Twenty years ago craig lowndes joined elite company as he won both the bathurst and the drivers championship in the same year a feat he is a chance of replicating in 2016. As well as showing the colours in public for the first. Supercars superstar craig lowndes is back to defend the pirtek enduro cup crown he won with jamie whincup in 2019. The covers today come off craig lowndes special edition livery ahead of the wilson. Jamie whincups qualifying heroics have helped co driver craig lowndes stay on track to move a step closer to idol peter brocks record for bathurst wins. Champion race driver craig lowndes insists the mount panorama circuit at bathurst is so challenging you never get bored. Supercars superstar craig lowndes bowed out of fulltime competition at the end of a 2018 in which he claimed a seventh bathurst victory. Pastor maldonado career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information. Craig lowndes first appeared on the australian touring car radar back in 1994 when he debuted for the holden racing team in the sandown 500, stunning everyone a few weeks later by finishing second at bathurst in partnership with brad jones. Click on the site to see craig lowndes s career results at that track glossary. The maranello motorsport ferrari trio outlasted the. Craig lowndes has completed a fairytale finish for the final time as a fulltime driver at bathurst.
Triple eight racing team driver craig lowndes announces his retirement from supercars racing at the end of the 2018 supercars series. T hey were married for 14 years after meeting at a lakeside race circuit, before calling it quits in 2011 now, australian racing legend craig lowndes is said to be devastated that his exwife natalie, 45, is dating a man 10 years her junior who lives at home with his parents. In 2016, shane van gisbergen joined triple eight race. Driver craig lowndes 2016 virgin australia supercars. Driver craig lowndes 2016 virgin australia supercars results. Craig lowndes has detailed the difficulties for a driver living away from their race team, and listed it as one of the reasons he decided to leave the holden racing team at the end of the 2000 season. Find out his house, car collection, salary, real age and children detail. Three years in a row craig lowndes finished as a runnerup, each time being just behind jamie whincup. Disaster may have struck sentimental favourite craig lowndes but it seems nothing will stop pole sitter jamie whincup in sundays bathurst. Craig lowndes wins first supercars race since 2016. Oct 03, 2016 twenty years ago craig lowndes joined elite company as he won both the bathurst and the drivers championship in the same year a feat he is a chance of replicating in 2016. Last year the driver became the first in the history of australian motorsport in getting that figure. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of craig lowndes and rick kelly over time since january 1st 20.
Craig defends bathurst 12 hour victory craig lowndes. A significant coup was the signing of star driver craig lowndes in 2005, who came to the team with not only experience and raw talent, but a highlymarketable offtrack personality. After attempting to put together an openwheeler deal overseas, lowndes went to hrt for. Its jamie whincup and craig lowndesdriven fords displayed the. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Either way, lowndes replacement is probably going to be the biggest story of the upcoming silly season. Bathurst champion craig lowndes will keep racing in 2016 after his v8 supercars team secured a lucrative sponsorship deal for his holden. V8 supercars craig lowndes 2016, triple eight, red bull. Craig lowndes to lead caltex team vortex in 2016 driven. Teamvortex driver craig lowndes 888 during qualifying at the sandown 500 for the su austin, tx, u. The 2016 coates hire ipswich supersprint was a motor racing event for supercars, held on the weekend of 22 to 24 july 2016. Craig lowndes tips an uncrowned driver to win the 2016 v8. May 18, 2017 its rare that describing a race driver as going nowhere fast is a good thing, but craig lowndes is an exception to that rule and plenty of others besides.
A drivers title has been awarded since 1960 and titles for teams and manufacturers are also currently awarded. An emotional bathurst campaign may finally be behind him but craig lowndes is facing another grim reality he cant win the 2016 supercars championship. Youd have to ask roland about wildcard starts, said lowndes. Oct 09, 2016 craig lowndes 2016 bathurst hopes all but dashed. Craig lowndes steve richards autobarn lowndes racing holden zb commodore 2018 bathurst winners. As he sits on the edge of a run of records, including the most. From champion drivers that logically shouldve won at bathurst, to perennial. The sixtime bathurst winner, fresh from his success with. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a. In 2015, lowndes again finished second in the v8 supercars championship, this time losing a battle against mark winterbottom, while in 2016 he was 4th, scoring two race wins, at barbagallo raceway and at queensland raceway.
