Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Multiple incidents and a spin leaves Aaron Cameron last, and leading, at Symmonds Plains

Saturday, 10 May 2025

Multiple incidents and a spin leaves Aaron Cameron last, and leading, at Symmonds Plains

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) picked up the 2nd last-place finish of his career, finishing under power, on the lead lap, in the second race at Symmonds Plains. The finish came on Cameron’s 10th start. This finish also puts Aaron Cameron in the lead of the 2025 Superlastcar Championship.

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. Aaron Cameron was slowest in Practice 1, but improved to 22nd in Practice 2, and would qualify in the same position.

Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) began the race from the back of the pack. However, Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) spun Ryan Wood (#2 Mobil 1/Truck Assist Ford) at turn 1, relegating Wood to last place.

Lap 4 saw Richie Stanaway (#62 Isuzu/Nulon Chevrolet) and Aaron Cameron tangle at Turn 6, sending Stanaway around and back to last.

Pit-stops started on Lap 14 when Ryan Wood pitted and dropped to last. Will Davison pitted Lap 17 and fell behind Wood. Lap 21 saw Aaron Cameron put and fall behind Davison. Cameron would fall further behind after spinning on Lap 21. Aaron Cameron would remain last for the rest of the race.

Cameron Hill (#4 SupaGlass Chevrolet) finished 23rd after being spun out by Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt Chevrolet).

Richie Stanaway (#62 Isuzu/Nulon Chevrolet), Will Davison (17 Shell V-Power Ford) and Cooper Murray (#99 Snap-On Chevrolet) rounded out the Bottom Five.

The Bottom Five

Aaron Cameron	50 Laps	Running
Cameron Hill	50 Laps	Running
Richie Stanaway	50 Laps	Running
Will Davison	50 Laps	Running
Cooper Murray	50 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	2	4	7
2	Cooper Murray	1	5	6
3	Richie Stanaway	1	3	5
4	Will Davison	1	2	5
5	James Golding	1	2	3
6	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
7T	Macauley Jones	1	2	3
7T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
7T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
10	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	2
11	David Reynolds	0	1	3
12T	Kai Allen	0	1	2
12T	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
12T	Nick Percat	0	1	2
15T	Cameron Hill	0	1	2
15T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
17	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
18T	James Courtney	0	0	3
18T	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	8/2
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	3/2	6/2
5	Brad Jones Racing	4	2/4	3/4	5/4
6	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	5/3	7/3
7	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	2/2	2/2
8T	Team 18	2	0	1/2	4/2
8T	Grove Racing	2	0	1/2	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	20/15	32/15
2	Ford	11	3/11	13/11	23/11

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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.