# Craig Lowndes

Craig Andrew Lowndes OAM (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing car driver in the Repco Supercars Championship racing for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator.
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.
On 6 July 2018, Lowndes announced his intention to step down from full-time driving at the end of the 2018 season, continuing as a co-driver.
Among all his other achievements, Lowndes has claimed nine 500 kilometre V8 Supercar/ATCC endurance titles (six Sandown 500 victories, two Phillip Island 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 14.
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 organisations."
In 2018 Lowndes was also recognised in the prestigious Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards, as the ABC Sports Personality of the Year. On 16 March 2019, Lowndes was inducted into the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame.
Lowndes also voices Conrod in Roary the Racing Car in both the UK and US.

## Racing career

Lowndes began his racing career at age nine, driving go-karts at a track in the town of Whittlesea.

### Early career

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.

### Holden Racing Team

By this time Lowndes had been added to the Holden Racing Teams testing crew. He looked sufficiently promising in testing that Lowndes was drafted into the No. 015 Commodore with Brad Jones for the 1994 Sandown 500. It was expected to be a one-off performance as Rickard Rydell from the BTCC Racing|TWR]] was to join the team for Bathurst. Rydell was forced to stay home for family reasons and after his impressive debut at Sandown, HRT team manager Jeff Grech had no hesitation in giving Rydell's seat to the young Lowndes.
After a gruelling double-stint by Jones, Lowndes began the final stint of the race as the premier challenger to the DJR Falcon of John Bowe which had dominated the race. With eleven laps to go Lowndes stunned the touring car establishment by overtaking Bowe on the outside of Griffins Bend. Bowe retook a lap later and Lowndes was forced to back off in the closing laps but second was an impressive achievement for a rookie driver. Lowndes won fans in pit lane when he later admitted that his passing move on Bowe was simply a case of missing his brake marker.
It would be almost a year before Lowndes would find himself back behind the driver's seat. Having been retained as HRT's official test driver for 1995, Lowndes was nevertheless forced to sit on the sidelines as HRT persisted with their experienced line-up of Tomas Mezera and Peter Brock. At the season ending endurance events, Lowndes was finally back behind the wheel and immediately impressed by taking his maiden pole position at the Sandown 500. His race would end in the gravel trap at Turn 1 after a spirited battle with veteran Glenn Seton, but the rookie would prove his speed was no flash in the pain just a few short weeks later when he stormed to pole at the Bathrust 1000. His Holden Racing Team Commodore would DNF early on in the race when both HRT cars experienced oil pressure problems and eventual engine failure. HRT had seen enough however, and for the 1996 season Lowndes replaced Tomas Mezera full-time in the team.
In his first full season as an Australian Touring Car driver, Lowndes duly won the championship by 79 points over reigning champion John Bowe. He also won both the Sandown and Bathurst races with teammate Greg Murphy, a rare treble. His Bathurst 1000 victory made him the youngest winner of the race at the time and with Murphy, the youngest ever driver pairing to win the Bathurst 1000. His unprecedented success prompted team owner Tom Walkinshaw to sign him to a 10-year management deal:
"We signed a deal earlier this year to get me overseas in 1997. Under the terms of the arrangement, he has got seven years to put me into F1. It's pretty rare for a young Australian to get a deal like this, although it's not so unusual in Europe for young drivers to get picked up at an early age."

### Formula 3000

At the end of 1996, Lowndes left Australia for Europe to pursue his F1 dream with Walkinshaw. A successful F3 test prompted both Lowndes and Walkinshaw to skip the category altogether in favour of the heavier yet faster F3000. Super Nova team boss David Sears was impressed with Lowndes, but his insistence on a 2-year commitment wasn't to Walkinshaw's liking and ultimately led to the Scotsman signing Lowndes to the RSM Marko Team in the 1997 International Formula 3000 Championship. Lowndes would partner the highly rated Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya.
Qualifying an impressive 6th on debut at Silverstone, Lowndes debut season in the category ultimately proved underwhelming, his best finish of 4th in Enna paling in comparison to Montoya's three wins and 2nd in the championship. Commenting on his time at RSM Marko, Lowndes would describe the experience as markedly different from his time at HRT:
"There was one engineer who engineered both cars and (Montoya) drove the car very differently to what I did. They basically made the cars the same and very similar in set-ups and I just had to deal with it."
Despite his struggles, Lowndes was determined to carry on, but with sponsors reluctant to fund another season he duly returned to Australia and HRT.

