Supercars Legends / Australian
Craig Lowndes
Three championships established his reputation. Six more Bathurst victories after 2000 made Lowndes a defining figure of the modern endurance race.
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The biography
Lowndes arrived at the Holden Racing Team in the 1990s and became a champion before this collection’s period begins. His subsequent Ford years and long Triple Eight association connect several generations of Australian touring cars.
A second career at the Mountain
Lowndes entered the 2000s with three championships already secured. The next chapter was not another title procession: it was a sustained demonstration of how a driver can remain central to the sport as cars, teams and rivals change. His move through Ford machinery and into Triple Eight placed him at the heart of a new competitive force.
Bathurst supplies the clearest measure. Six of his seven victories there came after 2000, including the three-year sequence with Whincup. Later wins with Mark Skaife and Steven Richards underline the range of partnerships through which that endurance success continued.
More than a list of championships
His 2018 Bathurst win closed his full-time career with another major result, rather than a ceremonial farewell. Lowndes then remained part of endurance racing. That distinction matters: leaving the full-time championship did not mean disappearing from the grid.
For readers discovering Supercars, his career is a route into both its tribal Holden–Ford history and the importance of the co-driver. The championship titles explain his early standing; the later Bathurst record explains why his influence extends so far into this collection’s era.