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. “I think...
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 with great TeamVortex strategies,...
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 the pace...
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, and...
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 be staying...
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 Sunday’s race...
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 suspended...
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 of...
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 TeamVortex...