### Australian return

On his return to Australia, Lowndes again won the 1997 Sandown 500 for HRT, partnered by New Zealander Greg Murphy. In 1998, he resumed his full-time race seat with the Holden Racing Team (at the expense of Murphy) alongside new teammate and former champion Mark Skaife. Picking up where he left off, Lowndes went on to win his second consecutive Championship.
In 1998, Lowndes also flirted with a potential trans-pacific move to the American CART series. Although he tested with Team KOOL Green's Indy Lights outfit (with both he and fellow V8 Supercar regular Jason Bright setting very competitive times, the latter for PacWest), Lowndes eventually decided to stay in Australia.
A 3rd title would follow in 1999 with Lowndes finishing off the podium only once in the first 18 races. In the first full year of campaigning the VT Commodore, Lowndes had already amassed a large lead by the time the series arrived for Round 8 at Calder Park Raceway. Following a win in the first sprint race, a poor start by Lowndes saw him bogged down in the field and subsequently tapped by another car which resulted in a spectacular roll over, momentarily sending the car airborne and into an embankment. The car (which was only 4 races old) was declared a write-off and Lowndes was fortunate to only suffer a knee injury. Despite missing the following round at Symmons Plains Raceway due to the injury, Lowndes still went on to clinch the Championship at the Bathurst Classic finishing second in the final round of the season.
Despite Lowndes being favourite to win a 4th title in 2000, he struggled with reliability and consistency throughout the season and finished 3rd in the championship, behind teammate Mark Skaife and Garth Tander, with three round wins including the Queensland 500.

### Ford

Dissatisfaction within HRT triggered Lowndes move to a new team, causing a stir among race fans when he jumped ship from Holden to arch-rival manufacturer Ford, signing with a team headed up by former driver Fred Gibson. This partnership lasted for two years in which time Lowndes finished 7th and 11th in the championship. The relationship proved unsuccessful due to reliability issues with the Ford Falcon race car. Despite the setbacks, Lowndes garnered an admiration from fans for his positive attitude and demeanour. Gibson Motor Sport was renamed to 00 Motorsport (pronounced "double-o", being Lowndes' racing number) after a change of management. Lowndes's black and silver Falcon was affectionately referred to as the "green-eyed monster" for the bright green covers over the headlights.

### Ford Performance Racing

Lowndes signed with the factory-sponsored Ford Performance Racing team for the 2003 season. The season saw Lowndes improve from the previous 2 seasons and managed a 5th place in the championship including his first round win since the Queensland 500 in 2000 and the first with Ford. The season proved inconsistent and reliability issues started setting in throughout the season causing Lowndes to miss out on a chance for the title. 2004 would be Lowndes worst championship year, reliability became a big issue in the FPR garage throughout the season. Lowndes finished 20th in the championship, causing him to leave the team at the end of 2004.

### Triple Eight Race Engineering

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. At the Bathurst 1000 that year, after qualifying on 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.
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.

### 2006–8

Lowndes was a contender for the championship right up until the last race, being level on points with Rick Kelly. The two fought one of the closest non-staged finishes in Bathurst 1000 history on 8 October 2006, with Lowndes winning over Kelly by just half a second. It was his first Bathurst win since 1996 and Ford's first since 1998. The win was a very emotional one for Lowndes, being the first Bathurst 1000 held since the death of his long-time mentor Peter Brock at a road rally the month before. As winners of the Bathurst 1000, the inaugural Peter Brock Trophy was presented to Lowndes and his teammate, Jamie Whincup.
Lowndes eventually finished second in the 2006 V8 Supercar season. After complaining of having been "unfairly" held up for up to six seconds a lap by Rick Kelly's teammates over the first two races, Lowndes was level on championship points with Kelly after race 2 (of 3) in the final round. In the deciding race Kelly crashed into Lowndes heading into the hairpin resulting in a lengthy pit stop to repair Lowndes' vehicle. Kelly received a drive-through penalty and went on to finish the race in 18th position and seal the championship victory, while Lowndes finished the race 31st.
Lowndes and Triple Eight Racing lodged a protest and a hearing was set up. The protest was dismissed after a long hearing and Rick Kelly was confirmed as the 2006 champion. Lowndes and Triple Eight Racing decided not to appeal that decision and proclaim themselves the "Moral Champions" for the 2006 season. Lowndes won the Barry Sheene Medal for the second year in a row.
Lowndes had three victories in 2007, the sixth round at Hidden Valley Raceway, and both the endurance races: the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000. He finished third place in the championship, while his teammate, Jamie Whincup, finished second. In 2008, Lowndes and Whincup won the Bathurst 1000 for a third time in a row, becoming only the third pairing in the history of the Bathurst 1000 to achieve it, after Peter Brock and Jim Richards (1978–80) and Peter Brock and Larry Perkins (1982–84).

### 2009

In 2009, Lowndes started the year with a brand new Ford FG Falcon. Despite winning races in Winton, the Gold Coast and Barbagallo, he was unable to match his teammate and finished the year 4th in the standings. Being once again paired up with Whincup in the enduros but suffered the heartbreak of losing the race lead on the final lap of the L&H Phillip Island 500 due to a delaminating tyre. Heading to Bathurst on the verge of making history, they failed in their bid to win a fourth consecutive Bathurst title, due to a drive-thru penalty and a clutch problem.

