Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Lack of pace leaves Perkins trailing the field at Ipswich

Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Lack of pace leaves Perkins trailing the field at Ipswich

Jack Perkins picked up his 8^th last-place finish of his career when his #18 Jeld-Wen Ford finished under power, on the lead lap in the second race at Ipswich. The finish came in Perkins' 34^th Round Start.

Initially David Wall in the #17 Wilson Security Holden was in the rear, However at the final corner on the first lap, James Moffat had an issue in the final corner in the #360 Norton Hornet, and fell to the rear. James Moffat started to charge back through the field, dropping Dale Wood in the #21 Advam Holden to the rear. Shortly afterwards Dale Wood passed Jack Perkins in the #18 Jeld-Wen ford, dropping Perkins to the rear. Then on lap 24, Michael Caruso in the #36 Norton Hornet made contact with Scott McLaughlin in the #33 Valvoline Volvo, with the subsequent penalty for Caruso dropping him to the rear, although Caruso did relegate Jack Perkins to the rear before the end of the race.

Rounding out the bottom five is Michael Caruso in the #36 Norton Hornet, Dale Wood in the #21 Advam Holden, Robert Dahlgren in the #34 Valvoline Volvo and Russell Ingall in the #23 Repair Management Australia Holden.

The Bottom Five

Jack Perkins	33 Laps	Running
Michael Caruso	33 Laps	Running
Dale Wood	33 Laps	Running
Robert Dahlgren	33 Laps	Running
Russell Ingall	33 Laps	Running

Lastcar Standings

Manufacturer Standings:

Holden: 11

Nissan: 7

Ford: 6

Volvo: 3

Mercedes: 1

Driver Standings:

Todd Kelly: 4

Tim Slade, Dale Wood: 3

Scott Pye, David Wall, Robert Dahlgren, James Moffat, Jack Perkins: 2

David Reynolds, Nick Percat, Garth Tander, Scott McLaughlin, Shane Van Gisbergen, Will Davison, Craig Lowndes, Michael Caruso: 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.