Craig Lowndes
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Craig Lowndes.
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
21 June 1974 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Supercars Record | |
| Car number | 888 |
| Current team | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Series championships | 3 (1996, 1998, 1999) |
| Races | 610 |
| Race wins | 105 |
| Podium finishes | 254 |
| Pole positions | 41 |
| 2016 Championship position | 4th (2770 pts) |
Craig Lowndes OAM (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 888 Holden VF Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supercar champion, a five-time Barry Sheene Medalist, and a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000
Among all his other achievements, Lowndes has claimed eight 500 kilometre V8 Supercar/ATCC endurance titles (five Sandown 500 victories, two L&H 500 crowns and one Queensland 500 win). He is also the first driver in ATCC/V8SC history to win 100 races and holds the record for the most Bathurst 1000 podiums with 13.
On 11 June 2012, Lowndes received the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his success in motorsport and contribution to the broader Australian community, "particularly through road safety education programs and charitable organizations."
Craig Lowndes is the son of former long-time Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) Chief Scrutineer Frank Lowndes.
Lowndes began his racing career at age nine, driving go-karts at a track in the town of Whittlesea.
He moved up to race cars in 1991, driving a Van Diemen in the Motorcraft Formula Ford "Driver to Europe" Series. Despite the car being several years old and receiving minimal sponsorship, Lowndes shot to almost immediate success. Lowndes won the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1993 which qualified him for the Formula Ford Festival in England that same year, where he finished third. Lowndes moved up to Australia's top rank of open wheel racing being Formula Brabham in 1994. His success in Formula Brabham driving an ageing Cheetah Mk9 against much more modern cars was rewarded with the Australian Silver Star.
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