Order of Australia Medal
Championships
Race Wins
Bathurst 1000 Wins
Podiums
Pole Positions
One of the nation’s most popular and recognized sporting heroes, Craig Lowndes is the most successful driver in Australian motor sport history.
Lowndes to lead Supercheap Auto Wildcard with Team 18 and Chevrolet from 2026 Team 18, in partnership with Chevrolet Racing, is proud to announce a landmark two-year deal with Australian motorsport icon Craig Lowndes and leading automotive retailer Supercheap Auto to lead a wildcard entry...
CRAIG LOWNDES will not renew his contract with Triple Eight Race Engineering following the conclusion of the 2025 racing season. It puts a full stop on an unprecedented relationship in Australian Motorsport that has run for two decades and delivered both parties remarkable success throughout...
Seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner, Craig Lowndes, will team up with 2017 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion, David Wall, for the two opening rounds of the 2021 Carrera Cup Australia series.
Seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes will team up with Grove Motorsport on the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia grid at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix (March 12-15, 2020) Lowndes will join Stephen Grove as part of a two-car effort for the team at...
Brake issues marred what was otherwise a faultless race for the Earl Bamber Motorsport #1 Meguiars Porsche 911 GT3 R, piloted by Craig Lowndes, Laurens Vanthoor and Earl Bamber. The Team qualified 5th following the Saturday afternoon Top Ten Shootout, after a solid lap from...
Reigning Enduro Cup champion Craig Lowndes secured back to back wins after claiming a clean sweep of results with teammate Jamie Whincup at the Sandown 500. Two race wins and a pole position saw the ‘Dream Team’ secure the title and Lowndes’ sixth win at...
It was a strong showing by Lowndes on the street of Surfers Paradise for Event 13 of the Supercars Gold Coast 600. Walking away with two surfboards with a win on Saturday and a second place on Sunday. Alongside team mate Jamie Whincup. Still beaming...
It was a case of so close, but so far for a podium position for Car #888 at Event 12 of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. The iconic Bathurst 1000. Finishing fourth. The event headlining the beginning of the Pirtek Endurance Cup for the first...
The Red Bull Holden Racing Team is pleased to announce that Craig Lowndes has extended his contract for two years until the end of the 2021 season. The renewal will see the Supercars veteran continue his co-driver responsibilities for the endurance rounds of the Virgin...
Craig Lowndes drove the Autobarn Lowndes Racing #888 Holden Commodore to a pair of strong finishes in the top 10 at Queensland Raceway over the weekend. At the latest round of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, Craig stormed through the field to third in Saturday’s...
Amid the chaos created by Craig Lowndes’ unexpected announcement that he was retiring from full-time Supercar Championship competition at the end of this season, he had a strong weekend in Townsville. Putting aside the tributes and plaudits for his spectacular career, Craig raced to fourth...
Craig Lowndes will retire from full-time driving at the end of the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship season. Although Lowndes’ contract to drive for Triple Eight Race Engineering is in place to the end the 2019 season, the decision to step back from full-time duties...
Craig Lowndes had a strong weekend in the Top End, with the Autobarn Lowndes Racing driver scoring a solid haul of points from Hidden Valley Raceway. While qualifying wasn’t a strong point for the outfit, good race pace paved the way for the 888 Holden...
Craig Lowndes took his Autobarn Lowndes Racing Commodore to a pair of solid finishes in the latest round of Supercar racing, at Winton Raceway in rural Victoria on the weekend. In Saturday’s shorter Race 13 Craig turned a disappointing qualifying into a strong 13th placed...
Craig Lowndes drove a brilliant race to come from the rear of the field to the podium, in the latest Virgin Australia Supercars Championship event at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth yesterday. After some challenges in qualifying, Craig started from the back row and scythed through...
Craig Lowndes took his Autobarn Lowndes Racing #888 Holden Commodore to a pair of strong top 10 finishes in races 9 and 10 of the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercar Championship at Phillip Island on the weekend. At the ultra fast Victorian MotoGP track Craig qualified...
Craig Lowndes scored his 106th career Championship race win in race 8 of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship at Symmons Plains (Tasmania) on the weekend. Racing from his first pole position of the 2018 season, Craig dominated the day and all rivals to score his...
For the first time, the Supercars raced for Championship points at the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park (Melbourne) over the weekend. Craig Lowndes took his Autobarn Commodore to three finishes out of four events in the new Championship format, being forced out of points...
Autobarn Lowndes Racing had its inaugural outing at the Adelaide 500 on the weekend. Craig’s 2018 program with Triple Eight, carrying Autobarn’s support and colours as naming rights sponsor for the first time, saw the new #888 Commodore home strongly in 9th on Saturday and, picking...
Overheating issues ended Craig Lowndes’ bid to win back-to-back Bathurst 12 Hour GT races on Sunday. Sharing a YNA Autosports McLaren 650S with Shane Van Gisbergen and McLaren factory driver Come Ledogar, the 2017 and 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour Champion had the British GT racer...
