Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Late Race crash leaves Courtney last on the Gold Coast

Saturday, 25 October 2025

Late Race crash leaves Courtney last on the Gold Coast

Original by motorsport.com, cropped by me.

James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans Ford) picked up the 22nd last-place finish of his career after a two-car crash ended his race after 76 of the race’s 85 laps. The finish came in Courtney’s 548th start.

James Courtney is a veteran of the sport and is in his 20th full-time season. This season is also Courtney’s last full-time. Courtney started with Stone Brothers Racing in 2006. He switched to Dick Johnson Racing in 2009 and took the 2010 Supercars Championship in 2010. Courtney sensationally switched to the Holden Racing Team in 2011.

He had a disastrous title defence, crashing at least once a round for the first half of the season. He won one race, the second race at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Courtney was to remain with the Holden Racing Team until 2020. In 2019, James Courtney would hit a low, securing the last-place championship.

In 2020, Courtney would debut for Tekno Autosports, but would almost immediately split with them and race with Tickford Racing. His final two seasons full-time are with the Blanchard Racing Team.

Courtney was 22nd in Practice 1, but jumped to 12th in Practice 2. Courtney qualified 9th, and improved to 5th in the Top 10 shootout.

David Reynolds (#20 Tradie Chevrolet) started the race in last after a brake failure before qualifying. However, on the formation lap, a starter motor issue forced Macauley Jones (#96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet) to be towed to the garage. Jones would lose a lap in repairs.

Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) wound up in the tires at Turn 3 on Lap 2. Davison would pit at the end of Lap 2.

Bryce Fullwood (#14 Shure/Welding Solutions Chevrolet) served Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) at Turn 1 on Lap 2, copping a pit-lane drive Through penalty. Davison would have a damaged left-rear tire and would pit. Another pit-stop before Lap 21 dropped Davison to last.

Lap 30 saw Bryce Fullwood (#14 Shure/Welding Solutions Chevrolet) hit the tires at Turn 3.

Damage would force Fullwood into the garage 2 laps later with an additional air hose holder loose in the car. Fullwood did not realise his vehicle rested on Go Jacks, so he tried to depart, launching the jack across the pit stall. Fullwood would lose 4 laps in repairs.

Lap 35 saw Nick Percat (#10 Bendix Chevrolet) pulled into the garage with a broken rear shock. Percat would lose 8 laps in repairs.

Percat would hold last until near the end of the race. Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt Chevrolet) served James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans Ford) into the fence at Turn 11, ending Courtney’s race and leaving him last. A 15-second time penalty would leave Anton 16th and eliminated from the Chase.

The other race retirement was Richie Stanaway (#62 Nulon Chevrolet), who crashed out with 3 laps to go, finishing 23rd.

Nick Percat (#10 Bendix Chevrolet), Bryce Fullwood (#14 Shure/Welding Solutions Chevrolet) and Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford).

The Bottom Five

James Courtney	76 Laps	Crash
Richie Stanaway	81 Laps	Crash
Nick Percat	75 Laps	Running
Bryce Fullwood	81 Laps	Running
Will Davison	83 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	4	6	12
2	Cooper Murray	3	7	10
3	Jaxon Evans	3	6	8
4	Richie Stanaway	3	5	9
5	James Golding	2	4	5
6	Jack LeBrocq	2	3	5
7	Macauley Jones	2	3	4
8	Cameron Crick	2	3	3
9	Will Davison	1	5	10
10	Nick Percat	1	4	6
11	Cameron Hill	1	4	5
12	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	5
13	Kai Allen	1	2	3
14	Aaron Love	1	2	2
15	Cameron Waters	1	1	2
16T	Andre Heimgartner	1	1	1
16T	Declan Fraser	1	1	1
16T	Tim Slade	1	1	1
19	David Reynolds	0	3	7
20	Chaz Mostert	0	3	3
21	James Courtney	1	3	9
22	Thomas Randle	0	2	4
23	Brodie Kostecki	0	2	2
24	Ryan Wood	0	1	3
25	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	2
26T	Cameron Crick	0	1	1
26T	Aaron Seton	0	1	1
26T	Tony D’Alberto	0	1	1
26T	Fabian Coulthard	0	1	1
27	Rylan Gray	0	0	2
28T	Will Brown	0	0	1
28T	Zak Best	0	0	1
28T	Nash Morris	0	0	1
28T	Jack Perkins	0	0	1
28T	Jack Smith	0	0	1

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Nulon Racing	4	4/4	10/4	17/4
2	Brad Jones Racing	8	8/8	13/8	19/8
3	Matt Stone Racing	6	5/6	15/6	16/6
4	Erebus Motorsports	4	4/4	9/4	15/4
5	Blanchard Racing Team	5	4/5	12/5	24/5
6	Dick Johnson Racing	4	1/4	9/4	14/4
7	Grove Racing	4	1/4	2/4	3/4
8	Tickford Racing	6	1/6	3/6	8/6
9	Walkinshaw Andretti United	4	0	6/4	7/4
10	Team 18	4	0	4/4	9/4
11	Red Bull Racing	5	0	0	1/5

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	31	21/31	49/31	79/31
2	Ford	23	6/23	31/23	56/23

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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.