Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: Post-Race Penalties leaves Jaxon Evans last at Symmonds Plains as Jack LeBrocq leads the last-place Championship.

Saturday 17 August 2024

Post-Race Penalties leaves Jaxon Evans last at Symmonds Plains as Jack LeBrocq leads the last-place Championship.

The original was written by Auto Action and edited by me.

Jaxon Evans picked up the 2nd last-place finish of his career when his #12 SCT Logistics Chevrolet was penalised post-race for a racing incident in the first race at Symmonds Plains. The finish came in Evans' 20th start.

Jaxon Evans joined Brad Jones Racing in 2024 after being co-driver for Jack Smith in 2022 and 2023. Evans replaced Smith after outpacing him at Bathurst. Evans has been doing OK during the 2024 season, though he has a last-place finish from Albert Park. Evans’ best finish is 10th at Taupō and 11th at Hidden Valley. He was 21st in Practice 1, then improved to 19th in Practice 2 where he also Qualified.

Will Davison in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford started the race in the rear but spun Matt Payne in the #19 Penrite Oils Ford at Turn 6 on Lap 1, leaving Payne last.

Lap 10 would see Aarom Love in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford get shoved wide and hit by several drivers, including Richie Stanaway in the #26 Penrite Oils Ford, Jaxon Evans in the #12 SCT Logistics Chevrolet, surf through the grass on the front straight, then a final serve from Will Davison in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford sent him to the rear.

Pitstops starts Lap 18 with Ryan Wood in the #2 Truck Assist Chevrolet, dropping to last in his pitstop. The following Lap, Jack LeBrocq in the #9 Tyrepower/SS Signs Chevrolet pitted and dropped to last. Richie Stanaway in the #26 Penrite Oils Ford pitted and fell to last on Lap 23, followed by Macauley Jones in the #96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet after he pitted on Lap 25. On lap 31, Anton De Pasquale in the #11 Shell V-Power Ford pitted and fell to last. Love would return to last on Lap 34 after his pitstop. Finally, Matt Payne in the #19 Penrite Oils Ford pitted on Lap 40 and dropped to last.

On Lap 49, James Courtney in the #7 Snowy River Caravans Ford dropped to last. Then, on the final lap, Jack LeBrocq in the #9 Tyrepower/SS Signs Chevrolet fell to last. However, post-race penalties will see Jaxon Evans in the #12 SCT Logistics Chevrolet fall to last.

Completing the Bottom Five were Jack LeBrocq in the #9 Tyrepower/SS Signs Chevrolet, Andre Heimgartner in the #8 R&J Batteries Chevrolet after spinning Mark Winterbottom in the #18 DeWalt Chevrolet on the last lap, James Courtney in the #7 Snowy River Caravans Ford and Aaron Love in the #3 Coooldrive Distribution Ford.

This 2^nd last place finish also means Jack LeBrocq now leads the 2024 Repco Superlastcar Championship by one Bottom Five finish over Ryan Wood.

The Bottom Five

Jaxon Evans	55 Laps	Running
Jack LeBrocq	55 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	55 Laps	Running
James Courtney	55 Laps	Running
Aaron Love	55 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jack LeBrocq	2	4	5
2	Ryan Wood	2	4	4
3	Jaxon Evans	2	3	7
4	Brodie Kostecki	2	3	3
5	Anton De Pasquale	2	2	3
6	Aaron Love	1	6	11
7T	Tim Slade	1	2	2
7T	David Reynolds	1	2	2
9T	Cooper Murray	1	1	2
9T	Richie Stanaway	1	1	2
11T	Matt Payne	1	1	1
11T	Will Brown	1	1	1
13	James Courtney	0	4	7
14	Thomas Randle	0	4	4
15	Cameron Hill	0	2	4
16	Cameron Waters	0	2	2
17T	Bryce Fullwood	0	1	3
17T	Nick Percat	0	1	3
19T	Mark Winterbottom	0	1	2
19T	Lochie Dalton	0	1	2
19T	Andre Heimgartner	0	1	2
22T	James Golding	0	1	1
22T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
22T	Will Davison	0	1	1
25	Macauley Jones	0	0	7
26	Broc Feeney	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Erebus Motorsports	2	4/2	6/2	7/2
2	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	1	5/2	5/2
3	Shell V-Power Racing	2	2/2	3/2	4/2
4	Penrite Racing	2	2/2	2/2	3/2
5	Red Bull Racing	3	2/3	2/3	3/3
6	Blanchard Racing Team	2	1/2	11/2	17/2
7	Team 18 Racing	2	½	4/2	4/2
8	Premair Nulon Racing	2	1/2	3/2	4/2
9	Brad Jones Racing	4	2/4	5/4	19/4
10	Tickford Racing	3	0	7/3	8/3
11	Matt Stone Racing	2	0	3/2	9/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	10/15	23/15	43/15
2	Ford	11	7/11	28/11	37/11

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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.