Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Disqualifiation leaves Will Davison last, for the first time in 8 years, at Symmonds Plains

Friday, 9 May 2025

Disqualifiation leaves Will Davison last, for the first time in 8 years, at Symmonds Plains

Original by Authentic Collectables, edited by me.

Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) earned his 17^th last-place finish at Symmonds Plains after he and teammate Brodie Kostecki (#38 Shell V-Power Ford) were disqualified from the first race at Symmonds Plains. The finish came in Davison’s 576^thstart. It has been nearly 8 years since Will Davison finished last.

Will Davison, alongside James Courtney, are the two senior veterans of the Supercars. Will Davison is considered the Denny Hamlin of Supercars, as he hasn’t won a Supercars championship despite having raced for 19 seasons. Davison missed all except 5 races of 2020 due to COVID, which caused his car owner to pull out of the sport. Davison started at Dick Johnson Racing full-time in 2006. He moved to the Holden Racing Team in 2009 and 2010. Davison then moved to Ford Performance Racing in 2011 and stayed until 2014. He moved to Erebus Motorsports, and stayed until 2016. He then moved to Tekno Autosports until 2018 when he was reunited with Ford Performance Racing, running for the 23Red Racing team. Then COVID hit in 2020 and Davison lost his ride, but was reunited with Dick Johnson Racing, whom he has race for since. Davison finished 2^nd in the championship in 2009 to Jamie Whincup, and 3^rd in 2013 to Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. He was 7^th in Practice 1, and slid to 19^th in Practice 2 before he qualified 16^th.

Macauley Jones (#96 Karate Kid/Pizza Hut Chevrolet) earned his 11th last-place finish at Symmonds Plains after a lead-lap finish at Symmonds Plains. The finish came in Jones’ 205th start. Macauley Jones becomes the first driver in 2025 to finish last twice.

The son of Brad Jones, Macauley Jones, is in his 7th full-time season. He spent his first two years with Tim Blanchard Racing before moving to Brad Jones Racing in 2021, where he would secure a last-place championship. Before this race, Macauley Jones completed 93 races and the whole 2023 season without a last-place finish. He was 11th in Practice 1, then plunged to slowest in Practice 2. He improved to 18th in Qualifying.

Starting last, Matthew Payne (#19 Penrite Oils Ford) remained there until lap 3, when he passed Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) at Turn 5. Meanwhile, Cooper Murray (#99 Snap-On Chevrolet) fell to last place on lap 3.

Murray would hold last until Lap 9, when he passed Aaron Cameron.

Lap 17 saw Macauley Jones (#96 Karate Kid/Pizza Hut Chevrolet) punted Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) into a spin on Lap 17, dropping Davison to last. Macauley Jones would cop a 15-second time penalty for the hit, and would finish last.

Nick Percat (#10 Bendix/Supa Glass Chevrolet) had a major issue during his pit stop, dropping him to last. Aaron Cameron would pit on Lap 29 and drop to last, but would overtake Macauley Jones on Lap 36. Macauley Jones would remain last for the rest of the race. Post-race, however, it was discovered that both Dick Johnson Racing cars had a technical breach, and were both disqualified.

Completing the bottom five were Brodie Kostecki (#38 Shell V-Power Ford), Macauley Jones (#96 Karate Kid/Pizza Hut Chevrolet) Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) and Nick Percat (#10 Bendix/SupaGlass Chevrolet)

The Bottom Five

Will Davison	-50 Laps	Disqualified
Brodie Kostecki	-50 Laps	Disqualified
Macauley Jones	50 Laps	Running
Aaron Cameron	50 Laps	Running
Nick Percat	50 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Cooper Murray	1	5	5
2	Aaron Cameron	1	3	6
3T	Richie Stanaway	1	2	4
3T	Will Davison	1	2	4
5T	James Golding	1	2	3
5T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
5T	Macauley Jones	1	2	3
8T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
8T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
8T	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	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
15T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
17	James Courtney	0	0	3
18T	Cameron Hill	0	0	1
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	7/2
2	Nulon Racing	2	2/2	4/2	7/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	3	2/3	6/3	10/3
4	Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	3/2	5/2
5	Brad Jones Racing	4	2/4	3/4	5/4
6	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	4/3	6/3
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	18/15	29/15
2	Ford	11	2/11	12/11	21/11

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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.