Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Heavy Pit Entry crash leaves Van Gisgergen last at Monza

Shane Van Gisbergen picked up his 1st last-place finish of his career when his #97 Red Bull Holden Crashed into the pit-wall after 2 of the race's 19 laps. The finish came in Van Gisbergen's 3rd start.

Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden started the race in the rear, but after a multi-car crash in turn 2, Ethan Grigg-Gault in the #117 Shannon's Ford dropped to the rear. But by Lap 8 Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden crashed heavily on Lap 2, ending his race and dropping him to the rear.

Harley Haber in the #35 Kubota Holden made contact with Cooper Webster in the #5 Seiko 5 Holden, dropping Haber way back. He dropped further back when he copped a pit-lane drive-through penalty, and eventually retired on lap 12.

Rounding out the bottom, five was James Golding in the #440 Siochrome Holden, Sam Blacklock in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford and Josh Anderson in the #19 Coca-Cola Holden after fuel issues.

The Bottom Five

Shane Van Gisbergen	2 Laps	Crash
Harley Haber	12 Laps	Crash
James Golding	18 Laps	Running
Sam Blacklock	18 Laps	Running
Josh Anderson	18 Laps	Running

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Harley Haber	2	3	4
Jack Blackhall	1	3	6
Josh Muggleton	1	3	5
Jackson Souslin Harlow	1	2	4
Ethan Grigg-Gault	1	2	3
James Golding	1	2	3
Shane Van Gisbergen	1	2	2
Emily Jones	1	2	2
Fawzan El-Nabi	1	1	3
Cooper Webster	1	1	1
Brady Meyers	0	3	4
Sam Blacklock	0	3	4
Brodie Kostecki	0	2	2
Ben Smith	0	1	3
Jake Burton	0	1	1
Jobe Stewart	0	1	1
Josh Anderson	0	0	2
Zane Goddard	0	0	1
Richard Hamstead	0	0	1
Madison Down	0	0	1
Andrew Gilliam	0	0	1

Early big crash leaves Webster last at Michigan

Cooper Webster picked up his 1st last-place finish of his career when his #5 Seiko Holden finished under power, 3 laps down in the 2nd race at Michigan. The finish came in Webster's 10th start.

After winning race 1, Jarrad Filsell in the #38 Red Bull Holden started the race in the rear, but early on Brady Meyers in the #22 Pioneer DJ Ford got into Harley Haber in the #35 Kubota Holden. In the aftermath, Josh Muggleton in the #81 Shure Ford crashed into Cooper Webster in the #5 Seiko Holden, Haber and Shane Van Gisbergen in the #97 Red Bull Holden, severely damaging Muggleton's, Van Gisbergen's and Webster's cars, dropping them all far back and sent Webster to last, where he would remain for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the bottom five was Ben Smith in the #151 NED Ford after late-race contact and Jake Blackhall in the #24 Jeff Gordon Tribute Holden after a late-race crash.

The Bottom Five

Cooper Webster	25 Laps	Running
Josh Muggleton	27 Laps	Running
Shane Van Gisbergen	27 Laps	Running
Ben Smith	28 Laps	Running
Jake Blackhall	28 Laps	Running

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Harley Haber	2	2	3
Jack Blackhall	1	3	6
Josh Muggleton	1	3	5
Jackson Souslin Harlow	1	2	4
Ethan Grigg-Gault	1	2	3
Emily Jones	1	2	2
Fawzan El-Nabi	1	1	3
James Golding	1	1	2
Cooper Webster	1	1	1
Brady Meyers	0	3	4
Sam Blacklock	0	3	3
Brodie Kostecki	0	2	2
Ben Smith	0	1	3
Jake Burton	0	1	1
Jobe Stewart	0	1	1
Shane Van Gisbergen	0	1	1
Zane Goddard	0	0	1
Richard Hamstead	0	0	1
Madison Down	0	0	1
Josh Anderson	0	0	1
Andrew Gilliam	0	0	1

Crash leaves Haber last at Michigan

Harley Haber picked up his 2nd last-place finish of the Repco Supercars Pro eSeries career when his #35 Kubota Holden finished under power, 3 laps down in the first race at Michigan. The finish came in Haber's 9th start.

Fawzan El-Nabi in the #98 BP Ultimate Ford started the race in the rear, but by the end of Lap 1, Sam Blacklock in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford had dropped to the back. Shortly afterwards Harley Haber in the #35 Kubota Holden had fallen to the rear, where he remained for the rest of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Sam Blacklock in the #17 Shell V-Power Ford after a mid-race crash, Ben Smith in the #151 Castrol Ford crashed as part of a big crash on lap 26, Fawzan El-Nabi in the #98 BP Ultimate Ford after crashing in the pit-lane, and Jackson Souslin-Harlow in the #3 Cub Cadet Holden.

The Bottom Five

Harley Haber	25 Laps	Running
Sam Blacklock	26 Laps	Running
Benjamin Smith	27 Laps	Running
Fawzan El-Nabi	27 Laps	Running
Jackson Souslin-Harlow	27 Laps	Running

The Championship

Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
Harley Haber	2	2	3
Jack Blackhall	1	3	5
Josh Muggleton	1	2	4
Jackson Souslin Harlow	1	2	4
Ethan Grigg-Gault	1	2	3
Emily Jones	1	2	2
Fawzan El-Nabi	1	1	3
James Golding	1	1	2
Brady Meyers	0	3	4
Sam Blacklock	0	3	3
Brodie Kostecki	0	2	2
Ben Smith	0	1	2
Jake Burton	0	1	1
Jobe Stewart	0	1	1
Zane Goddard	0	0	1
Richard Hamstead	0	0	1
Madison Down	0	0	1
Josh Anderson	0	0	1
Andrew Gilliam	0	0	1

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.