More whats the difference between a gt3 car and a road car. Lowndes to take bathurst pressure off whincup supercars. Lowndes, a seventime bathurst winner and a co driver in the triple eightholden red bull racing squad, was reportedly asked to step aside from a gig with his longstanding team, which will field a pair of newgeneration mercedesamg gt gt3 cars for the event. 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. Bathurst toyota cars for sale bathurst, nb cargurus.
Mark skaifey skaife oam born 3 april 1967 in gosford, new south wales is a retired australian motor racing driver. The event, which was staged at the mount panorama circuit, near bathurst, in new south wales, australia on 26 february 2012, was the tenth running of the bathurst 12 hour, and the sixth since the race was revived in 2007. The bathurst always produces its fair share of thrills and spills. Bathurst champ craig lowndes to race newlook third car next year. You can never count out craig lowndes at bathurst, with the legend winning the bathurst in his final year as a fulltime driver. Such a move would be tough on paul dumbell, who has been whincups enduro co driver since 2012, when they won bathurst. Toyota finance is a division of toyota finance australia limited abn 48 002 435 181, afsl and australian credit licence 392536. Why you should be excited about this years bathurst. Club falcon he shared with steve owen battled numerous mechanical gremlins. Polesitter david reynolds and codriver dean canto battled with a. Whincups teammate craig lowndes crossed the line within. A sponsorfuelled car swap between mclarens jenson button and v8 supercar driver craig lowndes before the australian grand prix next month has finally been approved by the local council. One of the sharpest codrivers in the pack, hell be a huge resource.
At the mount panorama circuit at bathurst, murphy has the second best record. Mount panorama since winning the last of his four great races backin 2012. Craig lowndes wins seventh bathurst with steven richards. Used toyota camry cars in lowndes county, ga trovit.
Holden unveils special edition craig lowndes commodore at the bathurst. Tander his third bathurst victory, and ensuring co driver nick percat would be. Jamie whincup ended the session on top, half a second faster than will. Bathurst in 1996 with lowndes and in 1999 with steven richards. Stanaway meanwhile finished 22nd, after the rabble. This dedication is reflected in our mission and vision statements adopted in 2018 by our greater school community. The importance of the co driver cant be understated in the bathurst. Jun 22, 2018 all rights to the broadcasters were not making money happy birthday to me hahah credit to darcy f1 for the footage. The province you select allows us to calculate a msrp based estimated price for your vehicle. Dont miss a second of the action with this ultimate guide to the weekend. In his 25th crack at the great race, the 44yearold holden driver is aiming to move his bathurst victory tally to seven equal second with jim richards behind king of the mountain peter. Lowndes jump threatens le mans drive craig lowndes s decision to leave the holden racing team after bathurst may force him out of the panoz le mans series team for the seasonclosing race of. The bathurst comprises of 161 laps of the famed mount panorama circuit, to be completed by drivers in teams of two. Deliveries of the holden commodore craig lowndes ss v special edition sedan will commence at the end of october, but more than half of the 233unit production run is already spoken for.
Premats credentials are headlined by a stint in gp2, where he was teammates with lewis hamilton, and as a factory audi driver at le mans. The wettest bathurst in recent memory made it a long day for the teamvortex duo, having to fight their way forward from. Racing australia for the first time at the mountain since 2012. Fan favourite lowndes has the second most bathurst titles of all time and won again last year. Johnson and veteran codriver john french looked to have the race shot. Craig lowndes going around the necastle circuit and walking along the pits with all the drivers, co drivers, pit crew and bosses. Holden unveils special edition craig lowndes commodore at. Lowndes announced his retirement midyear, and the balance of the season through to the newcastle finale was. Lowndes and the grids other co drivers will be under pressure to execute at the. In 2011 and 2012, all entries required an international co driver. The event, which was staged at the mount panorama circuit, bathurst, new south wales, australia on 6 february 2011, was the ninth running of the bathurst 12 hour, and the fifth since the race was revived in. Will the mustang gallop to victory in its bathurst debut.
With co driver aaren russell, heimgartner took 16th after battling pitlane queuing woes and a string of offtrack excursions at the chase. Craig lowndes and co driver warren luff have won the first endurance race of the season after a late move on jamie whincup handed lowndes the victory at the dick smith sandown 500. In 20 the international co driver rule was dropped, due to a number of incidents during the 2012 event and the formation of the endurance cup, but teams could still choose to employ an international driver for the endurance races. Its his 25th time at the race and hes looking for a. Craig lowndes to drive a formula one car around bathurst. The 2012 armor all bathurst 12 hour was an endurance race for gt3 cars, gt4 cars, group 3e series production cars and dubai 24 hour cars. Huge interest expected as bathurst camping spots to. In his 25th crack at the great race, the 44yearold holden driver is aiming to move his bathurst victory tally to seven equal second with jim richards behind king of the mountain peter brocks nine. Skaife is a fivetime champion of the v8 supercar championship series, including its predecessor, the australian touring car championship, as well as a sixtime bathurst winner.
