Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Aaron Cameron last in the second race at Taupō

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Aaron Cameron last in the second race at Taupō

Original by supercars.com, edited by me.

Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) picked up the 1st last-place finish of his career, finishing under power, on the lead lap, in the second race at Taupō. The finish came on Cameron’s 7th start.

The Blanchard Racing Team drafted Aaron Cameron in to replace Aaron Love after the first round of the 2025 Supercars season. Winning the 2023 S5000 Australian and Tasman series and taking second in the Super 2 Championship shows his strong racing record. He was Aaron Love’s co-driver in 2024, where they finished 17th at Sandown and 23rd at Bathurst. He was 23rd in Practice 1 and slowest in Practice 2. He qualified 23rd, only beating his teammate James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans Ford).

James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans Ford) started in the rear. By Lap 3 Courtney overtook Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford). Aaron Cameron would hold last during the race’s early stages. Aaron Cameron would overtake Cooper Murray (#99 TTG Chevrolet) on lap 13.

Pit stops start on lap 15 as Will Brown (#1 Red Bull/Ampol Chevrolet), dropping Brown to last. Brown passed Bryce Fullwood (#14 Mr Umami Chevrolet) when Fullwood pitted on lap 16. Fullwood would overtake Murray on Lap 17, and Murray would overtake James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans Ford) on Lap 18. Courtney overtook Cameron Hill on Lap 19.

Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt/Fuchs Chevrolet) had a difficult pit stop and a late-race collision with fellow bottom 5 finisher Richie Stanaway (#62 Nulon Chevrolet).

Cooper Murray (#99 TTG Chevrolet) never recovered from a poor start.

The Bottom Five

Aaron Cameron	37 Laps	Running
Cooper Murray	37 Laps	Running
James Courtney	37 Laps	Running
Richie Stanaway	37 Laps	Running
Anton De Pasquale	37 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Cooper Murray	1	5	5
2T	Aaron Cameron	1	2	4
2T	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
8	Macauley Jones	1	1	1
9	David Reynolds	0	1	3
10T	Will Davison	0	1	2
10T	Kai Allen	0	1	2
10T	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
13T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
13T	Bryce Fullwood	0	1	1
13T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
16	James Courtney	0	0	2
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	4/3	7/3
4	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	2/3	4/3
5	Brad Jones Racing	4	1/4	1/4	2/4
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	6/15	14/15	20/15
2	Ford	11	2/11	10/11	15/11

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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.