hazelwood	14	1	4	4
David Reynolds	26	1	3	5
Nick Percat	8	1	2	3
Chaz Mostert	25	1	2	2
Will Brown	9	1	2	2
Scott Pye	20	0	3	4
Brodie Kostecki	88	0	3	4
Cameron Waters	6	0	2	3
Mark Winterbottom	18	0	1	3
Tim Slade	3	0	1	2
Thomas Randle	55	0	1	2
Kurt Kostecki	27	0	1	2
Luke Youdlen	26	0	1	2
Will Davison	17	0	1	1
Jamie Whincup	88	0	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	5	0	0	5
Shane Van Gisbergen	97	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Brad Jones Racing	4	8/4	18/4	26/4
Team Sydney	2	3/2	14/2	27/2
Matt Stone Racing	2	3/2	7/2	12/2
Dick Johnson Racing	2	3/2	5/2	6/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	3	3/3	6/3	8/3
Kelly Grove Racing	3	2/3	8/3	10/3
Tickford Racing	4	2/4	8/4	14/4
Erebus Racing	3	1/3	4/3	6/3
Irwin Racing	2	0	3/2	7/2
Tim Blanchard Racing	1	0	1	2
Red Bull Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	17	17/17	56/17	96/17
Ford	9	9/9	23/9	35/9

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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.