Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship

Friday, 20 February 2026

Power Steering Failure leaves Cooper Murray last at Sydney

Credit to Supercars

Cooper Murray (#99 Total Energy Chevrolet) finished last for the 5th time in his career. The retirement came with power steering failure after 8 of the race’s 26 laps. The finish came in Murray’s 40th start.

Cooper Murray is in his 2nd full-time season for Erebus Motorsports, and after a difficult 2025 with 3 last-place finishes, Murray hoped better results came this year. Total Energy came aboard as a full-time sponsor for 2026.

In the only practice session, Murray was 12th.

Macauley Jones (#96 Alpha Theta Toyota) started the race last and held last place during the early laps.

Jones would remain last until Lap 9. Exiting Turn 11, Cooper Murray (#99 Total Energy Chevrolet) would report heavy steering and pull into the garage that lap.

A quick check revealed a power steering failure, which ended his race.

The bottom five took the rest of the race to finish. Jobe Stewart (#9 Chiko Chevrolet) would finish 23rd. 22nd place went to Macauley Jones (#96 Alpha Theta Toyota).

21st went to Ryan Wood (#2 Truck Assist/Mobil 1 Toyota) while 20th went to Rylan Gray (#38 Shell V-Power Ford).

The Bottom Five

Cooper Murray	8 Laps	Power Steering
Jobe Stewart	26 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	26 Laps	Running
Ryan Wood	26 Laps	Running
Rylan Gray	26 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Cooper Murray	1	1	1
2T	Jobe Stewart	0	1	1
2T	Macauley Jones	0	1	1
4T	Ryan Wood	0	0	1
4T	Rylan Gray	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	1	1
2	Brad Jones Racing	3	0	1/3	1/3
3T	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	0	1/2
3T	Dick Johnson Racing	2	0	0	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	8	1/8	3/8	3/8
2	Toyota	5	0	0	1/5
3	Ford	11	0	0	1/11

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

2026 Livery Report

A few days out from the start of the season, I'm giving my verdict on every livery for the 2026 Repco Australia Supercar Championship.

Starting with Chaz Mostert.

I like how it looks with the Toyota Supra. I think it works pretty well. Looks like only the Tus will be visible if the door needs to be opened. 7/10.

Ryan Wood

I wondered how they'd fit Truck Assist on the door so, if the door needed to be opened, you wouldn't see Ass on the door. Only the t is missing, which is good. Looks fine, nothing special. 6/10.

Aaron Cameron

Uh, I'm going to be honest, it's a little much. It's a complete departure from the Cooldrive livery, which is going to the other car, but even so, it feels a little much. The Liqui Moly is blasted everywhere. Otherwise, the colour scheme is pretty cool, which does bring it up a little. 5.5/10

Jack LeBrocq

I love it. Orange works on a Chevrolet. The blue parts from Tyrepower work too, and remind me of some older liveries from back in the day. The only minor issue is that it's on Jack LeBrocq's car. They're going to be paying out a fair bit. 9/10.

Cameron Waters

Not much to say here. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Iconic. 8/10.

James Golding

The livery was on Aaron Cameron's car last year, and has moved to James Golding this year. It's fine. I've got nothing bad to say about it. 6/10.

Andre Heimgartner

I was unsure how R&J Batteries would fit on the Toyota. And it's fine. Another one I don't really have an opinion on. Except the black hood, which is cool. 6.5/10.

Jobe Stewart

The orange and black clash a bit more here than on Jack LeBrocq's livery. I still like it, just not as much. 8/10.

Zach Bates

I also love this livery. The blue fits perfectly with the Black. And Bendix appearing in white and black outline is even better, 10/10.

Jackson Walls

I don't know about this one. The sponsor name takes up far too much of the livery. I don't really like it. 4/10.

Cameron Hill

This is another super cool livery. Not quite as awesome as Percat's, but I love the dare part of it. Probably a close 2nd. 9/10.

Brodie Kostecki and Rylan Grey

Another case of If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's fine. Nothing Special. 7/10.

Anton De Pasquale

There is a subtle difference to this one. There's a bowtie thing at the back of the livery. I think it looks cool. 7.5/10.

Matt Payne and Kai Allen

I'm going to sound like a broken record. If it ain't broke don't fix it. It still looks cool. The gold on black is something I've always liked. 8/10.

David Reynolds

The sponsor works as well on a Camaro as it does on a Mustang. I like it. 7/10.

Declan Fraser and Jayden OJeda

I admire the commitment to the colour scheme, though I do miss the blue that's usually there on a NAPA Sponsor. Might be watching NAPA as a livery on NASCAR. 7/10

Thomas Randle

I don't mind the additions of the black. They've done something with the green that I hate. It ruined the livery in my opinion. 2/10.

Will Brown and Broc Feeney

The changes are subtle, and mostly because of the switch from Chevrolet to Ford. I think it works pretty well. 8/10.

