Declan Fraser picked up the 2nd
last-place finish of his career when his #56 Tradie Ford finished under power
on the lead lap in the second race at Sydney Motorsport Park. The finish came
in Fraser's 22nd start.
Declan Fraser is a rookie in the 2023
Repco Australian Supercar Championship. He has one Top 10 result this year and
one last year, 8th at Bathurst. He was slowest in Practice 1 but rose to 19th
in Practice 2 and then dropped to 22nd in Qualifying.
Nick Percat in the #2 NTI/Mobil 1 Ford
started the race in the rear, but immediately Will Brown in the #9 Coca-Cola
Chevrolet and David Reynolds in the #26 Penrite Oils Ford, Mark Winterbottom in
the #18 DeWalt Chevrolet and Anton De Pasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Ford,
sending Brown to last. Brown would pass Reynolds back on Lap 3.
Reynolds held last until Lap 9 when he
passed teammate Matt Payne in the #19 Penrite Oils Ford.
Pitstops began on Lap 16, and Anton De
Pasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Ford fell to last place in his pitstop. A
slow pitstop put Will Brown to last on Lap 17. Lap 18 saw Cameron Hill in the
#35 Truck Assist Chevrolet had a horrific stop that dropped him to last. Declan
Fraser in the #56 Tradie Ford then pitted on Lap 20 and had an even more
shocking pitstop somehow when the car came off the jacks without the left-front
wheel on dropping him to last. He stays there for the rest of the race.
Most of the rest of the Bottom Five were
determined by pit stop failures. Rounding out the Bottom Five was Cameron Hill
in the #35 Truck Assist Chevrolet, Matt Payne in the #19 Penrite Oils Ford,
Thomas Randle in the $#55 Castrol Ford and Todd Hazelwood in the #3 Cooldrive
Distribution Ford lost 16 seconds after a wheel gun failure on his pitstop.
The Bottom Five
Declan Fraser |
31 Laps |
Running |
Cameron Hill |
31 Laps |
Running |
Matt Payne |
31 Laps |
Running |
Thomas Randle |
31 Laps |
Running |
Todd Hazelwood |
31 Laps |
Running |
Driver
Championship
Pos |
Driver |
Last |
Bottom 3 |
Bottom 5 |
1 |
Declan
Fraser |
2 |
7 |
11 |
2T |
Jack
Smith |
2 |
4 |
6 |
2T |
Cameron
Hill |
2 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
Chaz
Mostert |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Nick
Percat |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6T |
Todd
Hazelwood |
1 |
3 |
5 |
6T |
Thomas
Randle |
1 |
3 |
5 |
8T |
Tim Slade |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8T |
David
Reynolds |
1 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
Shane Van
Gisbergen |
1 |
2 |
2 |
11T |
Mark
Winterbottom |
1 |
1 |
2 |
11T |
Cameron
Waters |
1 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
Broc
Feeney |
1 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
James
Courtney |
0 |
3 |
6 |
15 |
Macauley
Jones |
0 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
Matthew
Payne |
0 |
2 |
5 |
17 |
Jack
LeBrocq |
0 |
2 |
2 |
18 |
Anton De
Pasquale |
0 |
1 |
3 |
19 |
Will
Davison |
0 |
1 |
2 |
20T |
Will
Brown |
0 |
1 |
1 |
20T |
Brodie
Kostecki |
0 |
1 |
1 |
22T |
James
Golding |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22T |
Andre
Heimgartner |
0 |
0 |
2 |
24 |
Zane
Goddard |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Team Championship
Pos |
Team |
Cars |
Last |
Bottom 3 |
Bottom 5 |
1 |
Walkinshaw
Andretti United |
2 |
3/2 |
6/2 |
7/2 |
2 |
Tickford
Racing |
4 |
4/4 |
12/4 |
23/4 |
3 |
Tim
Blanchard Racing |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
Matt
Stone Racing |
2 |
2/2 |
7/2 |
8/2 |
5 |
Erebus
Racing |
2 |
2/2 |
5/2 |
5/2 |
6 |
Red
Bull/Ampol Racing |
3 |
2/3 |
4/3 |
5/3 |
7 |
Premair
Hire Racing |
2 |
1/2 |
4/2 |
5/2 |
8 |
Brad
Jones Racing |
4 |
2/4 |
6/4 |
13/4 |
9 |
Team 18
Racing |
2 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
2/2 |
10 |
Penrite
Racing |
2 |
0 |
5/2 |
9/2 |
11 |
Dick
Johnson Racing |
2 |
0 |
2/2 |
5/2 |
Manufacturer
Championship
Pos |
Manufacturer |
Cars |
Last |
Bottom 3 |
Bottom 5 |
1 |
Ford |
11 |
10/11 |
30/11 |
51/11 |
2 |
Chevrolet |
15 |
9/15 |
27/15 |
44/15 |