Craig lowndes, jamie whincup and toni vilander have won the liquimoly bathurst 12 hour after yet another dramatic conclusion to a bathurst enduro. Will craig lowndes be crowned king of the mountain for a seventh time in his final bathurst as a fulltime driver. Lowndes is, meanwhile, not ruling out making wildcard starts in single driver events, which would help him stay sharp for the enduros. Australian craig lowndes is quite simply a v8 supercars legend, with a record thats seen him finish in the topfour in the drivers championship no less than 12. The triple eight supercar driver will pilot the limited edition aston martin as part. Craig lowndes racing career profile driver database. But history does not look like repeating on sunday after lowndes co driver steven richards complained that their holden was stuck in. Five drivers that could replace supercars hero craig lowndes. Craig lowndes has equalled mark skaifes record as the most successful holden driver of all time with his. Craig lowndes is set to cut laps in tony quinns aston martin vulcan supercar at hampton downs next weekend.
Theres no doubt being in a co driver role, you have to be sharp, you have to stay race fit. I said from the start that this car suits me and hopefully weve proven more. Bathurst champion craig lowndes will race under different colours in 2016 with the confirmation that caltex vortex will be the naming rights sponsor. Craig has also been involved in a wildlife conservation. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of mark skaife and craig lowndes over time since january 1st 20. Lowndes teamvortex car and engineer revealed speedcafe. The australian touring car championship, presently known as the virgin australia supercars championship, is a motor racing competition open to australias premier touring car category.
Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias most prestigious motor race, the bathurst and twotime winner of the bathurst 12 hour. Codriver steven richards will be joining lowndes at todays. From 2019, he races in endurance events parttime but his main role is now in television broadcasting. Craig lowndes secured his first supercars victory since 2016 in the final race of the weekend at symmons plains. This year he will team up with the 2016 winner, new zealands shane. The official page of supercars and motor racing champion. Inside craig lowndes bitter family feud new idea magazine. Craig lowndes is a 45 years old race car driver, who was born in june, in the year of the tiger and is a cancer. Fantastic to win the bathurst 12 hour again and go back to back, it means a lot to me, craig lowndes said.
Nascar driver joins supercars eseries grid, craig lowndes. It was not foreseen in the initial catalog for this year 2016, but scalextric hornby has finally scheduled a special box commemorating the 100 wins of craig lowndes with australian v8s. Craig lowndes exwife supported by friends after ugly family. Van gisbergen won his first race for the team at the tasmania supersprint in 2016, which was also holdens 500th win in championship history. Craig lowndes was born on june 21, 1974 in melbourne, victoria, australia. Craig lowndes 2016 teamvortex holden vf commodore clipsal 500 251 round starts 1. How the leading drivers are shaping up for 2016 v8. The event was held at queensland raceway in ipswich, queensland, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. List of australian touring car and v8 supercar champions. Supercars great craig lowndes says he is comfortable playing second fiddle to holden co driver jamie whincup at this weekends bathurst. Pastor maldonado career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page.
Motorcycle accident rules lowndes out of b12h speedcafe. Will it be holden or ford who win the great race on this special occasion. Click on the site to see craig lowndes s career results at that track. As to whether any of these drivers can be a spiritual replacement to the most popular driver in the supercars paddock, thats a different question.
V8supercar race record all national level races excludes konica series and amscar. Find out is craig lowndes dating anyone right now and who at celebscouples. Craig lowndes has equalled mark skaifes record as the most successful holden driver of all time with his victory in todays 200km race at queensland raceway. He went from being the next craig lowndes to being a qualifying guru. Craig lowndes has unveiled the new teamvortex livery he will campaign in the 2016 v8 supercars championship at sydneys darling harbour. With the 2016 v8 supercars season quickly approaching there looks to be a strong rivalry for the number one spot. The 2016 crownbet darwin triple crown was a motor racing event for v8 supercars, held on the weekend of 17 to 19 june 2016. Craig lowndes set a new records of 251 round starts breaking the previous record held by russell ingall for most round starts in atcc v8sc history.