The highly-anticipated Autobarn Lowndes Racing team has pulled the covers off the 2018 #888 next-generation Holden Commodore supercar. Team driver Craig Lowndes officially unveiled the fresh livery, launching the naming-rights partnership between Autobarn and Triple Eight Race Engineering at the automotive retailer’s all-new store, Autobarn...
Craig Lowndes’ 2017 Virgin Australia Supercar Championship challenge came to a frustrating end on the streets of Newcastle at the weekend. Aiming to consolidate sixth in the title chase, Craig was contesting the second leg of the inaugural Newcastle 500 event, when he was driven...
Six-time Bathurst 1000 winner and three-time Supercars champion Craig Lowndes will be one of a select group of high profile drivers to get behind the wheel of some motoring legends at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival on December 7-10. The lineup of auto greats Lowndes will...
Craig Lowndes finished his Supercar weekend in style at Pukekohe Park, New Zealand on the weekend with a strong fourth place in Race 24 of the Virgin Australia Supercar Championship. In a highly-competitive run, Craig took the TeamVortex Commodore to within sight of the podium...
Craig Lowndes completed his 2017 Supercars Endurance Cup campaign with a fine fourth place in the Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise yesterday. Craig and co-driver Steve Richards had the TeamVortex Commodore at the sharp end throughout the day, Craig putting the car third in...
Craig Lowndes’ no. 888 Holden will bear a fresh look for the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship season as long-time sponsor Autobarn confirms its position as naming-rights partner. Autobarn came on board as a team partner with Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2013 and the...
It was a tough day at the office for Craig Lowndes and co-driver Steve Richards in this year’s Bathurst 1000 on the weekend. The wettest Bathurst in recent memory made it a long day for the TeamVortex duo, having to fight their way forward from...
Craig Lowndes and Steve Richards drove a strategic race from the back of the field to finish a strong 12th in the Sandown 500 on the weekend. The latest round of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, held at the iconic Melbourne venue, also doubled as...
Craig Lowndes had a disappointing end to the Sydney Motorsport Park round of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship on Sunday. Running strongly mid-pack to a specific strategy destined to pay dividends later in the race, Craig’s TeamVortex Holden Commodore broke an engine component and many...
Craig Lowndes took his TeamVortex Commodore to two top six finishes in the latest weekend of Virgin Australia Supercar Championship racing, at Queensland Raceway. After qualifying second fastest on Saturday, Craig finished fifth and then followed that up with a sixth placed finish on Sunday....
Craig Lowndes took a pair of top ten finishes in the latest Supercar weekend in Townsville. Coming from behind in both races after difficult qualifying sessions, Craig drove through the field in each event with a series of strong passing moves. That, together...
Craig Lowndes drove the TeamVortex Commodore to a pair of strong top ten finishes in the latest round of the Virgin Australia Supercar Championship at Darwin’s Hidden Valley. Despite qualifying down the field on Saturday, the result of being blocked by traffic, Craig underlined...
Strong strategies and great driving saw Craig Lowndes move forward into strong points finishes on both days, in the latest round of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship at Winton on the weekend. Saturday’s shorter race saw Craig take the Caltex Commodore from 19th to 6th,...
Craig Lowndes has renewed his contract with Triple Eight Race Engineering for another two years. The team is thrilled to confirm that the TeamVortex driver will remain with the squad until at least the end of the 2019 Supercars Championship season. “I’m really happy to...
LAST MINUTE electrical dramas, being tagged into a spin, a deflating tyre and an unsuccessful chassis change in qualifying couldn’t deter Craig Lowndes from racing through the field from last to an impressive eighth in Sunday’s Race 8 of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship in...
Tyre issues were the story of Craig Lowndes’ Virgin Australia Supercars Championship round at Phillip Island (Victoria) on the weekend. On Friday, a tyre failure in practice pitched the TeamVortex Commodore into the barriers, triggering an overnight rebuild of the heavily-damaged #888 racer. Then in...
CRAIG LOWNDES drove through the field in difficult wet-dry conditions to a strong fourth place on Sunday in a rain-affected weekend of Supercar racing at Symmons Plains. Saturday’s race three was effectively a non-event when a huge second lap crash caused the race to be...
CRAIG LOWNDES put four days of racing to good use at the Australian Grand Prix meeting in Melbourne on the weekend. Using the valuable track time at this non-championship round to experiment with chassis setups and learn more about the new-for-2017 supersoft tyre, Craig tried a variety...
Craig Lowndes made a strong start to his 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship campaign in Adelaide on the weekend. Late race fuel consumption concerns cost Craig two places late in the opening leg of the Clipsal 500 on Saturday, where he finished eighth in his...
Driving the latest Ferrari 488, Craig successfully defended his last start victory in the same race, in 2015, after missing the 2016 race through injury. With Triple Eight teammate Jamie Whincup and Ferrari factory driver Toni Vilander alongside, plus the combined resources of the Maranello...
Racing legend Craig Lowndes has pulled the covers off his TeamVortex Commodore, revealing a fresh new look for the 2017 Supercars season. After finishing fourth in the 2016 championship with two race wins, TeamVortex heads into its second year in the category with eyes firmly...