Macauley Jones

Probably my 3rd favourite livery. I love the transition from white, to blue, to black. Alpha Theta works well with the Toyota. 9/10.

Cooper Murray

Feels a little underdone in my opinion. Could maybe add a little more to the livery. 5/10.

And those are my throughts about the liveries we've got for 2026.

I'm looking forward to this season. Let's see how it goes.

Saturday, 29 November 2025

Lap 1 crash leaves Jack LeBrocq last at Adelaide

Original by Speecafe, Screenshotted by me.

Jack LeBrocq (#9 Tyrepower Chevrolet) picked up the 20th last-place finish of his career. He crashed out on the opening lap of the last race at the Adelaide Street Circuit. The finish came in LeBrocq’s 267th 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. Only Jack LeBrocq and Anton De Pasquale have raced all 8 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.

This year has been brutal for Jack. Several crashes and other issues had left him, until the previous race, potentially defending his last-place crown. But it wasn’t to be.

Jack LeBrocq was 24th in both practice sessions and only improved to 20th in qualifying.

Cooper Murray (#99 Total Energies Chevrolet) started last after a left-rear wheel nut came off the car. This resulted in a lucky escape, only bumping the notorious Turn 8 with the left-rear.

The tire subsequently coming off triggered a red flag, deleting Murray’s fastest lap.

Turn 6 lap 1 saw the Championship and this race’s last place get decided. Ryan Wood (#2 Truck Assist/NTI Ford) spun Broc Feeney (#88 Red Bull/Ampol Chevrolet), sending Feeney to the rear.

Jack LeBrocq (#9 Tyrepower Chevrolet) smashed into the back of Nick Percat (#10 Bendix Chevrolet) in the aftermath.

The collision sent Percat into James Golding (#31 Nulon Chevrolet) and destroyed the nose of LeBrocq’s car, ending his race.

Nick Percat would have race-long issues, finishing 22nd.

Karma would hit Ryan Wood late in the race, steering damage costing him 7 laps.

For the 2nd year in a row, Cooper Murray (#99 Total Energies Chevrolet) would suffer a front-end failure during the race, losing 6 laps in repairs. He finished 23rd.

Austin Cindric (#5 Armor All Ford) would complete the Bottom 5.

The Bottom Five

Jack LeBrocq	0 Laps	Crash
Ryan Wood	70 Laps	Running
Cooper Murray	71 Laps	Running
Nick Percat	75 Laps	Running
Austin Cindric	77 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron (CHAMPION)	5	8	14
2	Jack LeBrocq	4	5	9
3	Cooper Murray	3	9	12
4	Jaxon Evans	3	6	9
5	Richie Stanaway	3	5	9
6	Cameron Hill	2	5	7
7	James Golding	2	4	6
8	Macauley Jones	2	3	4
9	Cameron Crick	2	3	3
10	Will Davison	1	5	10
11	Nick Percat	1	5	8
12	James Courtney	1	3	9
13	Bryce Fullwood	1	3	7
14	Thomas Randle	1	3	5
15	Kai Allen	1	2	3
16T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
16T	Cameron Waters	1	1	3
16T	Andre Heimgartner	1	1	1
19	Declan Fraser	1	1	1
20	Tim Slade	1	1	1
21	David Reynolds	0	3	7
22	Ryan Wood	0	3	5
23	Chaz Mostert	0	3	3
24	Austin Cindric	0	2	3
25	Brodie Kostecki	0	2	2
26T	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	2
26T	Cameron Crick	0	1	1
26T	Aaron Seton	0	1	1
26T	Tony D’Alberto	0	1	1
26T	Fabian Coulthard	0	1	1
26T	Matt Payne	0	1	1
32T	Rylan Gray	0	0	2
32T	Will Brown	0	0	1
32T	Zak Best	0	0	1
32T	Nash Morris	0	0	1
32T	Jack Perkins	0	0	1
32T	Jack Smith	0	0	1
32T	Jayden Ojeda	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Erebus Motorsports (CHAMPION)	4	6/4	13/4	21/4
2	Matt Stone Racing	6	6/6	17/6	20/6
3	Blanchard Racing Team	5	5/5	14/5	26/5
4	Nulon Racing	5	5/5	10/5	19/5
5	Brad Jones Racing	8	8/8	14/8	22/8
6	Tickford Racing	7	2/7	6/7	13/7
7	Dick Johnson Racing	4	1/4	9/4	14/4
8	Grove Racing	4	1/4	3/4	4/4
9	Walkinshaw Andretti United	4	0	8/4	9/4
10	Team 18	4	0	4/4	9/4
11	Red Bull Racing	5	0	0	1/5

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet (CHAMPION)	31	23/31	54/31	91/31
2	Ford	23	8/23	38/23	64/23

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.