page_title: Craig Lowndes
section_title: Career summary
hierarchical_section_title: Craig Lowndes / Racing record / Career summary
caption_attribution_description: English: The TeamVodafone entered Holden VE Commodore of Craig Lowndes at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
context_page_description: Craig Andrew Lowndes OAM 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.
  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. 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.
caption: The Triple Eight Race Engineering entered Holden VE Commodore of Craig Lowndes at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
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