Virgin Australia LASTCAR Championship: First Lap collision leaves Jack LeBrocq last, and leading, on the Gold Coast

Saturday 26 October 2024

First Lap collision leaves Jack LeBrocq last, and leading, on the Gold Coast

Original by Supercars, cropped by me.

Jack LeBrocq picked up the 16th last-place finish of his career when his #9 Eleven Workwear Chevrolet finished under power, 4 laps down in the first race on the Gold Coast. The finish came in LeBrocq's 228th start, and he now leads the Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship by 1 Bottom 3 finish over Jaxon Evans.

Jack LeBrocq is in his 7th full-time season and is one of the five drivers who came through in 2018 alongside Richie Stanaway, Anton De Pasquale, Todd Hazelwood and James Golding. Technically, Jack is one of only two drivers who have had a ride through his seven years, with Stanaway and Golding in their second entry into the main game, which Hazelwood was called up at the last minute to Erebus Motorsports to cover Brodie Kostecki after the latter stopped racing unexpectedly. Jack LeBrocq started at Tekno Autosports, then switched to Tickford Racing for 2020 and 2021, where he won his first race. LeBrocq then moved to Matt Stone Racing in 2022. In 2023, he won his second race before moving to Erebus Motorsports in 2024.

Jaxon Evans in the #50 SCT Logistics Chevrolet started the race in the rear. Before the end of Lap 1, Jack LeBrocq in the #9 Eleven Workwear Chevrolet fell to last and pitted at the end of Lap 1 with a bent toe link, losing 4 laps in repairs.

Cameron Hill in the #4 Tyrepower Chevrolet clipped the tyres at Turn 3, then bounced and hit the fence at Turn 4 on Lap 51. He backed his car to Turn 4 and rejoined the circuit safely, but the damage from the crash would cause him to drop through the field to finish 23rd, only 1 lap ahead of LeBrocq.

Ryan Wood in the #2 Mobil 1/Truck Assist Ford had a very slow 2nd pitstop on Lap 54 and copped a Pit-Lane Drive Through Penalty for eight straight-line through the chicanes at Turns 7-10 on Lap 52.

Bryce Fullwood in the #14 Middy's Electrical Chevrolet crashed at Turn 11 on Lap 75 but managed to keep going. Splitting Wood and Fullwood was Aaron Love in the #3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford.

The Bottom Five

Jack LeBrocq	81 Laps	Running
Cameron Hill	82 Laps	Running
Ryan Wood	84 Laps	Running
Aaron Love	84 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	84 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jack LeBrocq	3	5	6
2	Jaxon Evans	3	4	9
3T	Brodie Kostecki	2	5	5
3T	Ryan Wood	2	5	5
5T	Matt Payne	2	2	3
5T	Anton De Pasquale	2	2	3
5T	Richie Stanaway	2	2	3
8	Aaron Love	1	6	14
9	David Reynolds	1	4	4
10	Tim Slade	1	2	2
11	Cooper Murray	1	1	2
12T	Will Brown	1	1	1
12T	Dale Wood	1	1	1
14	James Courtney	0	4	7
15	Thomas Randle	0	4	4
16	Cameron Hill	0	3	5
17T	Cameron Waters	0	2	2
17T	Will Davison	0	2	2
19	Bryce Fullwood	0	1	5
20	Nick Percat	0	1	4
21T	Mark Winterbottom	0	1	2
21T	Lochie Dalton	0	1	2
21T	Andre Heimgartner	0	1	2
24T	James Golding	0	1	1
24T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
24T	Todd Hazelwood	0	1	1
24T	Kai Allen	0	1	1
24T	Matt Chada	0	1	1
24T	Brad Vaughn	0	1	1
24T	Warren Luff	0	1	1
31	Macauley Jones	0	0	7
32T	Broc Feeney	0	0	1
32T	Dylan O’Keefe	0	0	1
32T	Dean Fiore	0	0	1
32T	Aaron Cameron	0	0	1
32T	Jaylyn Robotham	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Penrite Racing	4	6/4	6/4	8/4
2	Erebus Motorsports	5	5/5	10/5	11/5
3	Walkinshaw Andretti United	4	2/4	6/4	6/4
4	Shell V-Power Racing	4	2/4	5/4	6/4
5	Brad Jones Racing	8	3/8	6/8	25/8
6	Red Bull Racing	6	2/6	2/6	3/6
7	Blanchard Racing Team	4	1/4	11/4	21/4
8	Team 18 Racing	4	1/4	7/4	7/4
9	Premair Nulon Racing	4	1/4	3/4	4/4
10	Tickford Racing	6	0	7/6	8/6
11	Matt Stone Racing	4	0	4/4	12/4
12	Matt Chada Racing	2	0	1	1

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Ford	22	10/22	34/22	45/22
2	Chevrolet	30	12/30	32/30	58/30

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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.