Craig lowndes sevenyear plan to catch the king of the mountain. Bathurst toyota is a locally operated dealership and forms part of one of australias largest, familyowned dealer groups. Our aim is to provide all of our guests with great deals, whilst offering the highest level of service. Craig lowndes has been honoured with a nomination for the prestigious the don award.
A poor first sector from craig lowndes left the threetime bathurst winner. He won the australian v8 supercar series championship in 2003 and 2004 in 2006, ambrose relocated to the united states to pursue racing in nascar, starting with the camping world truck series. Craig lowndes and steve richards win in the supercheap auto bathurst is undoubtedly one for the aged. Whincup won again alongside paul dumbrell in 2012, but a litany of dramas have thwarted his annual supercheap auto bathurst campaigns since. Accordingly, please talk to your local toyota dealer to confirm the price that is specific to you. Search listings from bathurst toyota in bathurst, nb to find the right vehicle for you. Lowndes began the restart in seventh, but worked his way to second by lap 148. The bestsellers in australia now are mazda3s and toyota corollas. The 2012 race was run in constant wet weather, with only 18 cars finishing. Only three cars on the grid are piloted by a pairing of bathurst winners. But hes no stranger to supercars fans, having raced fulltime for garry rogers motorsport in 2012 and, before tackling co driving alongside mclaughlin the following two seasons. Toyota holden ford nissan mazda mitsubishi motors bmw hyundai vw audi more makes. On 29 october 2008, he announced his retirement from fulltime touring car racing.
Supercheap auto bathurst 2019 program by supercar xtra. Top 10 bathurst driver pairings nine wide world of. 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. Lowndes, a seventime bathurst winner and a codriver in the triple eight holden red bull racing squad, was reportedly asked to step. Retiring lowndes eyes bathurst win record in supercars co. It ends a year fulltime career with triple eight that has yielded the runner up spot six times and third twice, whilst a championship remains elusive for the partnership. Lowndes is the reigning race winner, while whincup hasnt tasted victory at the mountain since 2012 following a series of blunders in recent years. Craig lowndes holden crowd favourite lowndes promises a fitting finale in what will be his last bathurst as a fulltime driver. This year marks the 55th running of the great race, which began as a 500 mile 800km event for touring cars in 1963. Fortyoneyearold lowndes and 43year old richards drove their red bull holden commodore vf to a narrow but decisive win over the pepsimax ford falcon fg x of mark winterbottom and co driver and steve owen in front of a nearrecord crowd. Toyota racing series, 11th 2006 v8 supercars development series. The 42yearold will team up with supercars star shane van gisbergen after being thrown a co driver lifeline by heavyweights red bull racing.
Supercar driver warren luff has escaped injury after a massive crash during practice ahead of sundays supercheap auto bathurst in the central tablelands of new south wales. Seventime series champion whincup is a favourite after teaming up with co driver, seventime bathurst winner craig lowndes. 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. Heading into 2012 as the reigning champion, whincup began his title. Reigning bathurst winner lowndes is one of nine athletes in the running for the honour, which will. As predicted by fairfax media on september 5, lowndes commodore is to be. The revelation that he will continue as a co driver could mean lowndes still racing at bathurst in.
All rights to the broadcasters were not making money happy birthday to me hahah credit to darcy f1 for the footage. Lowndes county schools will have a school board meeting monday, april 20, 2020, beginning at 6. Each driver was required to complete at least 54 laps of the race, with the teams. No driver pairing has more bathurst wins than the combined tally of 10 for these two veteran drivers. Marcos ambrose born 1 september 1976 is an australian former racing driver.
