Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: McLaughlin takes Early Lead after more Engine issues at Launceston

Monday, 30 March 2015

McLaughlin takes Early Lead after more Engine issues at Launceston

Scott McLaughlin picked up his 6th Last-Place finish of his career when his #33 Valvoline/Wilson Security Volvo retired with Engine failure without completing a single lap of the fourth race of the year. The finish came in McLaughlin's 34th round start, and puts McLaughlin in the lead of the 2015 Australian V8 LASTCAR series.

On the opening lap at turn 4 Will Davison in the #9 Solar Mercedes was turned around and sent to the rear by James Courtney in the #22 Holden Racing Team Holden, who was pushed into Davison by Chazz Mostert in the #6 Pepsi Max Ford, However on lap 2 Scott McLaughlin in the #33 Valvoline/Wilson Security Volvo was forced to the garage with Engine Failure. Next to fall out was Ash Walsh in the unsponsored #4 Eerebus Mercedes, who retired after 10 laps with the same issue that left McLaughlin last.

Rounding out the bottom five was Todd Kelly in the #7 Jack Daniel's Nissan, who was rotated by fellow bottom-five finisher Lee Holdsworth in the #18 FUCHS/Clipsal Holden, who got a drive-through penalty for the spin and Tim Blanchard in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution/GB Galvanizing Holden.

Australian V8 LASTCAR Stats

-Scott McLaughlin now has more last-place finishes this year after 4 races than he had for the whole of last year.

The Bottom Five

Scott McLaughlin	0 Laps	Engine
Ash Walsh	11 Laps	Engine
Todd Kelly	25 Laps	Running
Lee Holdsworth	25 Laps	Running
Tim Blanchard	25 Laps	Running

Driver's Championship

Scott McLaughlin: 2

Will Davison Ashley Walsh: 1

Team's Championship

Erebus Motorsports, Gary Rodgers Motorsports: 2

Manufacturer's Championship:

Mercedes, Volvo: 2

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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.