Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: First Lap crash leaves Kai Allen last at Symmonds Plains

Sunday, 11 May 2025

First Lap crash leaves Kai Allen last at Symmonds Plains

Original by Riverina Model Cars, edited by me.

Kai Allen (#26 Penite Oils Ford) picked up the 2nd last-place finish of his career after finishing 13 laps down in the last race at Symmonds Plains. The finish came in Allen’s 18th start.

Success in Super 3 and Super 2 paved Kai Allen’s path to the main game.

Kai Allen got 2nd in Super 3, and then 1st and 3rd in Super 2. He has run a couple of races as co-driver. This included his last-place finish at Sandown last year after he didn’t get a drive due co-driver Stanaway’s Engine failure early in the race. Kai Allen was 23rd in Practice 1, but skyrocketed to 8th in Practice 2. Kai Allen slid to 14th in qualifying.

Cooper Murray (#99 Snap-on Chevrolet) collided with Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt Chevrolet) at Turn 2 on Lap 1. The collision spun Murray’s car, and he then hit Kai Allen (#26 Penrite Oils Ford), damaging both cars. Both Allen and Murray would pull into the garage on Lap 4, sending Murray to last. Murray would lose 7 laps in repairs, while Allen would lose 12 laps.

The rest of the Bottom Five would separate during the race.

A collision occurred on lap 28 between Bryce Fullwood (#14 Shure Chevrolet) and Brodie Kostecki (#38 Shell V-Power Ford) at the exit of Turn 3. Fullwood was rejoining the race after a pit stop. The contact sent Kostecki into the wall. The collision triggered a Safety Car. Damage forced Kostecki into the garage twice, costing him 13 laps. Fullwood lost a lap, changing a flat tire. He then lost another lap because of two penalties: one for contact with Kostecki and one for a safety car infringement. On Lap 57, Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt Chevrolet) suffered an engine issue because of exhaust damage, losing 13 laps, but would stay ahead of Allen.

The Bottom Five

Kai Allen	65 Laps	Running
Anton De Pasquale	65 Laps	Running
Brodie Kostecki	66 Laps	Running
Cooper Murray	69 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	76 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	2	4	7
2	Cooper Murray	1	5	7
3	Richie Stanaway	1	3	5
4	Will Davison	1	2	5
5T	James Golding	1	2	3
5T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
5T	Macauley Jones	1	2	3
5T	Kai Allen	1	2	3
5T	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	3
10T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
10T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
12	David Reynolds	0	1	3
13T	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	2
13T	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
13T	Nick Percat	0	1	2
13T	Cameron Hill	0	1	2
17T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
17T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
17T	Brodie Kostecki	0	1	1
19	James Courtney	0	0	3

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Erebus Motorsports	2	2/2	5/2	9/2
2	Nulon Racing	2	2/2	5/2	8/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	3	3/3	7/3	11/3
4	Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	4/2	7/2
5	Brad Jones Racing	4	2/4	3/4	6/4
6	Grove Racing	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
7	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	5/3	7/3
8T	Team 18	2	0	2/2	5/2
8T	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	2/2	2/2
8T	Tickford Racing	2	0	1/2	2/2

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	8/15	21/15	35/15
2	Ford	11	4/11	15/11	25/11

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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.