2017

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...

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 Motorsport...

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 fixed...