However, he did appear at sandown and bathurst, where he drove for dick johnson racing, co driving with steven johnson in the no. The series now moves to surfers paradise in two weeks time for the gold coast 600, the final round on the endurance calendar. Craig lowndes likened triple eights test at queensland raceway on monday to a burke and wills expedition, such was the ground covered by the threecar squad. Lowndes retired from fulltime supercars competition at the end of 2018, having claimed his seventh bathurst win earlier in the year. The grid is almost set for the bathurst 12 hour the full list of entries and drivers for the bathurst 12 hour is almost complete, with organisers releasing a detailed list of the class runners. Craig lowndes and jamie whincup bathurst 12hour 2017. It was the eleventh event of fourteen in the 2017 supercars championship and was race 20 of the season. Lowndes nears richards bathurst haul supercars great jim richards says it would be fitting for craig lowndes to win this years bathurst and mark the 10th anniversary of. He will remain with triple eight as an endurance co. As a driver, he was a fivetime australian touring car champion and a threetime winner of the bathurst. Bathurst 12 hour driver lineups released speedcafe. In 2011 he finished second outright in an audi r8 lms gt3 driving for famed german. V8 supercars veteran craig lowndes and rival holden co driver warren luff have escaped injury after a heavy crash during practice for sundays bathurst. Between them, lowndes and whinup have 10 victories in the bathurst, including three together in 200608, in addition to lowndes victory in the 12 hour two years ago.
Craig lowndes has admitted he was devastated to hear news that holden. It was a tough day at the office for craig lowndes and co driver steve richards in this years bathurst on the weekend. Lowndes and whincup won the great race together 2006, 07 and 08, before being split when primary drivers were no longer allowed to pair up in 10. Holden will build 233 examples of the craig lowndes commodore, and it says more than 120 are already spoken for. The standard deviation of salaries for the results of this search is 23,969. See more ideas about aussie muscle cars, v8 supercars and super cars. Where gmcs pickup stands out is in the upper trim levels, where more attention is paid to materials and quality of workmanship. View 42 truck driver jobs in bathurst nsw at jora, create free email alerts and never miss another career opportunity again. With co driver aaren russell, heimgartner took 16th after battling pitlane queuing woes and a string of offtrack excursions at the chase. See more ideas about v8 supercars, super cars, v8 supercars australia. Get msrp, fair purchase price, resale value, and available inventory for the 2012 gmc savana 1500 passenger ls van 3d. Lounsbury automotive limited bathurst has a wide selection of exceptional preowned vehicles to choose from, including this 2016 gmc sierra 1500. The bathurst 12 hour is one of my absolute favourite events, so i am delighted to have the chance to defend my win in 2017 but in a mclaren for the first time, said lowndes.
Lowndes, who at 41 is the second eldest fulltime v8 driver, won his sixth bathurst this month and is still in contention for an elusive fourth title his first since his last championship. It was a classic win in a battle which ran right down to the flag, as rick kelly came up just a little short in a winnertakeall sixlap shootout. To the extent, about gm and its involvement in racing beyond that, that. Used car pricing for the 2012 gmc savana 3500 passenger ls diesel van 3d. Monday marked the first inseason test for the team with the newfor2018 zb commodore, which has had a hitandmiss start to its racing life.
Craig lowndes 2012 bathurst 50th anniversary retro livery. Whincups midrace stints proved decisive as he claimed the lead from todd kelly off a safety car restart on lap 110. As of 2008 johnson has claimed over twenty awards and honours, including the v8 supercars hall of fame into which he was inducted in 2001. Co driver whincup claimed his maiden bathurst win 12 months after he burst onto the scene with a runnersup place in a holden last year. The race, which was held on sunday, 10 october 2010 at the mount panorama circuit just outside bathurst, new south wales, australia was race 18 of the 2010 v8 supercar championship series. Proving he is a master of the adelaide parklands circuit, lowndes returned to the street track as a ford driver for the first time in 2001. Warren luff had the overall 2nd fastest qualifying time in his audi r8 2. View all our truck driver vacancies now with new jobs added daily. Lowndes to take bathurst pressure off whincup supercars. Get msrp, fair purchase price, resale value, and available inventory for.
Virtually any fullsize pickup will provide you with adequate room, and the 2012 sierra is no different. It was held on sunday, 7 october 2012 at the mount panorama circuit on the outskirts of bathurst, new south wales, in australia the ford performance racing duo of will davison and john mcintyre started the race from pole. Jamie whincup, and craig lowndes, a friend and protege of peter brock, became. Whincup won again alongside paul dumbrell in 2012, but a litany of. Sifting through the sob stories of bathurst s gone by.
