Craig Lowndes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Craig Lowndes
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jun 21, 1974(1974-06-21)
Age	50
Birthplace	Melbourne
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Gemini

Craig Lowndes Biography

Craig Lowndes is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on June 21, 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. One of Australia’s best V8 Supercar drivers, he won multiple times of V8 Supercars and the Bathurst 1000.

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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.

Lowndes’ first competitive race at Bathurst was in the 1994 James Hardie 12 Hour for production cars. Sharing a Nissan Pulsar SSS with John and Phil Morriss, Lowndes finished 14th outright and first in Class B.

He and married to Nat divorced in 2011 following 14 years of marriage.

Craig Lowndes Net Worth

Craig Lowndes is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Craig Lowndes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At age 9 the driver turned to cars in 1991 with the Motorcraft Formula Ford “Driver into Europe’ Series, and then joined the Holden Racing Team.

He took home his first of a series of Sandown 500s in 1996 , and took home the Queensland 500 in 2000.

Craig Andrew Lowndes OAM (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supercar champion, a five- time Barry Sheene Medalist, and a seven-time winner of Australia’s most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000 and two-time winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Craig Lowndes Dating?

According to our records, Craig Lowndes married to Lara McDonald , Natalie Lowndes. As of December 1, 2023, Craig Lowndes’s is not dating anyone.

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At the V8 Gala Awards, Lowndes was awarded the Barry Sheene Medal, an award akin to Most Valuable Player which is voted on by a team of panellists from the Australian media, motorsport magazines, television commentators and former drivers. This award was first introduced in 2003, in honour of the late Barry Sheene. Marcos Ambrose won it in 2003 and 2004, winning the championship in both years. Hence this made Lowndes the first non-championship winner to take out the award.

Facts & Trivia

Craig Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Craig Lowndes celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.

Lowndes joined Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2005 and enjoyed his most successful season since switching to Ford. He had the most round victories and the most pole positions of any driver in the championship, and finished second in the final standings behind champion Russell Ingall. He suffered a luckless run at the Bathurst 1000 that year, where, despite qualifying on the pole, he spent much time in the pits after two separate incidents which severely damaged his Falcon including a wheel that smashed into his windscreen.

What is Craig Lowndes doing in 2022?

Craig Lowndes will make history this year after being confirmed as a wildcard entry for the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000. Having won the event seven times in his career, Lowndes will be behind the wheel of the Supercheap Auto backed Triple Race Engineering #888 entry alongside the team’s Super2 driver, Declan Fraser.

Is Craig Lowndes still married?

Lowndes has been married twice. He married his first wife, Natalie, in 1997 but the couple divorced in 2011. He married his current wife, Lara, in late 2015.

How many Bathursts has Craig Lowndes won?

Craig Lowndes OAM
Championships| 3 (1996, 1998, 1999)
Races| 674
Wins| 110
Podiums| 266

Is Craig Lowndes racing Porsche?

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.

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