### 2010

In 2010, Team Vodafone switched to Holden Commodores as Ford cut sponsorship. Lowndes placed fourth in the championship with podiums in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Queensland Raceway and Winton. Partnering five-time champion Mark Skaife, Lowndes won the Bathurst 1000 for the fifth time, as well as the Phillip Island 500. His first solo victory for the season came during the Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains.

### 2011-12

2011 was Lowndes' most competitive season in five years, narrowly finishing second in the championship to teammate Whincup. He achieved five pole positions, a clean sweep of the Queensland Raceway round, another Phillip Island 500 crown with Mark Skaife and second place at Bathurst. Lowndes finished off the year by winning the Sydney 500, and taking out the Barry Sheene Medal for the third time. He backed up his campaign in 2011 by again finishing second to Whincup the following season. 2012 saw Lowndes net seven race victories in the championship, including his fifth Sandown 500 title with teammate Warren Luff.

### 2013

In the 2013 season opener in Adelaide, Lowndes won by a record margin of over 20.5 seconds in Race 1, while coming in third in Race 2. Lowndes' race 1 victory marked the first win under V8 Supercar's new "Car of the Future" regulations, as well as the 90th of his career, equalling all-time rival Mark Skaife. Along with his Triple Eight Racing teammate Jamie Whincup, Lowndes had continued to dominate in the 2013 season, scoring race wins at Adelaide, Barbagallo Raceway, Hidden Valley Raceway, and also winning Race 1 at Gold Coast with co-driver Warren Luff. He ended the season in 2nd for the third consecutive year, all behind Jamie Whincup.

### 2015

In 2015, Lowndes became the first driver to reach 100 race wins in the V8 Supercar championship. He capped off a brilliant campaign by placing second in the championship and winning his sixth Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards. In doing so, he equalled all-time greats Mark Skaife and Larry Perkins in terms of number of victories at Mount Panorama, and now stands alone with a record 13th podium at the event. He also scored his 5th Barry Sheene Medal and won the Most Popular Driver award for the third year in succession (since its inception in 2013).

### 2016

In 2016, Lowndes rejoined long-time Triple Eight Race Engineering technical director Ludo Lacroix as his Engineer under Team Vortex livery Lowndes won his first race of the year at the Perth SuperSprint, where he charged through the field after taking on a two-stop strategy. At the Sydney SuperSprint, Lowndes became the first driver to enter 600 championship races, and after leading the first half of the race, finished second to Whincup, who in the process became the second driver after Lowndes to win 100 races.

### 2017

2017 saw the continuation of Team Vortex running alongside the newly named Red Bull Holden Racing Team. Despite race wins from both reigning champion Van Gisbergen and crowned champion Whincup, Lowndes for the first time in his career suffered a winless season and also was unable to record a podium finish. Despite the tough season and disappointing outcome of 10th in the championship (his lowest since 2004 and lowest ever with Triple Eight), Lowndes denied retirement and announced his intention to continue racing in 2018.

### 2018

In January, Lowndes peeled back the covers of the Autobarn Lowndes Racing Holden ZB Commodore in which he would compete in 2018, and also confirmed he would once again be partnered by Steven Richards in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. At Tasmania, Lowndes took his first victory in nearly two years, recording the 106th win of his career in the second leg of the 2018 Tasmania SuperSprint. On 5 July, during the press conference at the Townsville 400, Lowndes announced that he will retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2018 championship. He will remain with Triple Eight Race Engineering as an endurance driver.
On 7 October 2018, Lowndes won his 7th Bathurst 1000 in a record time of 6 hours 1 minute with co-driver Steven Richards. The win equals Steven's father Jim Richards' total of 7 wins. Lowndes and Richards won the Pirtek Enduro Cup award after a strong showing throughout the campaign, including podiums at Sandown and the Gold Coast alongside his Bathurst win. Lowndes is the second driver to win the cup more than once.

## Off-road racing

In 2010, Lowndes ventured off-road to compete in the Australasian Safari with a Holden Colorado at his disposal. He won the Rally Raid at his first attempt with a margin of over one hour back to second place. Former V8 Supercar team owner, Kees Weel was co-driver. Lowndes crashed out of the lead of the Safari the following year.