Craig lowndes dedicates bathurst win to brocky car. The 2012 supercheap auto bathurst was an australian touring car motor race for v8 supercars, the twentyfirst race of the 2012 international v8 supercars championship. Dick johnson and getting the chance to race in a ford sierra in the 1992. Lowndes and talented young co driver jamie whincup hit. Find your ideal job at seek with 19 truck driver jobs found in bathurst nsw 2795. Used car pricing for the 2012 gmc savana 1500 passenger ls van 3d. By midnovember 2005, davison had been signed as a fulltime driver for dick johnson racing, set to pilot the teams no. Lowndes switched to ford in 2000 before heading to triple eight racing in 2005. Thats something that would go down like a lead balloon at holden, given the races high profile and massive interest among onceayear fans. To display this car, it also comes with a black timber baseplaque that has an etched metal top with information about that day which is signed by both.
Lowndes set the lap record around the mountain during practice at last years bathurst. Gmc savana used awd gmc savana passenger van mitula cars. 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. His codriver on that occasion, mark skaife, won six bathursts, most recently in 2010. Since his last win in 2012, whincup has been at odds with the mountain. Craig lowndes to race porsche against his own team at 2020.
With lowndes now whincups codriver for 2019, they now have the. Bathurst champ craig lowndes to race newlook third car. Pirtek enduro cup challengers on top of the pile is the red bull racing pairing of reigning v8 supercar. For dumbrell it was a magic way to end his v8 supercar career. The drivers, with a combined age of 84, saw off the pressure from their. Whincup and co driver paul dumbrell led for most of the 161 laps after dumbrell passed pole man will davison after a spirited battle at the start of the race. Richard johnson is a partowner of the v8 supercar team djr team penske and a former racing driver. The 2017 supercheap auto bathurst was a motor racing event for the supercars championship, held from october 5 to 8 2017 at the mount panorama circuit in bathurst, new south wales, and consisted of a kilometre race. Lowndes bathurst winning count now increases to six, the triple 8 driver now alongside mark skaife and larry perkins in the bathurst record books. Hes now a co driver for the team the returned to the winners circle with.
Craig lowndes and mark skaife won the supercheap auto bathurst, leading home teammates jamie whincup and steve owen in a 12 finish for team vodafone. It takes a village to flatten the curve covid19 health and safety updates. In 2012 he failed to finish, again driving an audi r8, this time for. He had everything thrown at him that could be today, but even rain, a jumbled grid and his legendary teammate jamie whincup werent enough to stop craig lowndes from winning his sixth bathurst. Used 2012 gmc savana 3500 passenger ls diesel van 3d. Previous article first look at the chevrolet corvette c8. Craig lowndes and bev brock reveal holden dealer team bathurst livery.
Lowndes, van gisbergen to lead mclaren effort at bathurst. His codriver, some young nobody with the surname lowndes. Peter brocks protege craig lowndes paid the ultimate tribute to his fallen idol when he claimed an emotional, emphatic win in the biggest event of the v8 supercar season, the bathurst. It was the fourteenth running of the australian race, first held after the organisational split over the.
Stanaway meanwhile finished 22nd, after the rabble. The gmc sierra 1500 sles pristine good looks were combined with the gmc high standard of. At the end of its 161 laps, lowndes joined his red bull crew in yet another shower of champagne from race winner whincup and co driver paul dumbrell after the veterans narrowly missed out on. The 2010 supercheap auto bathurst was a motor race for v8 supercars. Bathurst legend craig lowndes keen for a supercars. Craig lowndes racing career profile driver database. When larry perkins and craig lowndes clipped wheels on the opening lap of the 1995 tooheys bathurst and lp headed to the pits to change a tyre on his castrol perkins commodore, no one gave. Craig lowndes and jamie whincup, who won the bathurst three times on the bounce between 200608, are back together for another tilt at australias most famous track this time in the 2017. Craig lowndes and bev brock reveal holden dealer team. Craig lowndes wins his sixth bathurst with steven. Nash racing, after finishing second at bathurst with craig lowndes in 1999.
In 2005, will was not able to find a fulltime drive. Lowndes, a seventime bathurst winner and a codriver in the triple eight holden red bull racing squad, was reportedly asked to step. In 1990 a lesserknown radisich teamed up with brit jeff allam in the second dick johnson racing ford sierra rs500. Club falcon he shared with steve owen battled numerous mechanical gremlins. And if lowndes highspeed balance issues are reflected across the holden entries that can only aid pras chances of scoring a hattrick of wins in the supercheap auto bathurst. Whincup won again alongside paul dumbrell in 2012, but a litany of dramas have thwarted his annual supercheap auto bathurst campaigns since. Craig lowndes wins bathurst peter brock trophy car. Craig lowndes has won the bathurst for the sixth time, supported by his new zealand born co driver steven richards. The former supercars series champion wondered if he would get behind the wheel again after his glittering 19year fulltime career came to an abrupt halt with a shock axing in january. Toyota, honda, bmw, mercedes benz, chrysler, nissan and it is all about driving your dreams. Lowndes and richards win bathurst, coulthard top kiwi. Lowndes finished second in australias greatest race, the bathurst, that year, and then went on to become the greatest driver in holdens rich motorsports history.
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