The holden hero retired at the end of 2018 in what was an emotional time for the entire paddock with another legend hangup his fulltime supercars racing boots. Richards is excited to be back for the 2016 season, this time with a new. Craig lowndes bathurst lap record onboard hd youtube. Browse through latest information on your favorite supercars drivers, including full biographies, latest news, highres photos and high quality videos. After that hes likely to become a soughtafter bathurst co driver and intends to step down into a supporting category to keep racing and. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias mo. Triple eight again embraced an indigenous look in 2016, celebrating. Team driver craig lowndes officially unveiled the fresh livery, launching the namingrights partnership between autobarn and triple eight race engineering at the automotive retailers allnew store, autobarn. One of australias top touring car drivers of recent years, with five wins at bathurst and a three time v8 supercar champion. But the good thing about that is that we have recognised that we can be better and are working towards doing that. Craig lowndes has equalled mark skaifes record as the most successful holden driver of all time with his victory in. Dec 08, 2016 the 2016 supercars season is done and dusted, so weve done some rummaging through the records and delved through the stats to rank the categorys best drivers based on results, performance. Lowndes announced his retirement midyear, and the balance of the season through to the newcastle finale was a celebration of his decorated career.
V8 supercars 2016 round 17 queensland race highlights. Craig lowndes wants to keep steven richards for 2016. Craig lowndes wins the 2018 bathurst last word on. And then in 2016, he and garth tanders race was cut short by the now. My day was pretty easy really i did most of my work in the morning and my job was to stay out of trouble and stay on the lead lap, which we only just managed to do when i got punted into the sand.
Craig lowndes is the 6 million man of v8 supercars thats what it will take to keep him on the grid in 2016 when triple eight expands to three cars. He is one of v8 supercars top racing drivers, needs no introduction. I tell you what mate, fair dinkum, this outstanding mod combined with super v8 mods and everything else ams offers it just leaves me with a grin as wide and bright as the combined smiles of daniel ricciardo and craig lowndes. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Its no secret last year was up and down and weve wanted to be more consistent, said lowndes to.
Jamie whincup leads bathurst as craig lowndes suffers. Lowndes remained in the category until the end of 2018. Now, australian racing legend craig lowndes is said to be devastated that his exwife natalie, 45, is. To be known as teamvortex, lowndes will continue to run with triple eight race engineering as part of an expanded threecar lineup with jamie whincup and shane van gisbergen to steer the red bull.
Lowndes to drive aston martin vulcan supercar speedcafe. It was his first year out of fulltime competition, having announced his impending retirement mid2018, with the balance of that season acting as a celebration of his decorated career. V8 supercar driver james courtney, craig lowndes, instructor waz and tony dalberto pose for a photograph at the conclusion of visit to local indoor skydiving facility in austin. Champion v8 supercars driver craig lowndes has announced his retirement as a fulltime professional racer after more than two decades at the top of the sport. Lando norris, dale earnhardt jnr, or maybe greg murphy. In 2016, van gisbergen moved to the successful triple eight race engineering team, alongside two of the most successful drivers in series history. Supercars drivers find information on your favorite. In this weeks pirtek poll, we want to know who you would like to join the bp supercars all stars eseries as a wildcard. Craig s birthstone is pearl, moonstone and alexandrite and birth flower is rose. That is a good discussion well probably have later. Star and car 07 oct 2016 the lowdown born in melbourne, the multichampionship winning driver and v8 supercar stalwart is one of australias most famous motorsport personalities. This australian racing superstar was interested in sports from his childhood. I am yet to follow up with cams to see where we have got with improving the system. Craig andrew lowndes oam born 21 june 1974 is an australian racing driver in the supercars championship competing in the holden zb commodore for triple eight race engineering.
Craig lowndes wants to take his bathurst winning codriver steven richards with him when he leaves red bull racing at the end of the year. What a way to finish your last season as a full time driver, then with a bathurst win. The sixtime bathurst champion becomes captain caltex. Supercars legend craig lowndes says he is excited about making his carrera cup debut in melbourne next week. Craig lowndes is tipping shane van gisbergen as champion, with a topthree slot for himself, in this years v8 supercars series. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias most prestigious motor race, the bathurst.
The racing drivers exwife moves on with an unemployed tomboy. Craig andrew lowndes oam is an australian racing driver in the supercars championship competing in the holden zb commodore for triple eight race engineering. One of the nations most popular and recognized sporting heroes, craig lowndes is the most successful driver in australian motor sport. Craig lowndes 03 oct 2016 as the v8 supercar championship leader, ford driver craig lowndes is favourite to win the km endurance race at mount panorama, bathurst, on sunday. Australias most famous motor race, the bathurst, has contributed to the result of the. Craig lowndes born 21 jun 1974 melbourne, victoria.
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