## Bathurst 12 Hour

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.
Since the Bathurst 12 Hour race was changed to allow FIA GT3 cars in 2011, Lowndes has been a regular competitor in the race. In 2011 he finished second outright in an Audi R8 LMS GT3 driving for famed German endurance racing team and multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Joest Racing. In 2012 he failed to finish, again driving an Audi R8, this time for another German team Phoenix Racing, while he also failed to finish in 2013, again in an R8.
Lowndes finally won the race in 2014 driving a Ferrari 458 GT3 for Maranello Motorsport alongside fellow Aussies John Bowe and Peter Edwards, and ex-Formula One driver, Mika Salo of Finland.
On 5 February 2017, Lowndes again drove for Maranello Motorsport to win the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in a Ferrari 488 GT3 alongside Triple Eight teammate Jamie Whincup and another Finnish driver Toni Vilander.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 1991 | Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series | 16th | Van Diemen RF85 Ford | Craig Lowndes |
| 1991 | "Champion of Winton" Formula Ford Series | 1st | Van Diemen RF85 Ford | Craig Lowndes |
| 1992 | Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series | 5th | Van Diemen RF85 Ford Reynard FF88 Ford | Northern Tuning Services |
| 1993 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 1st | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Craig Lowndes |
| 1994 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 4th | Cheetah Mk9 Holden | Brian Sampson |
| 1994 | Australian Silver Star | 1st | Cheetah Mk9 Holden | Brian Sampson |
| 1996 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Holden VR Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 1997 | International Formula 3000 Championship | 17th | Lola T96/50 Zytek | RSM Marko |
| 1998 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 1999 | Shell Championship Series | 1st | Holden VT Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2000 | Shell Championship Series | 3rd | Holden VT Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2001 | Shell Championship Series | 11th | Ford AU Falcon | Gibson Motor Sport |
| 2002 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 7th | Ford AU Falcon | Gibson Motor Sport |
| 2003 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 5th | Ford BA Falcon | Ford Performance Racing |
| 2004 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 20th | Ford BA Falcon | Ford Performance Racing |
| 2005 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 2nd | Ford BA Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 2nd | Ford BA Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 3rd | Ford BF Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 4th | Ford BF Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 4th | Ford FG Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 4th | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 2nd | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 2nd | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 2nd | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2013 | Australian GT Championship | 28th | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 4th | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2014 | Australian GT Championship | 24th | Chevrolet Camaro GT3 | Interislander |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 2nd | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 4th | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 10th | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2018 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 4th | Holden ZB Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 25th | Holden ZB Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2020 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | NC | Holden ZB Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2021 | Repco Supercars Championship | 31st | Holden ZB Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |

