Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Whincup narrowly avoids last after drive-through penalties at Pukekohe

Sunday, 6 November 2016

Whincup narrowly avoids last after drive-through penalties at Pukekohe

Tim Blanchard picked up his 3rd last-place finish of his career when his #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden finished under power, 1 lap down in the third race at Pukekhoe raceway. The finish came in Blanchard's 106 start.

Andre Heimgartner in the #3 Repair Management Australia Holden started the race in the rear, however by turn 4 Tim Blanchard in the #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden, then Shae Davies in the #4 Loco Energy Drink / Davbridge Constructions Holden fell to the rear. By the end of lap 2 Chris Pither in the #111 Ice Break Ford had fallen to the rear after contact in Turn 8, possibly with Davies, dropping over 20 seconds by lap 5 and nearly 26 seconds back by lap 10.

Pither held last until lap 13 James Whincup in the #88 Red Bull Racing Holden spun out Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Racing Australia Holden, and the Drive Through penalty on lap 16, dropping to last. Whincup lost a lap on lap 24. Whincup held last until lap 29 when a Drive-Through penalty was given to Tim Blanchard in the #21 Cooldrive Distribution Holden for 3 shortcuts of the circuits, dropping behind Whincup on lap 31.

Rounding out the bottom five was Shae Davies in the #4 Loco Energy Drink / Davbridge Constructions Holden, Chris Pither in the #111 Ice Break Ford after contact, possibly with Shae, and Andre Heimgartner in the #3 Repair Management Australia Holden.

The Bottom Five

Tim Blanchard	34 Laps	Running
Jamie Whincup	34 Laps	Running
Shae Davies	35 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	35 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	35 Laps	Running

Driver's Championship

Nick Percat: 4

Lee Holdsworth: 3

Scott Pye, David Reynolds, Craig Baird, Chris Pither: 2

Tim Slade, Aaren Russell, Scott McLaughlin, , Fabian Coulthard, Michael Caruso, Cameron Waters, Kurt Kostecki, James Courtney, Will Davison, James Moffat, Karl Reindler Richie Stanaway, Jason Bright, Shae Davies, Tim Blanchard,: 1

Team's Championship

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports, Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, Erebus Motorsports: 4

DJR Team Penske, BOC Racing: 3

Gary Rodgers Motorsport, Super Black Racing: 2

Pepsi Max Racing, Nissan Motorsports, Holden Racing Team, Tekno Autosports: 1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Holden: 19

Ford: 6

Volvo: 2

Nissan: 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.