Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Power Steering Failure leaves Reynolds last at Townsville

Friday, 4 September 2020

Power Steering Failure leaves Reynolds last at Townsville

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

David Reynolds picked up his 10th last-place finish of his career when his #9 Penrite Oils Holden retired with a Steering Rack failure after 16 of the race's 39 laps. The finish came in Reynolds' 334th start.

David Reynolds has been running full-time for 11 years and has seen some success in terms of race wins. He was 11th in Practice 1 but fell to 17th in Practice 2.

Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden started the race in the rear, however off the start Tood Hazelwood in the #14

Brut Max Defence/Black Duck Seat Covers stalled at the start and fell to the rear. He recovered to 10th in Qualifying.

However, he didn't stay there and put Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden to last by the end of lap 1. Andre Heimgartner in the #7 NED Ford fell to the rear on Lap 3 after dropping a Cylinder. Chris Pither returned to last on lap 7.

Lap 11 saw Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Holden hit the fence at Turn 6 on lap 10, sending him to last, out of the race with a Steering Rack failure, losing 7 laps in repairs.

The last-place race will end when the Power Steering failed for David Reynolds in the #9 Penrite Oils Holden on lap 17, ending his race. Following Reynolds out was Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden, who retired on lap 23 with the same issue.

Rounding out the bottom five is Chris Pither in the #22 Coca-Cola Holden and Jake Kostecki in the #34 UNIT Holden.

The Bottom Five

David Reynolds	16 Laps	Power Steering
Shane Van Gisbergen	20 Laps	Power Steering
Jack Smith	31 Laps	Running
Chris Pither	39 Laps	Running
Jake Kostecki	39 Laps	Running

Championship

Driver	Car #	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Garry Jacobson	#35	3	5	7
Alex Davison	#19	2	5	10
Zane Goddard	#34	2	2	7
Chris Pither	#22	1	7	13
Jack Smith	#4	1	8	11
Macauley Jones	#3	1	5	8
Jake Kostecki	#34	1	5	6
Nick Percat	#8	1	2	3
Scott Pye	#20	1	2	3
David Reynolds	#9	1	1	2
Fabian Coulthard	#12	1	1	1
Jack LeBrocq	#55	1	1	1
Cameron Waters	#6	1	1	1
Chaz Mostert	#25	1	1	1
Anton De Pasquale	#99	0	2	2
Tood Hazelwood	#14	0	1	4
Rick Kelly	#15	0	1	2
Shane Van Gisbergen	#97	0	1	2
James Courtney	#19	0	1	1
Andre Heimgartner	#7	0	1	1
Bryce Fullwood	#2	0	0	3
Scott McLaughlin	#17	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Team Name	No. Cars	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Matt Stone Racing	3	6/3	12/3	20/3
Team 18	2	3/2	3/2	7/2
Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	16/4	25/4
DJR Team Penske	2	1/2	1/2	2/2
Tickford Racing	4	2/4	2/4	2/4
Team Sydney	2	1/2	12/2	20/2
Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	1/2	1/2	4/2
Kelly Racing	2	0	1/2	3/2
Erebus Motorsports	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
Red Bull Holden	2	0	1/2	2/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Manufacturer Name	No. Card	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Holden	16	15/16	49/16	83/16
Ford	8	3/8	5/8	7/8

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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.