### Supercars Championship results

Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Position | Points |
| 1996 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VR Commodore | EAS R1 2 | EAS R2 1 | EAS R3 1 | SAN R4 1 | SAN R5 4 | SAN R6 3 | BAT R7 4 | BAT R8 Ret | BAT R9 10 | SYM R10 1 | SYM R11 1 | SYM R12 1 | PHI R13 1 | PHI R14 Ret | PHI R15 DNS | CAL R16 1 | CAL R17 Ret | CAL R18 7 | LAK R19 1 | LAK R20 1 | LAK R21 1 | BAR R22 1 | BAR R23 1 | BAR R24 1 | MAL R25 1 | MAL R26 1 | MAL R27 5 | ORA R28 2 | ORA R29 2 | ORA R30 Ret | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 423 |
| 1998 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | SAN R1 2 | SAN R2 1 | SAN R3 1 | SYM R4 3 | SYM R5 1 | SYM R6 1 | LAK R7 6 | LAK R8 4 | LAK R9 4 | PHI R10 2 | PHI R11 1 | PHI R12 2 | WIN R13 4 | WIN R14 3 | WIN R15 Ret | MAL R16 3 | MAL R17 3 | MAL R18 1 | BAR R19 1 | BAR R20 1 | BAR R21 1 | CAL R22 1 | CAL R23 2 | CAL R24 C | HID R25 1 | HID R26 DNS | HID R27 6 | ORA R28 1 | ORA R29 1 | ORA R30 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 992 |
| 1999 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | EAS R1 3 | EAS R2 2 | EAS R3 1 | ADE R4 1 | BAR R5 1 | BAR R6 1 | BAR R7 1 | PHI R8 2 | PHI R9 2 | PHI R10 1 | HID R11 3 | HID R12 3 | HID R13 Ret | SAN R14 2 | SAN R15 2 | SAN R16 1 | QLD R17 3 | QLD R18 1 | QLD R19 5 | CAL R20 1 | CAL R21 Ret | CAL R22 DNS | SYM R23 | SYM R24 | SYM R25 | WIN R26 16 | WIN R27 7 | WIN R28 5 | ORA R29 2 | ORA R30 2 | ORA R31 2 | QLD R32 3 | BAT R33 2 | | | | | | | 1st | 1918 |
| 2000 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | PHI R1 1 | PHI R2 Ret | BAR R3 1 | BAR R4 1 | BAR R5 1 | ADE R6 1 | ADE R7 Ret | EAS R8 2 | EAS R9 3 | EAS R10 18 | HID R11 2 | HID R12 22 | HID R13 Ret | CAN R14 13 | CAN R15 10 | CAN R16 1 | QLD R17 1 | QLD R18 1 | QLD R19 1 | WIN R20 4 | WIN R21 5 | WIN R22 17 | ORA R23 2 | ORA R24 Ret | ORA R25 9 | CAL R26 3 | CAL R27 4 | CAL R28 7 | QLD R29 1 | SAN R30 2 | SAN R31 4 | SAN R32 4 | BAT R33 6 | | | | | | | 3rd | 1310 |
| 2001 | Gibson Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | PHI R1 3 | PHI R2 2 | ADE R3 1 | ADE R4 Ret | EAS R5 12 | EAS R6 5 | HID R7 20 | HID R8 Ret | HID R9 DNS | CAN R10 2 | CAN R11 6 | CAN R12 Ret | BAR R13 6 | BAR R14 6 | BAR R15 5 | CAL R16 13 | CAL R17 15 | CAL R18 14 | ORA R19 2 | ORA R20 7 | QLD R21 Ret | WIN R22 Ret | WIN R23 19 | BAT R24 17 | PUK R25 24 | PUK R26 10 | PUK R27 8 | SAN R28 2 | SAN R29 3 | SAN R30 1 | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 1991 |
| 2002 | Gibson Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | ADE R1 4 | ADE R2 4 | PHI R3 12 | PHI R4 Ret | EAS R5 9 | EAS R6 3 | EAS R7 2 | HDV R8 6 | HDV R9 Ret | HDV R10 Ret | CAN R11 9 | CAN R12 16 | CAN R13 3 | BAR R14 5 | BAR R15 28 | BAR R16 17 | ORA R17 12 | ORA R18 7 | WIN R19 25 | WIN R20 Ret | QLD R21 6 | BAT R22 5 | SUR R23 3 | SUR R24 2 | PUK R25 8 | PUK R26 9 | PUK R27 Ret | SAN R28 7 | SAN R29 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 1051 |
| 2003 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R1 7 | PHI R3 1 | EAS R4 2 | WIN R5 10 | BAR R6 6 | BAR R7 Ret | BAR R8 17 | HDV R9 28 | HDV R10 27 | HDV R11 15 | QLD R12 6 | ORA R13 2 | SAN R14 16 | BAT R15 2 | SUR R16 15 | SUR R17 9 | PUK R18 16 | PUK R19 12 | PUK R20 18 | EAS R21 6 | EAS R22 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 1756 |
| 2004 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 Ret | EAS R3 2 | PUK R4 8 | PUK R5 29 | PUK R6 Ret | HDV R7 12 | HDV R8 5 | HDV R9 9 | BAR R10 21 | BAR R11 Ret | BAR R12 DNS | QLD R13 Ret | WIN R14 27 | ORA R15 19 | ORA R16 26 | SAN R17 18 | BAT R18 2 | SUR R19 4 | SUR R20 Ret | SYM R21 6 | SYM R22 6 | SYM R23 13 | EAS R24 2 | EAS R25 3 | EAS R26 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 1182 |
| 2005 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 3 | ADE R2 2 | PUK R3 14 | PUK R4 5 | PUK R5 Ret | BAR R6 21 | BAR R7 3 | BAR R8 Ret | EAS R9 2 | EAS R10 1 | SHA R11 4 | SHA R12 Ret | SHA R13 Ret | HDV R14 3 | HDV R15 32 | HDV R16 11 | QLD R17 1 | ORA R18 9 | ORA R19 4 | SAN R20 1 | BAT R21 15 | SUR R22 2 | SUR R23 1 | SUR R24 1 | SYM R25 5 | SYM R26 3 | SYM R27 3 | PHI R28 1 | PHI R29 3 | PHI R30 15 | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 1865 |
| 2006 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 1 | ADE R2 Ret | PUK R3 5 | PUK R4 17 | PUK R5 2 | BAR R6 3 | BAR R7 14 | BAR R8 2 | WIN R9 2 | WIN R10 8 | WIN R11 1 | HDV R12 4 | HDV R13 3 | HDV R14 1 | QLD R15 4 | QLD R16 5 | QLD R17 4 | ORA R18 2 | ORA R19 2 | ORA R20 1 | SAN R21 3 | BAT R22 1 | SUR R23 11 | SUR R24 7 | SUR R25 14 | SYM R26 27 | SYM R27 9 | SYM R28 7 | BHR R29 9 | BHR R30 5 | BHR R31 3 | PHI R32 4 | PHI R33 3 | PHI R34 29 | | | | | | 2nd | 3271 |
| 2007 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BF Falcon | ADE R1 13 | ADE R2 11 | BAR R3 4 | BAR R4 8 | BAR R5 8 | PUK R6 14 | PUK R7 7 | PUK R8 4 | WIN R9 18 | WIN R10 6 | WIN R11 5 | EAS R12 9 | EAS R13 4 | EAS R14 2 | HDV R15 3 | HDV R16 1 | HDV R17 1 | QLD R18 5 | QLD R19 3 | QLD R20 2 | ORA R21 7 | ORA R22 1 | ORA R23 14 | SAN R24 1 | BAT R25 1 | SUR R26 3 | SUR R27 24 | SUR R28 7 | BHR R29 Ret | BHR R30 5 | BHR R31 1 | SYM R32 5 | SYM R33 6 | SYM R34 5 | PHI R35 4 | PHI R36 6 | PHI R37 3 | | | 3rd | 592 |
| 2008 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BF Falcon | ADE R1 3 | ADE R2 Ret | EAS R3 7 | EAS R4 3 | EAS R5 8 | HAM R6 19 | HAM R7 14 | HAM R8 7 | BAR R29 5 | BAR R10 4 | BAR R11 4 | SAN R12 3 | SAN R13 1 | SAN R14 DNS | HDV R15 5 | HDV R16 4 | HDV R17 Ret | QLD R18 28 | QLD R19 12 | QLD R20 7 | WIN R21 1 | WIN R22 5 | WIN R23 6 | PHI QR 1 | PHI R24 2 | BAT R25 1 | SUR R26 6 | SUR R27 9 | SUR R28 9 | BHR R29 2 | BHR R30 3 | BHR R31 3 | SYM R32 6 | SYM R33 2 | SYM R34 2 | ORA R35 2 | ORA R36 5 | ORA R37 3 | | 4th | 2871 |
| 2009 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 19 | ADE R2 4 | HAM R3 24 | HAM R4 Ret | WIN R5 1 | WIN R6 1 | SYM R7 7 | SYM R8 10 | HDV R9 6 | HDV R10 3 | TOW R11 4 | TOW R12 9 | SAN R13 3 | SAN R14 5 | QLD R15 Ret | QLD R16 2 | PHI QR 18 | PHI R17 2 | BAT R18 5 | SUR R19 4 | SUR R20 4 | SUR R21 1 | SUR R22 13 | PHI R23 28 | PHI R24 7 | BAR R25 6 | BAR R26 1 | SYD R27 19 | SYD R28 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2592 |
| 2010 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 2 | YMC R2 5 | BHR R3 3 | BHR R4 12 | ADE R5 19 | ADE R6 16 | HAM R7 4 | HAM R8 19 | QLD R9 2 | QLD R10 5 | WIN R11 2 | WIN R12 2 | HDV R13 7 | HDV R14 5 | TOW R15 26 | TOW R16 Ret | PHI QR 2 | PHI R17 1 | BAT R18 1 | SUR R19 2 | SUR R20 10 | SYM R21 1 | SYM R22 Ret | SAN R23 8 | SAN R24 11 | SYD R25 Ret | SYD R26 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2669 |
