Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: First lap tangle with teammate leaves Aaron Cameron last at Barbagallo

Friday, 6 June 2025

First lap tangle with teammate leaves Aaron Cameron last at Barbagallo

Original by Supercars, edited by me.

Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) picked up the 3rd last-place finish of his career, finishing under power, a lap down, in the first race at the Barbagallo raceway. The finish came on Cameron’s 12th 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. Aaron Cameron was Aaron Love’s co-driver in 2024, where they finished 17th at Sandown and 23rd at Bathurst. Cameron was 19th in Practice 1. He improved to 13th in Practice 2. Cameron then qualified 22nd.

Lochie Dalton (#5 Recycal Ford) began the race from the back. James Courtney (#7) collided with teammate Aaron Cameron (#3) at Turn 5. This caused Cameron to spin, giving Cameron a flat tire, costing him a lap in repairs. Cameron would remain last for the duration of the race.

The Bottom Five wasn’t determined until the race ended. Lochie Dalton (#5 Recycal Ford) would remain 24th during the early stages of the race, but with pit stops started on Lap 19, that would change.

First to pit was Cameron Hill (#4 SupaGlass Chevrolet) on Lap 20. Next in the pits was Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt Chevrolet), who pitted on the following lap. Cooper Murray (#99 Vibe Petroleum Chevrolet) pitted on lap 22, and Macauley Jones (#96 Pizza Hut/Karate Kid Chevrolet) followed on lap 23. Jones would remain 24th for six laps. Then, Lochie Dalton (#5 Recycal Ford) pitted. The driver who would eventually fall to 24th was Richie Stanaway (#62 Nulon Chevrolet) after a Lap 30 pit stop.

Lochie Dalton (#5 Recycal Ford), Macauley Jones (#96 Pizza Hut/Karate Kid Chevrolet), and Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries Chevrolet) finished the Bottom Five.

The Bottom Five

Aaron Cameron	49 Laps	Running
Richie Stanaway	50 Laps	Running
Lochie Dalton	50 Laps	Running
Macauley Jones	50 Laps	Running
Andre Heimgartner	50 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	3	5	8
2	Cooper Murray	1	5	7
3	Richie Stanaway	1	4	6
4	Will Davison	1	2	5
5T	James Golding	1	2	3
5T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
5T	Macauley Jones	1	2	4
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	Lochie Dalton	0	1	1
20	James Courtney	0	0	3
21	Andre Heimgartner	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

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

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	8/15	22/15	38/15
2	Ford	11	5/11	17/11	27/11

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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.