Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Engine failure leaves Murray last at Barbagallo

Sunday, 8 June 2025

Engine failure leaves Murray last at Barbagallo

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Cooper Murray (#99 Vibe Chevrolet) picked up the 4th last-place finish of his career after retiring with Engine failure after 62 of the race’s 83 laps. The finish came in Murray’s 21st start.

A strong driver, Cooper Murray, finished 4th for Eggleston Motorsports in 2023, achieving 2 wins and 4 podiums. He was a co-driver for Sandown and Bathurst in 2024. At Hidden Valley, Heimgartner’s first-lap contact relegated a wildcard Murray to last-place. With Jack LeBrocq withdrawing from the Adelaide race for the impending arrival of his child, Cooper Murray replaced him. He got his 2nd last-place finish here after a mechanical failure left him several laps down. For 2025, Murray would be a teammate to Jack LeBrocq, replacing the departing Brodie Kostecki. It has been a difficult rookie season for Murray, having already secured one last-place finish after crashing out at the Albert Park race.

Jaxon Evans (#12 SCT Logistics Chevrolet) started the race in the rear after a qualifying mishap meant he didn’t record a time. On the formation lap, Cameron Hill (#4 SupaGlass Chevrolet) stalled. Mechanics changed Hill’s alternator, causing him to lose 8 laps.

For most of the race, Hill would be last. However, on lap 60, Cooper Murray’s (#99 Vibe Chevrolet) retired with Engine failure, coming to a halt at Turn 6, triggering the race’s only Safety Car.

On lap 75, a collision between Ryan Wood (#2 Mobile 1/NTI Ford) and James Golding (#31 Nulon Chevrolet) sent Wood off the road and out of the race. Golding would go off again to Turn 6, but would limp pack to the pits. Repairs would cost Golding 5 laps. A pit-lane penalty cost Golding an additional lap. Lochie Dalton (#5 Recycal Ford) would round out the Bottom five.

The Bottom Five

Cooper Murray	62 Laps	Engine
Ryan Wood	74 Laps	Crash
Cameron Hill	75 Laps	Running
James Golding	77 Laps	Running
Lochie Dalton	82 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	3	5	8
2	Cooper Murray	2	7	9
3	Richie Stanaway	1	4	6
4	Will Davison	1	2	5
5	Macauley Jones	1	2	4
6T	James Golding	1	2	4
6T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
6T	Kai Allen	1	2	3
6T	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	3
10T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
10T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
12	Jaxon Evans	1	1	1
13	Ryan Wood	0	3	3
14	Cameron Hill	0	2	3
15T	David Reynolds	0	1	3
15T	Lochie Dalton	0	1	3
15T	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	2
15T	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
15T	Nick Percat	0	1	2
19T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
19T	Brodie Kostecki	0	1	1
21	James Courtney	0	0	3
22	Andre Heimgartner	0	0	2

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Blanchard Racing Team	3	4/3	8/3	12/3
2	Erebus Motorsports	2	3/2	7/2	11/2
3	Nulon Racing	2	2/2	6/2	9/2
4	Brad Jones Racing	4	3/4	4/4	9/4
5	Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	4/2	7/2
6	Grove Racing	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
7	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	6/3	8/3
8T	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	4/2	4/2
8T	Team 18	2	0	2/2	5/2
8T	Tickford Racing	3	0	2/2	4/2

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	10/15	26/15	44/15
2	Ford	11	5/11	19/11	31/11

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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.