Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Gearbox issues leaves Macualey Jones last at Queenland Raceway

Friday, 8 August 2025

Gearbox issues leaves Macualey Jones last at Queenland Raceway

Original Supercars, cropped by me.

Macauley Jones (#96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet) finished last for the 11th time after finishing under power, 8 laps down at Queensland Raceway. The finish came in Jones’ 218th start, and is his 2nd last-place finish in 2025.

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. However, until this race, Macauley Jones went 93 races without a last-place finish and all of 2023 without a single DNF. Macauley Jones would secure a career-best finish of 5th at Symmonds Plains. He qualified 4th and led the race between drivers who had pitted for a lap and a half.

James Golding (#31 Nulon Chevrolet) started the race last. Before the race began, Chaz Mostert (#21 Optus/Mobil 1 Ford) pulled into the garage with brake issues, dropping him to last. Mostert would lose 3 laps in repairs. Mostert would hold last until Lap 21. Macauley Jones (#96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet) pulled into the garage because his car locked in first gear. The team set it into fourth gear and sent him back out, 7 laps down.

A hard race for David Reynolds (#20 Tradie Chevrolet), including multiple offs, left him 24th, 2 laps down. Penalties completed the bottom five, starting with Bryce Fulwood (#14 Middy’s Electrical Chevrolet), who spun teammate Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries Chevrolet) at Turn 3 on Lap 35. Then Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) after a penalty for running Jack LeBrocq (#9 Tyrepower Chevrolet) into the sand at Turn 3.

Despite a pit stop under the Safety Car on Lap 35 for David Reynolds and Chaz Mostert in the sand at Turn 6, the race didn’t get back underway. Because of that, Davison and Fullwood would drop to 22nd and 23rd.

The Bottom Five

Macualey Jones	31 Laps	Running
Chaz Mostert	35 Laps	Running
David Reynolds	37 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	39 Laps	Running
Will Davison	39 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	3	6	10
2	Jaxon Evans	3	4	4
3	Richie Stanaway	2	4	6
4T	James Golding	2	3	4
4T	Macauley Jones	2	3	4
6	Cooper Murray	1	6	8
7	Will Davison	1	4	8
8T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	4
8T	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	4
10T	Kai Allen	1	2	3
10T	Cameron Hill	1	2	3
12T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
12T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
14	Cameron Waters	1	1	2
15	David Reynolds	0	3	7
16	Thomas Randle	0	2	4
17	Nick Percat	0	2	3
18	Chaz Mostert	0	2	2
19	James Courtney	0	1	6
20	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	2
21T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
21T	Brodie Kostecki	0	1	1
23	Rylan Gray	0	0	2

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Nulon Racing	2	4/2	7/2	11/2
2	Brad Jones Racing	4	6/4	9/4	12/4
3	Erebus Motorsports	2	2/2	7/2	12/2
4	Blanchard Racing Team	3	3/3	10/3	17/3
5	Matt Stone Racing	3	2/3	7/3	9/3
6	Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	6/2	10/2
7	Grove Racing	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
8	Tickford Racing	5	1/5	3/5	8/5
9	Team 18	2	0	4/2	9/2
10	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	4/2	4/2

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	14/15	34/15	54/15
2	Ford	12	5/12	23/12	41/12

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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.