Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: May 2017

Monday, 22 May 2017

Late-Rate crash leaves Caruso last at Winton

Screenshot from Supercars, edited by me

Michael Caruso picked up his 6th last-place finish of his career when his #23 Nissan Nismo/Auto Glym Nissan was involved in a two-car crash that ended his race after 48 of the race's 67 laps. The finish came in Caruso's 298th start.

Alex Rullo in the #62 Repair Management/Castrol Holden started the race in the rear, however at turn 2 Jason Bright in the #56 Mega Bulk Fuels Ford was speared off by Macauley Jones in the #4 Drillpro Services/NBS Holden at turn 2, dropping Bright to the rear. Pitstops at the end of the second lap dropped Scott Pye in the #2 Mobil 1 HSV Racing Holden to the rear. By lap 20 Taz Douglas in the #3 Repair Management Australia Holden had fallen to last.

Douglas held last until Dale Wood in the #99 GB Galvanizing/Advan Holden pitted, dropping him to the rear. As pit-stops circulated Pye returned to the rear, then Douglas returned to the rear. Douglas held last until lap 50 when Michael Caruso in the #23 Nissan Nismo/Auto Glym Nissan was punted into the wall at turn 12 by Shae Davies in the #26 Loco Energy Drink/Davbridge Nissan, ending Caruso's race and dropping him to last on lap 52.

A pit-lane penalty for a pit-lane infringement on lap 53 left Douglas second-last. Rounding out the bottom five was Alex Rullo in the #62 Repair Management/Castrol Holden, Dale Wood in the #99 GB Galvanizing/Advan Holden and James Golding in the #31 Wilson Security Holden after a late-race spin.

The Bottom Five

Michael Caruso	48 Laps	Crash
Taz Douglas	66 Laps	Running
Alex Rullo	66 Laps	Running
Dale Wood	67 Laps	Running
James Golding	67 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Will Davison	2	3	3
2	Taz Douglas	1	5	5
3	Dale Wood	1	3	3
4T	Nick Percat	1	2	3
4T	Jason Bright	1	2	3
5T	Tim Blanchard	1	2	2
5T	Matthew Brabham	1	2	2
6	Michael Caruso	1	1	2
7	Chaz Mostert	1	1	1
8	Alex Rullo	0	7	8
9T	Simona De Silvestro	0	1	3
9T	James Courtney	0	1	3
10T	David Reynolds	0	1	1
10T	Tim Slade	0	1	1
11	Todd Kelly	0	0	2
12T	Scott Pye	0	0	1
12T	James Moffat	0	0	1
12T	Lee Holdsworth	0	0	1
12T	Craig Lowndes	0	0	1
12T	James Golding	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	No. Drivers in Team	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Tekno Autosports	1	2	3	3
2	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports	2	1	7	15/2
3	Brad Jones Racing	3	2/3	5/3	5/3
4	Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
5	Prodrive Racing Australia	4	1/2	3/4	¾
6	Nissan Motorsports	4	1/4	1/2	5/4
7	Walkinshaw Racing	2	0	1/2	2
8	Preston Hire Racing	1	0	0	1
9	Vortex Racing	1	0	0	1
10	Gary Rodgers Motorsports	3	0	0	2/3

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Driver	No. Drivers in Manufacturer	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Ford	6	2/3	2/3	2/3
2	Holden	18	7/18	24/18	39/18
3	Nissan	5	1/5	4/5	7/5

Transaxle failure leaves Mostert last at Winton

Screenshot from V8 Supercars, cut down by me.
Sorry for the shit quality.

Chazz Mostert picked up his 2nd last-place finish of his career when his #55 Supercheap Auto Ford retired with a Tailshaft failure after 13 of the race's 40 laps. The finish came in Mostert's 127th race start.

Alex Rullo started the race in the rear in the #62 Repair Management/Castrol Holden, and held last until James Courtney in the #22 Mobil 1 HSV Racing/Boost Holden was spun by James Moffat in the #34 Wilson Security Holden at turn 10. By lap 4 James Golding in the #31 Wilson Security Holden had fallen to the rear.

During the pit-stop sequence starting on lap 5 last-place switched between Jason Bright in the #56 Mega Bulk Fuels Ford, Simona De Silvestro in the #78 Harvey Norman Nissan then Cameron Waters in the #6 Monster Energy Ford fell to last after a drive-through penalty on lap 6 for speeding in the pit-lane on lap 6.

Waters held last until lap 15 when Chazz Mostert in the #55 Supercheap Auto Ford broke a Transaxle, dropping him to last, out of the race. The only other retirement of the race was James Courtney in the #22 Mobil 1 HSV Racing/Boost Holden, who spun out of the race on the final lap after contact with Nick Percat in the #8 Freightliner/Adelaide Holden at turn 5.

Rounding out the bottom five was Tim Slade in the #14 Freightliner Holden after a pit-lane penalty for contact with Rick Kelly in the #15 Sengled/Castrol Nissan, Jason Bright in the #56 - Ford after a late-race spin and Alex Rullo in the #62 Repair Management/Castrol Holden.

Out of the three wildcards, James Golding in the #31 Wilson Security Holden finished 17th, Shae Davies in the #26 Loco Energy Drink/Davbridge Nissan finished 19th and Macauley Jones in the #4 Drillpro Services/NBS Holden finished 20th.

The Bottom Five

Chazz Mostert	13 Laps	Transaxle
James Courtney	39 Laps	Spun Off
Tim Slade	40 Laps	Running
Jason Bright	40 Laps	Running
Alex Rullo	40 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Will Davison	2	3	3
2	Taz Douglas	1	4	4
3T	Nick Percat	1	2	3
3T	Jason Bright	1	2	3
4T	Dale Wood	1	2	2
4T	Tim Blanchard	1	2	2
4T	Matthew Brabham	1	2	2
5	Chaz Mostert	1	1	1
6	Alex Rullo	0	6	7
7T	Simona De Silvestro	0	1	3
7T	James Courtney	0	1	3
8T	David Reynolds	0	1	1
8T	Tim Slade	0	1	1
9	Todd Kelly	0	0	2
10T	Michael Caruso	0	0	1
10T	Scott Pye	0	0	1
10T	James Moffat	0	0	1
10T	Lee Holdsworth	0	0	1
10T	Craig Lowndes	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	No. Drivers in Team	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Tekno Autosports	1	2	3	3
2	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsports	2	1	6	13/2
3	Brad Jones Racing	3	2/3	5/3	5/3
4	Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
5	Prodrive Racing Australia	4	1/2	3/4	¾
6	Walkinshaw Racing	2	0	1/2	2
7	Nissan Motorsports	5	0	1/5	4/5
8	Preston Hire Racing	1	0	0	1
9	Vortex Racing	1	0	0	1
10	Gary Rodgers Motorsports	2	0	0	1/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Driver	No. Drivers in Manufacturer	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Holden	18	7/18	22/18	35/18
2	Ford	6	2/3	2/3	2/3
3	Nissan	5	0	1/5	4/5

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.