Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Late-Race crash means Jobe Stewart leads Erebus 1-2 last-place finishers at Queensland Raceway

Saturday, 22 August 2026

Late-Race crash means Jobe Stewart leads Erebus 1-2 last-place finishers at Queensland Raceway

Original supplied to Speed Cafe, cropped by me.

Jobe Stewart (#9 Argus Auctions/Mackay Goodwin Chevrolet) finished last for the 2nd time in his career. The finish came after Stewart was involved in an incident that ended his race after 30 of the race’s 38 laps. The finish is Stewart’s 2nd of the season in 28 starts.

Jobe Stewart is one of five rookies running in 2026. He’s known for winning Super 3 in 2023 for Image Racing. While racing for Image Racing in 2024, he won at Bathurst and finished 5th in the championship. He ran for Erebus Motorsports in the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst with Cooper Murray. They finished 4th while leading for a considerable portion of the Bathurst 1000.

The rookie season has been challenging for Stewart. He sits last among full-time drivers in points and has struggled to get decent results. Stewart, however, qualified 8th at Townsville, but has finished no better than 16th.

Dick Johnson Racing elected to change the engine on Rylan Grey’s #38 Shell V-Power Ford between races, as the engine “sounded like a tractor”. This race would be eventful for Grey. Not in a good way.

Bayley Hall (#15 Supercheap Auto Chevrolet) started last. But at Turn 3, Rylan Grey ran off the track from 11th and fell to last.

The following lap, Macauley Jones (#96 JWL Toyota) went off at Turn 3, similar to Grey’s incident, and fell to last. One lap later, Ben Gomersal (#5 Unit Ford) got punted off at Turn 3, and fell behind both Grey and Jones.

Pit stops started on lap 11. Cameron Hill (#14 Dare Toyota) pitted and dropped to last. Jobe Stewart (#9 Argus Auctions/Mackay Goodwin Chevrolet) pitted a lap later and fell behind Hill. Worse, Stewart copped a penalty.

Next to last place was Aaron Seton (#30 Superior Cranes Chevrolet). Followed by fellow wildcard Ben Gomersal (#5 Unit Ford).

A few laps later, Rylan Grey’s day got worse. He locked up entering Turn 3 and ran into the sand, triggering a Safety Car. Grey lost 3 laps while safety crews retrieved his car.

After the restart, multiple drivers started having issues. Matt Payne had smoke come from his #19 Penrite Ford, though he finished 6th despite it. James Golding (#7 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) got punted, possibly by Ryan Wood (#2 Truck Assist/Mobil 1 Toyota).

Zach Bates (#10 Bendix Chevrolet) also faded.

Then the drama started for Erebus Motorsports.

Cooper Murray (#99 Total Energies Chevrolet) reported a power steering issue after contact. Murray would pull into the garage on the second safety car. Murray lost 5 laps in repairs.

His teammate, Jobe Stewart, meanwhile, got into a separate incident. Possibly with Zach Bates, but I have no other evidence except Bates’ late-race fade.

Ben Gomersal then went into the sand late. Despite getting out of the sand trap, the safety car was called. Though only for one lap.

By then, Stewart and Murray were in the garage. Murray returned to the track; Stewart didn’t.

Jayden Ojeda finished 24th after a penalty for spinning David Reynolds early in the race. Ojeda had to serve his penalty late in the race, losing tons of time.

Zach Bates completed the Bottom Five.

The Bottom Five

Jobe Stewart	30 Laps	Crash
Cooper Murray	34 Laps	Running
Rylan Grey	36 Laps	Running
Jayden Ojeda	36 Laps	Running
Zach Bates	36 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Jackson Walls	4	9	13
2	Cooper Murray	3	7	10
3	Ryan Wood	3	4	6
4	Jobe Stewart	2	9	14
5	Aaron Cameron	2	4	10
6T	Chaz Mostert	2	2	3
6T	Jack LeBrocq	2	2	2
8	Brodie Kostecki	2	2	2
9	Macauley Jones	1	9	11
10	Cameron Hill	1	3	5
11	Andre Heimgartner	1	3	3
12	David Reynolds	1	2	3
13	Aaron Seton	1	1	3
14T	Matt Payne	1	1	2
14T	James Golding	1	1	2
16	Baylan Hall	1	1	1
17	Rylan Gray	0	4	8
18	Declan Fraser	0	4	7
19	Zach Bates	0	3	8
20	Reuben Goodall	0	2	3
21	Kai Allen	0	2	2
22	Thomas Randle	0	1	2
23T	Broc Feeney	0	1	1
23T	Mark Winterbottom	0	1	1
23T	Ben Gomersal	0	1	1
26	Jayden Oeda	0	0	3
27	Will Brown	0	0	2

Team’s Championship

Pos	Driver	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Overdrive/RBR Racing	1	4	9	13
2	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	5/2	6/2	9/2
3	Erebus Motorsports	2	4/2	14/2	22/2
4	Blanchard Racing Team	2	3/2	5/2	12/2
5	Matt Stone Racing	3	3/3	8/3	13/3
6	Brad Jones Racing	3	2/3	10/3	16/3
7	Dick Johnson Racing	3	2/3	6/3	10/3
8	Grove Racing	2	1/2	3/2	3/2
9	Team 18 Racing	3	2/3	3/3	4/3
10	Premair Racing	2	0	5/2	9/2
11	Tickford Racing	5	0	5/5	6/5
12	Red Bull Racing	2	0	1/2	3/2

Manufacturer’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	#	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	9	11/9	30/9	51/9
2	Toyota	5	6/5	18/5	19/5
3	Ford	14	9/14	29/14	35/14

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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.