| 2011 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 7 | YMC R2 21 | ADE R3 3 | ADE R4 12 | HAM R5 2 | HAM R6 10 | BAR R7 2 | BAR R8 4 | BAR R9 4 | WIN R10 11 | WIN R11 7 | HID R12 3 | HID R13 2 | TOW R14 4 | TOW R15 2 | QLD R16 1 | QLD R17 1 | QLD R18 1 | PHI QR 6 | PHI R19 1 | BAT R20 2 | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 20 | SYM R23 2 | SYM R24 5 | SAN R25 6 | SAN R26 4 | SYD R27 1 | SYD R28 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 3133 |
| 2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 4 | ADE R2 5 | SYM R3 5 | SYM R4 Ret | HAM R5 4 | HAM R6 4 | BAR R7 3 | BAR R8 6 | BAR R9 6 | PHI R10 15 | PHI R11 2 | HID R12 4 | HID R13 1 | TOW R14 5 | TOW R15 2 | QLD R16 1 | QLD R17 1 | SMP R18 1 | SMP R19 2 | SAN QR 7 | SAN R20 1 | BAT R21 3 | SUR R22 6 | SUR R23 6 | YMC R24 8 | YMC R25 11 | YMC R26 11 | WIN R27 2 | WIN R28 1 | SYD R29 1 | SYD R30 2 | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 3522 |
| 2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 1 | ADE R2 3 | SYM R3 26 | SYM R4 10 | SYM R5 11 | PUK R6 3 | PUK R7 16 | PUK R8 4 | PUK R9 9 | BAR R10 1 | BAR R11 8 | BAR R12 2 | COA R13 2 | COA R14 2 | COA R15 2 | COA R16 5 | HID R17 26 | HID R18 3 | HID R19 1 | TOW R20 4 | TOW R21 7 | QLD R22 4 | QLD R23 12 | QLD R24 6 | WIN R25 21 | WIN R26 12 | WIN R27 10 | SAN QR 3 | SAN R28 2 | BAT R29 3 | SUR R30 1 | SUR R31 8 | PHI R32 8 | PHI R33 1 | PHI R34 3 | SYD R35 15 | SYD R36 5 | | | 2nd | 2966 |
| 2014 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 2 | ADE R2 1 | ADE R3 2 | SYM R4 8 | SYM R5 5 | SYM R6 1 | WIN R7 8 | WIN R8 16 | WIN R9 7 | PUK R10 3 | PUK R11 16 | PUK R12 10 | PUK R13 20 | BAR R14 6 | BAR R15 1 | BAR R16 2 | HID R17 2 | HID R18 2 | HID R19 17 | TOW R20 Ret | TOW R21 6 | TOW R22 23 | QLD R23 2 | QLD R24 2 | QLD R25 2 | SMP R26 3 | SMP R27 11 | SMP R28 9 | SAN QR 7 | SAN R29 4 | BAT R30 10 | SUR R31 17 | SUR R32 11 | PHI R33 2 | PHI R34 2 | PHI R35 10 | SYD R36 13 | SYD R37 20 | SYD R38 17 | 4th | 2659 |
| 2015 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 4 | ADE R2 3 | ADE R3 9 | SYM R4 1 | SYM R5 1 | SYM R6 6 | BAR R7 3 | BAR R8 5 | BAR R9 2 | WIN R10 12 | WIN R11 8 | WIN R12 3 | HID R13 18 | HID R14 1 | HID R15 15 | TOW R16 14 | TOW R17 9 | QLD R18 3 | QLD R19 2 | QLD R20 2 | SMP R21 5 | SMP R22 10 | SMP R23 10 | SAN QR 23 | SAN R24 13 | BAT R25 1 | SUR R26 3 | SUR R27 4 | PUK R28 4 | PUK R29 Ret | PUK R30 2 | PHI R31 1 | PHI R32 3 | PHI R33 1 | SYD R34 15 | SYD R35 7 | SYD R36 6 | | | 2nd | 3008 |
| 2016 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 7 | ADE R2 10 | ADE R3 13 | SYM R4 5 | SYM R5 2 | PHI R6 6 | PHI R7 5 | BAR R8 1 | BAR R9 3 | WIN R10 15 | WIN R11 8 | HID R12 11 | HID R13 3 | TOW R14 12 | TOW R15 10 | QLD R16 3 | QLD R17 1 | SMP R18 6 | SMP R19 2 | SAN QR 12 | SAN R20 8 | BAT R21 16 | SUR R22 6 | SUR R23 4 | PUK R24 16 | PUK R25 15 | PUK R26 4 | PUK R27 6 | SYD R28 8 | SYD R29 9 | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2770 |
| 2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 10 | SYM R3 3 | SYM R4 4 | PHI R5 12 | PHI R6 23 | BAR R7 7 | BAR R8 8 | WIN R9 6 | WIN R10 15 | HID R11 7 | HID R12 6 | TOW R13 6 | TOW R14 10 | QLD R15 5 | QLD R16 6 | SMP R17 7 | SMP R18 24 | SAN QR DNF | SAN R19 11 | BAT R20 11 | SUR R21 7 | SUR R22 4 | PUK R23 8 | PUK R24 4 | NEW R25 Ret | NEW R26 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 2160 |
| 2018 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 9 | ADE R2 7 | MEL R3 16 | MEL R4 Ret | MEL R5 6 | MEL R6 12 | SYM R7 2 | SYM R8 1 | PHI R9 4 | PHI R10 7 | BAR R11 5 | BAR R12 3 | WIN R13 13 | WIN R14 12 | HID R15 7 | HID R16 10 | TOW R17 4 | TOW R18 4 | QLD R19 3 | QLD R20 8 | SMP R21 4 | BEN R22 10 | BEN R23 8 | SAN QR 10 | SAN R24 3 | BAT R25 1 | SUR R26 2 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 11 | PUK R29 4 | NEW R30 23 | NEW R31 11 | | | | | | | | 4th | 3225 |
| 2019 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | PHI R9 | PHI R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | HID R15 | HID R16 | TOW R17 | TOW R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | BAT R25 4 | SUR R26 1 | SUR R27 2 | SAN QR 1 | SAN R28 1 | NEW R29 | NEW R30 | | | | | | | | | 25th | 828 |
| 2020 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SMP1 R7 | SMP1 R8 | SMP1 R9 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | HID1 R13 | HID1 R14 | HID1 R15 | HID2 R16 | HID2 R17 | HID2 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 | TOW2 R23 | TOW2 R24 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 | BEN2 R29 | BEN2 R30 | BAT R31 Ret | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | SAN R3 | SAN R4 | SAN R5 | SYM R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | BEN R9 | BEN R10 | BEN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | TOW1 R15 | TOW1 R16 | TOW2 R17 | TOW2 R18 | TOW2 R19 | SMP1 R20 | SMP1 R21 | SMP1 R22 | SMP2 R23 | SMP2 R24 | SMP2 R25 | SMP3 R26 | SMP3 R27 | SMP3 R28 | SMP4 R29 | SMP4 R30 | BAT2 R31 4 | | | | | | | | | 31st | 240 |
| 2022 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | SYD R1 | SYD R2 | SYM R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | MEL R6 | MEL R7 | MEL R8 | MEL R9 | WAN R10 | WAN R11 | WAN R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | WIN R15 | HID R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | TOW R19 | TOW R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN R24 | SAN R25 | SAN R26 | PUK R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | BAT R30 8 | SUR R31 | SUR R32 | ADE R33 | ADE R34 | | | | | | 37th | 180 |
| 2023 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | NEW R1 | NEW R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | SYM R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | HID R15 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | BEN R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | SAN R23 10 | BAT R24 24 | SUR R25 | SUR R26 | ADE R27 | ADE R28 | | | | | | | | | | | | 43rd | 222 |
| 2024 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | TAU R7 | TAU R8 | BAR R9 | BAR R10 | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 | TOW R14 | SMP R15 | SMP R16 | BEN R17 | BEN R18 | SAN R19 5 | BAT R20 14 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | ADE R23 | ADE R24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32nd* | 348* |

### Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 1994 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VP | Brad Jones | 2nd | 161 |
| 1995 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VR | Greg Murphy | DNF | 10 |
| 1996 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VR | Greg Murphy | 1st | 161 |
| 1997 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VS | Greg Murphy | DNF | 38 |
| 1998 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VT | Mark Skaife | 6th | 159 |
| 1999 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VT | Cameron McConville | 2nd | 161 |
| 2000 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VT | Mark Skaife | 6th | 161 |
| 2001 | Gibson Motorsport | Ford Falcon AU | Neil Crompton | 17th | 156 |
| 2002 | 00 Motorsport | Ford Falcon AU | Neil Crompton | DNF | 127 |
| 2003 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | Glenn Seton | 2nd | 161 |
| 2004 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | Glenn Seton | 2nd | 161 |
| 2005 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | Yvan Muller | 15th | 151 |
| 2006 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | Jamie Whincup | 1st | 161 |
| 2007 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BF | Jamie Whincup | 1st | 161 |
| 2008 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BF | Jamie Whincup | 1st | 161 |
| 2009 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon FG | Jamie Whincup | 5th | 161 |
| 2010 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | Mark Skaife | 1st | 161 |
| 2011 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | Mark Skaife | 2nd | 161 |
| 2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | Warren Luff | 3rd | 161 |
| 2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Warren Luff | 3rd | 161 |
| 2014 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Steven Richards | 10th | 161 |
| 2015 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Steven Richards | 1st | 161 |
| 2016 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Steven Richards | 16th | 156 |
| 2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Steven Richards | 11th | 160 |
| 2018 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | Steven Richards | 1st | 161 |
| 2019 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | Jamie Whincup | 4th | 161 |
| 2020 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | Jamie Whincup | DNF | 32 |
| 2021 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | Jamie Whincup | 4th | 161 |
| 2022 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | Declan Fraser | 8th | 161 |
| 2023 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Zane Goddard | 24th | 141 |
| 2024 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Cooper Murray | 14th | 161 |
| 2025 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Zach Bates | | |

### Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
| 1997 | RSM Marko | SIL 14 | PAU Ret | HEL Ret | NÜR Ret | PER 4 | HOC Ret | A1R Ret | SPA Ret | MUG 21 | JER 9 | 17th | 3 |

### Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
| 1994 | John Morriss | John Morriss Phil Morriss | Nissan Pulsar SSS | B | 236 | 14th | 1st |
| 2011 | Joest Racing Audi Australia | Mark Eddy Warren Luff | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 292 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2012 | Phoenix Racing | Mark Eddy Warren Luff | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 156 | DNF | DNF |
| 2013 | Rod Salmon | Warren Luff Rod Salmon | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 162 | DNF | DNF |
| 2014 | Maranello Motorsport | John Bowe Peter Edwards Mika Salo | Ferrari 458 GT3 | A | 296 | 1st | 1st |
| 2017 | Maranello Motorsport | Toni Vilander Jamie Whincup | Ferrari 488 GT3 | AP | 290 | 1st | 1st |
| 2018 | YNA Autosport | Côme Ledogar Shane van Gisbergen | McLaren 650S GT3 | APP | 119 | DNF | DNF |
| 2019 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Jamie Whincup Shane van Gisbergen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | APP | 312 | 4th | 4th |
| 2020 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | 312 | 9th | 8th |
| 2022 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Geoff Emery Alex Davison Scott Taylor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | C | 276 | 9th | 1st |
| 2023 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Geoff Emery Alex Davison Scott Taylor | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | PA | 177 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Thomas Randle Cam Waters | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 275 | 7th | 7th |

## Personal life

Lowndes and wife Lara were married in 2015. They reside in Brisbane, Queensland.
He has two children.
He is a supporter of the Essendon Bombers.
In 2011, Lowndes confirmed his amicable separation from his previous marriage.