Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Transaxle failure leaves Jacobson last at Wanneroo

Sunday 1 May 2022

Transaxle failure leaves Jacobson last at Wanneroo

Garry Jacobson picked up the 13th last-place finish of his career when his #76 Subway Holden retired with Transaxle failure after 39 of the race's 46 laps. The finish came in Jacobson's 106th start.

Garry Jacobson is in his 4th full-time season, and started with Kelly Racing for his full-time rookie year, before moving to Matt Stone Racing, then to Team Sydney, and its successor PremAir Racing.

Nick Percat in the #2 NTI/Mobil 1 Holden started the race in the rear, but Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford was spun out by Mark Winterbottom in the #18 Irwin Tools/Fuchs Holden, sending Randle to the rear, then Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden fell to last by the end of Lap 2.

The first pitstop was Nick Percat in the #2 NTI/Mobile 1 Holden was pitted on Lap 11 and fell to the rear. Jack LeBrocq pitted on Lap 13 and fell to the rear. Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden then dropped to last after his pitstop on Lap 16. Lap 22 saw Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden pit and fall to last. Mark Winterbottom in the #18 Irwin Tools/Fuchs Holden pitted on Lap 28 and, after serving his 15-second penalty, fell to last.

The day went from bad to worse for Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford went off at Turn 1 on Lap 29, then pitted Lap 30 and fell to last.

Lap 41 saw Garry Jacobson in the #76 Subway Holden stopped on track with a Transaxle failure on Lap 41, triggering the only Safety Car of the race.

Next out of the race was Jake Kostecki in the #56 Tradie Ford after being taken out by cousin Brodie Kostecki in the #99 Boost Mobile Holden, the latter got a pit-lane penalty, leaving him Bottom 5, split by Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford. Rounding out the Bottom Five was Mark Winterbottom in the #18 Irwin Tools/Fuchs Holden.

The Bottom Five

Garry Jacobson	39 Laps	Transaxle
Jake Kostecki	44 Laps	Crash
Thomas Randle	45 Laps	Running
Brodie Kostecki	46 Laps	Running
Mark Winterbottom	46 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jack LeBrocq	3	4	5
2	Scott Pye	3	3	3
3	Garry Jacobson	2	2	2
4	Jake Kostecki	1	4	4
5	Jack Smith	1	3	5
6	Andre Heimgartner	1	3	3
7	Bryce Fullwood	1	1	4
8	Chris Pither	0	3	4
9T	Will Brown	0	3	3
10T	David Reynolds	0	2	3
10T	Nick Percat	0	2	3
12T	Macauley Jones	0	1	3
12T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	3
12T	Thomas Randle	0	1	3
15T	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	1
15T	Will Davison	0	1	1
17	Lee Holdsworth	0	0	3
18	Brodie Kostecki	0	0	2
19T	Cameron Waters	0	0	1
19T	James Courtney	0	0	1
19T	Mark Winterbottom	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Matt Stone Racing	2	3/2	4/2	4/2
2	Team 18	2	3/2	3/2	4/2
3	Premair Racing	2	2/2	5/2	6/2
4	Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	8/4	15/4
5	Tickford Racing	4	1/4	6/4	13/4
6	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	3/2	6/2
7T	Erebus Racing	2	0	3/2	5/2
7T	Grove Racing	2	0	2/2	4/2
9	Dick Johnson Racing	2	0	2/2	2/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	No	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Holden	16	11/16	21/16	40/16
2	Ford	9	1/9	9/9	20/9

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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.