Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Penultimate lap incident leaves Brady Meyers last, and leading, at Philip Island

Wednesday 10 August 2022

Penultimate lap incident leaves Brady Meyers last, and leading, at Philip Island

Brady Meyers picked up the 1^st last-place finish of the eSeries 2022 Pro Series when his #22 Pizza Hut Holden finished under power, on the lead lap at Philip Island.

Griffin Gardner in the #93 Penrite Ford started the race in the rear, but by the end of Lap 1, Luke Rosella in the #74 Shannons Ford had fallen to the back.

Dayne Warren in the #25 Optus/Mobil 1 Holden pitted and fell to the rear at the end of Lap 1. Jobe Stewart in the #30 Swyftx Holden pitted and fell to last.

Luke Rosella in the #74 Shannons Ford fell to last after pitting on Lap 7, then Jackson Souslin-Harlow in the #96 Automotive Superstore/tools.com Holden fell to last on Lap 9 after his pitstop, then Rosella fell to last on Lap 10, and fought with Rosella during the late stages of the race.

Last-Place was seemingly decided when Wayne Bourke in the #55 Snowy River Ford copped a pit-lane penalty, by on the penultimate lap Brady Meyers in the #22 Pizza Hut Holden went off the track and fell to last.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Luke Rosella in the #74 Shannons Ford, Ric Kuznetsov in the #83 Shure Holden and Corey Shepherd in the #100 Repco Ford.

The Bottom Five

Brady Meyers	15 Laps	Running
Wayne Bourke	15 Laps	Running
Luke Rosella	15 Laps	Running
Ric Kuznetsov	15 Laps	Running
Corey Shepherd	15 Laps	Running

Pro-Series Championship

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