Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship

Saturday, 15 March 2025

Crash at Turn 11 leaves Cooper Murray last at Albert Park, taking an early last-place lead.

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Cooper Murray picked up the 3rd last-place finish of his career when his #99 TTG Chevrolet was involved in a single-car crash after 7 of 15 laps. The finish came in his 12th start.

A strong driver, Cooper Murray, finished 4th for Eggleston Motorsports in 2023, achieving 2 wins and 4 podiums. He was co-driver for Sandown and Bathurst in 2024. Murray was also a wildcard at Hidden Valley, where he finished last for the first time after a first-lap mounting by Andre Heimgartner. With Jack LeBrocq withdrawing from the Adelaide race for the impending arrival of his child, Cooper Murray replaced him. He got his 2nd last-place finish here after a mechanical failure left him several laps down. For 2025, Murray would be a teammate to Jack LeBrocq, replacing the departing Brodie Kostecki. Murray’s first round performance was difficult, with a 2nd to last place finish in the third race at Sydney Motorsport Park and no finish higher than 17th. At Albert Park, Murray sought a reversal of fortune. The Supercars series was to be a support event for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.

Murray would be 4th in Practice 1, drifted to 7th in Practice 2, but recovered to 5th in Qualifying. Murray also scored his best result to date, a 9th, in the previous race.

Aaron Cameron started the race in the rear in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford. Multiple first-lap incidents happened. Firstly, Brodie Kostecki hit Cooper Murray in the #99 TGG Chevrolet, sending Murray into Matt Payne in the #19 Penrite Oils Ford, and Payne spun down to the rear.

At that same corner, David Reynolds in the #20 Tradie Chevrolet half-spun Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford. Reynolds and Bryce Fullwood in the #14 Middy’s Electrical Chevrolet collided at Turn 4, causing Reynolds to spin with a flat tyre, leaving both in the last two places.

A few turns later, Chaz Mostert in the #25 Mobile 1/Optus Ford punted James Golding in the #31 Nulon Chevrolet, triggering the first Safety Car of the race.

Following a restart on lap 7, Macauley Jones in the #96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet collided with Cooper Murray in the #99 TGG Chevrolet at Turn 11. This sent Murray into the fence, ending his race and causing the second safety car period. He finished last.

With Murray last and Golding 23rd, the last three places of the Bottom Five were up for grabs. By race end, Fullwood was 22nd with damage from Lap 1. Jack LeBrocq in the #9 Tyrepower Chevrolet was 21st, and Aaron Cameron in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford was 20th.

The Bottom Five

Cooper Murray	7 Laps	Crash
James Golding	14 Laps	Running
Chaz Mostert	15 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	15 Laps	Running
Jack LeBrocq	15 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Cooper Murray	1	3	3
2T	Richie Stanaway	1	2	3
2T	James Golding	1	2	3
4T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
4T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
6T	Jack LeBrocq	1	1	3
6T	David Reynolds	0	1	3
8T	Will Davison	0	1	2
8T	Kai Allen	0	1	2
8T	Aaron Cameron	0	1	2
11T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
11T	Bryce Fullwood	0	1	1
11T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
14T	Nick Percat	0	0	1
14T	Cameron Hill	0	0	1
14T	Thomas Randle	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Nulon Racing	2	2/2	4/2	6/2
2	Erebus Motorsports	2	2/2	3/2	5/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	3	1/3	3/3	3/3
4	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	2/3	4/3
5	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	2/2	2/2
6T	Team 18	2	0	1/2	3/2
6T	Dick Johnson Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2
7	Grove Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2
8	Tickford Racing	2	0	0	1/2
9	Brad Jones Racing	4	0	0	1/4

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	5/15	1115	18/15
2	Ford	11	1/10	7/10	9/10

Thursday, 13 March 2025

Hard crash leaves Jack LeBrocq last at Albert Park

Original by TomcatNASCAT_2 on Twitter, edited by me

Jack LeBrocq picked up the 17th last-place finish in his career when his #9 Tyrepower Chevrolet crashed out on the first lap of the second race at Albert Park. The finish came in LeBrocq’s 236th start.

Jack LeBrocq is in his 8th full-time season, one of five 2018 rookies alongside Richie Stanaway, Anton De Pasquale, Todd Hazelwood, and James Golding. Jack is one of only two drivers who have had a ride through his eight years. Stanaway and Golding spent time out of the sport. Hazelwood has been out since replacing Brodie Kostecki at Erebus Motorsports for the first two races of 2024 because of mental health issues. Jack LeBrocq debuted with Tekno Autosports. He moved to Tickford in 2020 and won his first race with them. LeBrocq then moved to Matt Stone Racing in 2022. In 2023, he won his second race before moving to Erebus Motorsports in 2024.

James Courtney started the race in the rear in the #7 Snowy River Caravans Ford after a practice crash left him unable to qualify. At Turn Five, the collision between Ryan Wood in the #2 Mobil 1/Truck Assist Ford and Jack LeBrocq in the #9 Tyrepower Chevrolet resulted in car #9 crashing, triggering the race’s first safety car. Wood plunged to 22nd because of a pit-lane penalty because of that incident.

After the restart, Aaron Cameron, in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford, fell behind teammate Courtney. In the following lap, Thomas Randle, in the #55 Castrol Ford, turned David Reynolds in the #20 Tradie Chevrolet. Reynolds got bogged in the sand, triggering the second Safety Car of the race. Reynolds lost one lap while being retrieved. Nobody would lose time to finish behind Reynolds. However, a couple of cars would drift to the back because of damage sustained in a few incidents.

Richie Stanaway in the #62 Isuzu Trucks Chevrolet and Thomas Randle in the #55 Castrol Ford filled the rest of the Bottom Five.

The Bottom Five

Jack LeBrocq	0 Laps	Crash
David Reynolds	11 Laps	Running
Ryan Wood	12 Laps	Running
Richie Stanaway	12 Laps	Running
Thomas Randle	12 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Richie Stanaway	1	2	3
2T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
2T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
4T	Jack LeBrocq	1	1	2
4T	James Golding	1	1	2
6	Cooper Murray	0	2	2
7	David Reynolds	0	1	3
8T	Will Davison	0	1	2
8T	Kai Allen	0	1	2
10T	Aaron Cameron	0	1	1
10T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
12T	Nick Percat	0	0	1
12T	Cameron Hill	0	0	1
12T	Thomas Randle	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Nulon Racing	2	2/2	3/2	5/2
2	Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	3	1/3	3/3	3/3
4	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	2/3	4/3
5	Team 18	2	0	1/2	3/2
6T	Dick Johnson Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2
6T	Grove Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2
7	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	1/2	1/2
8	Tickford Racing	2	0	0	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	4/15	915	14/15
2	Ford	11	1/10	6/10	8/10

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.