Craig lowndes to race porsche against his own team at bathurst. Just last year, craig lowndes was taken out under safety car but survived. Jul 06, 2018 lowndes will continue as co driver of one of the triple eight entries for the 2019 pirtek enduro cup as well as maintain a team ambassador role. The 2012 supercheap auto bathurst was an australian touring car motor race for v8. Each entrant in the bathurst nominates a lead driver and a co driver. Australian supercars driver craig lowndes says he would like to chase down peter brocks record tally of nine bathurst wins. Bathurst is also set to feature the race returns of holden heroes craig lowndes and garth tander, contesting the event as co drivers for the red bull holden racing team. Reynolds and co driver dean canto ran in the top five all day and with 20 laps to go whincup led. Greg murphy born 23 august 1972 is a new zealand professional racing driver, best known as a fourtime winner of the bathurst. Kevin hart and conan help a student driver conan on tbs duration. Matt campbell, the young australian who is now a fullyfledged porsche factory driver after his successes at home and abroad for the german marque, clinched the historic victory at bathurst for porsche and bamber last february with some particularly audacious driving this year belgian laurens vanthoor, another porsche specialist, will be in bambers entry with the kiwi and lowndes. Australian v8 supercar racer craig lowndes will drive jenson buttons mclaren formula one car around bathurst next month in what will be a first for both the champion driver and the legendary. Craig lowndes dedicates bathurst win to brocky car. The race was initially held for four years between 19911994, before moving to.
Whincup and reynolds battle craig lowndes, in the second triple. Lowndes and talented young co driver jamie whincup hit the. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias most prestigious motor race, the bathurst and twotime winner of the bathurst 12 hour. Craig lowndes and steve richards win in the supercheap auto. 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. Mar 21, 2011 craig lowndes in mclaren formula one car at mcphillamy park, bathurst 22 march 2011. In 2012 he failed to finish, again driving an audi r8, this time for.
Australian motorsport icon craig lowndes and expat kiwi steve richards have bounced back from an indifferent leadup to take a popular victory at the 2015 supercheap auto bathurst for red bull racing australia. 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 threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias most prestigious motor race, the bathurst and twotime winner of the bathurst. A packed support bill will feature dunlop super2, ecb superutes, porsche carrera cup, toyota 86 and the touring car masters. Sifting through the sob stories of bathurst s gone by. Racing alongside steven richards, the victory is lowndes seventh at the mountain, as he prepares to retire from the sport as a main driver. It was a tough day at the office for craig lowndes and co driver steve richards in this years bathurst on the weekend.
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. Whincup and codriver paul dumbrell led for most of the 161 laps after. Bathurst champion craig lowndes will race a newlook third car within the expanded triple eight holden squad next year. 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 commodore craig lowndes ss v special edition sedan. Whincup and codriver lowndes were locked in a deadeven battle for the lead with the scott mclaughlinalexandre premat car until around 20. Lowndes, a seventime bathurst winner and a codriver in the triple eightholden red bull racing squad, was reportedly asked to step. The bathurst is the mostanticipated event on the supercars calendar and ahead of the action this weekend, our ultimate guide. This years bathurst looks set to be one for the ages, with a number of key stats and records being threatened. Internationals who conquered the mountain supercars.
Lowndes and richards win bathurst, coulthard top kiwi. His codriver, some young nobody with the surname lowndes. Previous races first held in 1991, the bathurst 12 hour started its life as a race for productionbased vehicles before becoming a race for international gt vehicles in 2011. But my co driver warren luff and i arent getting too carried away. Bathurst winning co driver in mark winterbottom to join the team, with factory driver marco wittmann. They reunite after winning threestraight great races from 2006. The 2011 armor all bathurst 12 hour was an endurance race for fia gt3 cars, australian gt championship cars, group 3e series production cars and other invited vehicles. Supercars to strip mclaughlins djr team penske bathurst engines. In 2011 he finished second outright in an audi r8 lms gt3 driving for famed german. Eleven different gt3 brands making up a 33car strong gt3 field will assemble for the 2020 liquimoli bathurst 12 hour at mount panorama circuit for the opening round of the intercontinental gt challenge run in conjunction with the australian endurance championship from january 31. V8 supercar events take place in all australian states and territories, excluding the australian capital territory which formerly held the canberra 400.
Due to craig lowndes return from overseas, murphy only drove for the team in the endurance races in 1998. Whincup won three bathurst titles with lowndes in 2006, 07 and 08 but has a well established co driver partnership with paul dumbrell which has already delivered the 2012 bathurst and two. Profile craig lowndes v8 supercar driver official website. We analyze hundreds of thousands of used cars daily. The race has been held 15 times, 7 of them for gt3 vehicles. Lowndes and richards win bathurst, coulthard top kiwi in. 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. For me it is a great opportunity to have more success at the mountain, which is something i did not think i would have again at the start of the year, tander said. Craig lowndes and warren luff win sandown 500 the checkered. Garth tander and craig lowndes will act as co drivers at the mount for red bull racing duo shane van gisbergen and jamie whincup. For dumbrell it was a magic way to end his v8 supercar career.
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