Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: April 2025

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Steering issues leaves Bryce Fullwood last at Taupō

Original by V8 Sleuth.

Bryce Fullwood (#14 Mr Umami Chevrolet) picked up the 7th last-place finish of his career after finishing under power, on the lead lap in the last race at Taupō. The finish came in Fullwood’s 194th start.

Bryce Fullwood is n his 6th full-time season, and his best results have been 3rd, one at The Bend Motorsport Park in 2020 and a Symmonds Plains in 2024. Fullwood would debut for Walkinshaw Andretti United in 2020, and remained for 2 years. Fullwood would switch to Brad Jones Racing in 2022. He was 17th in Practice 1. Then jumped to 8th in Practice 2. Fullwood slid to 21st in Qualifying.

Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) started last. At Turn 1 Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1/Optus Ford) turned Kai Allen (#26 Penrite Oils Ford), relegating Allen to last. Allen would pass Aaron Cameron on Lap 3. David Reynolds (#20 Tradie Chevrolet) fell to last by Lap 5. Reynolds would pass Cameron again on Lap 6.

Macauley Jones (#96 Wendy Chevrolet) and Cameron Waters (#6 Monster Energy Ford) collided at Turn 9 on Lap 11, sending Jones into the sand and relegating him to last.

Pit Stops started on Lap 12 with Will Brown (#88 Red Bull/Ampol) spitting and falling to last. Percat (#10 Bendix/Supaglass Chevrolet) pitted on Lap 13 and fell behind Brown. Courtney then pitted on Lap 18, followed by Cameron on Lap 19. Jones would pit on Lap 21 and return to last. Jones would overtake Allen on Lap 28. However, Allen had fallen to last because of contact with Cameron.

Lap 36 saw the second round of pit stops start with Bryce Fullwood (#14 Mr Umami Chevrolet) pitted with a steering issue, dropping to last, but remained on the lead lap. Fullwood would remain last for the rest of the race.

Nick Percat (#10 Bendix/Supaglass Chevrolet), Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford), James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans) and Macauley Jones (#96 Wendy’s Chevrolet) completed the bottom five.

The Bottom Five

Bryce Fullwood	61 Laps	Running
Nick Percat	61 Laps	Running
Aaron Cameron	61 Laps	Running
James Courtney	61 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	61 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Cooper Murray	1	5	5
2	Aaron Cameron	1	3	5
3	Richie Stanaway	1	2	4
4T	James Golding	1	2	3
4T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
6T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
6T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
6T	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	2
9	Macauley Jones	1	1	2
10T	David Reynolds	0	1	3
10T	Will Davison	0	1	2
10T	Kai Allen	0	1	2
13T	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
13T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
13T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
16	James Courtney	0	0	3
17T	Nick Percat	0	0	1
17T	Cameron Hill	0	0	1
17T	Anton De Pasquale	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Erebus Motorsports	2	2/2	5/2	7/2
2	Nulon Racing	2	2/2	4/2	7/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	3	2/3	5/3	9/3
4	Brad Jones Racing	4	2/4	2/4	4/4
5	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	3/3	5/3
6	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	2/2	2/2
7	Team 18	2	0	1/2	4/2
8T	Dick Johnson Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2
8T	Grove Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2
8T	Tickford Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	7/15	16/15	23/15
2	Ford	11	2/11	11/11	12/11

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.