Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: August 2022

Thursday 25 August 2022

Dayne Warren Pro Series Champion after Jake Burton finished last at Oran Park

Jake Burton picked up the 1st last-place finish of the 2022 eSeries Pro Series when his #8 Dunlop Holden finished under power, on the lead lap in the final race at Oran Park.

This result means Dayne Warren in the #25 Optus/Mobil 1 Holden is the Champion of the Pro Series.

Emily Jones in the #51 Pioneer DJ Ford started the race in the rear, but after contact coming out of Turn 4 Jake Burton in the #8 Dunlop Holden was pushed into the fence.

Then Jake Moloney in the #98 BP Ultimate Mustang fell to last. Griffin Gardner in the #93 Penrite Ford fell to last by Lap 3.

Then Corey Shepherd in the #100 Repco Ford fell to last after getting caught in a crash.

Burton would then fall to last on Lap 5 after his pitstop, with Gardner pitting on Lap 9 and dropping to last. Burton returned to last on Lap 11 after Brenton Hobson in the #88 Cash Convertors Ford spun him off the track. Burton would remain last for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Josh Anderson in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Holden, Brenton Hobson in the #88 Cash Convertors Ford, Griffin Gardner in the #93 Penrite Ford and Ric Kuznetsov in the #83 Shure Holden.

The Bottom Five

Jake Burton	22 Laps	Running
Josh Anderson	22 Laps	Running
Brenton Hobson	22 Laps	Running
Griffin Gardner	22 Laps	Running
Ric Kuznetsov	22 Laps	Running

Pro-Series Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Dayne Warren (CHAMPION)	2	2	3
Jackson Souslin-Harlow	1	3	4
Brady Meyers	1	3	3
Andrew Gilliam	1	2	2
Cooper Webster	1	1	1
Jobe Stewart	0	2	3
Jake Moloney	0	2	2
Luke Rosella	0	1	3
Emily Jones	0	1	3
Wayne Bourke	0	1	1
Ric Kuznetsov	0	0	2
Corey Shepherd	0	0	2
Brenton Hobson	0	0	1

Matt MeLean All Stars Champion after Jordan Cox finishes last with Internet issues at Oran Park

Jordan Cox picked up the 1^st last-place finish of the eSeries All-Stars when he retired with Internet issues after 2 of the race’s 22 laps. This finish means Matt McLean is champion.

Jordan Cox in the #33 Swyftx Holden started the race in the rear, but seven drivers failed to start the race, including Jordan Cox in the #33 Swyftx Holden retired shortly after starting the race, securing last.

Zak Best in the #98 BP Ultimate Ford and Andre Heimgartner in the #8 R&J Batteries Holden got together at the end of Lap 1, then spun out later in the race, dropping 2 laps, though he would get one lap back in the Safety Car. Rounding out the Bottom Five was Jayden Ojeda in the #2 NTI/Mobil 1 Holden after running out of fuel on Lap 10, James Golding in the #31 Pioneer DJ Ford dropped a lap after an incident and Cameron Crick in the #38 Pizza Hut Holden after he got served wide by Andre Heimgartner in the #8 R&J Batteries Holden on Lap 20.

The Bottom Five

Jordan Cox	2 Laps	Internet
Zak Best	20 Laps	Running
Jayden Ojeda	21 Laps	Running
James Golding	22 Laps	Running
Cameron Crick	22 Laps	Running

All-Star championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Matt McLean (CHAMPION)	2	3	3
Zak Best	1	4	4
Jayden Ojeda	1	2	5
Jack LeBrocq	1	2	2
Jordan Boys	0	1	3
Jordan Cox	1	1	2
Jake Kostecki	1	1	1
Cameron Crick	0	2	3
Cooper Murray	0	1	1
Blake Purdie	0	1	1
Aaron Borg	0	1	1
Jake Boyd	0	1	1
Clay Richards	0	0	3
James Golding	0	0	2
Thomas Randle	0	0	1
Thomas Maxwell	0	0	1
Jackson Walls	0	0	1

Sunday 21 August 2022

Late race Suspension failure leaves Jack LeBrocq last, and Superlastcar Leader, at Sandown

Jack LeBrocq picked up the 11th last-place finish of his career when his #34 Truck Assist Holden retired with Suspension issues reasons after 32 of the race's 36 laps. The finish came in LeBrocq's 160th start, and LeBrocq takes the lead in the 2022 Superlastcar Championship.

Taking the lead from Scott Pye, who has missed two races due to massive crashes, says a lot about how tough his 5th full-time season has been for Jack LeBrocq. He was 15th in Practice 1 but slipped to 19th in Practice 3. He returned to 15th in Qualifying.

Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden started the race last, again, but at turn 3 Jake Kostecki in the #56 Tradie Ford got turned around, collecting Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden, Macauley Jones in the #96 DrillPro/tools.com Holden and Todd Hazelwood in the #35 Trick Assist Holden, Hazelwood copped the worst, forced to the garage and to last, losing 7 laps in repairs.

Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden had to pit twice to work on the bonnet which was heavily damaged in the lap 1 crash.

Anton de Pasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Ford ran over the back of teammate Will Davison in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford, damaging the steering on car #11, sending Anton to the garage, losing 6 laps in repairs.

Just as it seemed that Hazelwood would pick up last place, teammate Jack LeBrocq in the #34 Truck Assist Holden retired with 3 laps to go, dropping to last place post-race. Rounding out the Bottom Five was Nick Percat in the #2 NTI/Mobile 1 Holden after Power Steering issues and Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden after bonnet issues.

The Bottom Five

Jack LeBrocq	32 Laps	Suspension
Todd Hazelwood	29 Laps	Running
Anton De Pasquale	30 Laps	Running
Nick Percat	34 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	34 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jack LeBrocq	5	7	8
2	Scott Pye	5	6	6
3	Jake Kostecki	2	8	10
4	Andre Heimgartner	2	5	5
5	Garry Jacobson	2	3	4
6	James Courtney	2	2	3
7	Zak Best	2	2	2
8	Jack Smith	1	6	11
9	Chris Pither	1	5	10
10	Will Brown	1	5	5
11	Nick Percat	1	3	5
12	Chaz Mostert	1	2	4
13	Bryce Fullwood	1	1	6
14T	Thomas Randle	0	3	5
14T	David Reynolds	0	3	5
16	Todd Hazelwood	0	2	8
17T	Lee Holdsworth	0	2	5
17T	Brodie Kostecki	0	2	5
19	Jordan Boys	0	2	4
20	Anton De Pasquale	0	2	2
21	Macauley Jones	0	1	5
22T	James Golding	0	1	3
22T	Jayden Ojeda	0	1	2
24T	Mark Winterbottom	1	1	2
24T	Will Davison	0	1	1
26T	Cameron Waters	0	0	1
26T	Tim Slade	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	No.	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Team 18	2	6/2	7/2	8/2
2	Matt Stone Racing	2	5/2	9/2	15/2
3	Tickford Racing	5	6/5	16/5	24/5
4	Premair Racing	3	3/3	8/3	16/3
5	Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	12/4	27/4
6	Walkinshaw Andretti United	3	2/3	6/3	11/3
7	Erebus Racing	3	1/3	10/3	13/3
8	Grove Racing	2	0	5/2	8/2
9	Dick Johnson Racing	2	0	3/2	3/2
10	Cooldrive Racing	1	0	0	1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	No	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Holden	18	20/18	48/18	89/18
2	Ford	9	6/9	24/9	39/9

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.