Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Sunday at Tailem Bend

Sunday, 14 September 2025

Sunday at Tailem Bend

This is my Sunday report from Tailem Bend. My coverage will include the Warm-Up, other events, and also the race. The last-place report will be separate.

The big thing that happened during the Porsche Carrera Cup race was the tale of Indiran Padayachee. First, he hit the Seiko sign at the exit of pit-lane. His car surfed grassy expanses, then traversed across the track. Finally, his door came off on the pit straight. This caused a safety car.

Now we move toward the main event. The Supercars. And we start with the warm-up.

Also, happy 30th birthday to Anton De Pasquale, turning 30, and Nick Percat, who turns 36.

Before we start, however, Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1/Optus Ford) impeded Richie Stanaway (#62 Isuzu/Nulon Chevrolet) during qualifying. The stewards penalised him two grid positions for the race. This dropped Mostert from 8th to 10th.

Before the race, drivers practiced safety car procedures during warm-up.

While most teams got through the session unscathed, Grove Racing had issues with the right-front brake of the #19 Penrite Oils Ford. The #4 Supaglass Chevrolet also had door issues, while the #99 Erebus/Snap-On Chevrolet took the session easy.

The fastest driver was Ryan Wood (#2 Truck Assist/NTI Ford). Several drivers ran eight laps, while the #99 of Cooper Murray only ran two laps. The margin from 1st to 26th was 1.86 seconds.

Between the warm-up and the race, I asked a member of the Supercheap Auto Chevrolet about how they prepare their cars.

Initially, they placed the car inside the garage and built the surrounding garage. The inverse holds true at weekend’s close.

My Pa and I spotted three former drivers inside the hotel. Fabian Coulthard, Mark Skaife, and Steven Richards.

I got signatures from all 8 drivers at Brad Jones Racing, which was cool. The pictures of their autographs are below.

Andre Heimgartner and Declan Fraser

Macauley Jones and Jordan Boys

Bryce Fullwood and Brad Vaughn

Jaxon Evans and Jack Smith

Now we move on to the race, which was fun but a little underwhelming.

Don’t get me wrong, I love that Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood won the race. And it’s cool that the race went without a safety car, but it also meant the gaps between the cars grew larger with every lap.

I suspect it’s the atmosphere trackside that kept my interest, as I heard people saying the race was boring on the Discord server I’m on.

Overall, this was a fun few days, and I’m glad I got to share it with my Pa. We’re heading home tomorrow morning, and I can’t wait to talk other people’s ears off about it.

Thanks for reading, and coming soon will be my last-place report for the Tailem Bend 500.

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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.