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	Ovations - Craig Lowndes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lowndes was offered a test with the front–running operation and the opportunity saw him quickly establish a clean, quick style behind the wheel of a V8 Supercar.
		The rumours proved to be correct at the end of the season, but Lowndes remained a professional racer to the end of his association with the team, partnering Mark Skaife to a championship victory at Bathurst and coming third in the series himself.
		The season was marred by mechanical problems, however Lowndes managed two podium finishes with the highlight being his outstanding form in the enduro events, capped off by another second place finish with Glenn Seton in the gruelling Bathurst 1000 race.
	www.ovations.com.au /bios/CraigLowndes.shtml (847 words)

	Creature Features - Pet Facts: Craig Lowndes
		Craig was born in Diamond Valley Hospital in Melbourne in 1974.
		Craig was a promising junior footballer who was invited to try out with the Collingwood Football Club junior development program, but he was already far more interested in motor sport.
		Craig was the first driver to win the Australian Touring Car Championship on debut; he is the youngest driver to claim pole position and he is the youngest ever champion.
	www.abc.net.au /creaturefeatures/celeb/craiglowndes.htm (302 words)

	Superb skills hand Lowndes victory - Motorsport - Sport - theage.com.au
		Craig Lowndes' driving skills were all on show in Darwin, as the Ford driver captured a superb round victory at Hidden Valley.
		CRAIG Lowndes has underlined his reputation as one of Australia's finest drivers, scorching through yesterday's reverse-grid race — starting from 28th to finish third — before winning the final race from pole position to claim a welcome round victory for Ford at Hidden Valley.
		Lowndes, who travelled to Darwin by riding a motocross bike through the outback from Brisbane with 10 members of his team, said the weekend was a dream result.
	www.theage.com.au /news/motorsport/superb-skills-hand-lowndes-victory/2006/07/02/1151778813616.html (909 words)

	V8X - Craig Lowndes Pumped For 2004
		V8 Supercar star Craig Lowndes is fitter and more focussed than ever as he prepares for the 2004 season.
		Determined to create a personal and professional advantage over his rivals, Lowndes has spent the summer off-season training hard in and around his Queensland home preparing for what he expects to be the toughest season of his ultra-successful career.
		Lowndes, who was already among the fittest drivers in the V8 Supercar series, has mixed home gym sessions with relaxation on his farm, aiming for a mix of optimum physical condition and mental toughness for the upcoming season.
	www.v8x.com.au /cms/A_100813/article.html (421 words)

	HRT - Craig Lowndes - Biography
		Lowndes' initial introduction to the sport was with mini bikes at age 8, but a couple of crashes convinced his parents four wheels would be preferable to two so at 10, he started in go-karts, which is seen as the natural starting point for a career in motor racing.
		Lowndes impressed immediately, to the point where the Team Manager Jeff Grech urged Holden Special Vehicles/Holden Racing Team Managing Director John Crennan and TWR Chairman Tom Walkinshaw to consider Craig for the co-driver's spot in the Team's second car for the 1994 Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 endurance events.
		Craig Lowndes has contested the V8 Championship (in full) on three occasions, winning the title in each of those years, to record one of the best win-loss ratios ever in motor racing in Australia.
	www.hsv.com.au /racing/lowndes/lowndes.htm (2055 words)

	Craig Lowndes fined - Motoring - CARSguide
		CRAIG Lowndes' defiance melted away yesterday and a humble apology to stewards has averted any further erosion of his lead in the V8 Supercar championship.
		Lowndes was fined $15,000 yesterday for irate comments he made after twin penalties at the Indy meeting last month.
		Lowndes left open the interpretation that the stewards' decisions had had the effect of ensuring a close finish in this year's championship.
	carsguide.news.com.au /story/0,20384,20728170-21822,00.html?from=public_rss (296 words)

	Lowndes races to pole - Motorsport - Sport - theage.com.au
		Craig Lowndes (right) celebrates his pole position yesterday with team principal Roland Dane.
		These days Lowndes steers a Ford and, with three round wins out of the 10 contested so far this season, he is very much "The Man" of the V8 supercar field.
		It was the 18th pole position of Lowndes' career, his second at Bathurst, and with him and his Stone Brothers Racing rival on the front row there will be two Fords at the head of the Bathurst field for the first time since 2001.
	www.theage.com.au /news/motorsport/lowndes-races-to-pole/2005/10/08/1128563036150.html (838 words)

	Craig Lowndes Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Craig Lowndes (born June 21, 1974) is an Australian motor racing driver.
		In 1997, Lowndes went to Europe and competed with the RSM Marko Team in the FIA Formula 3000 series with limited success.
		Lowndes returned to Australia and won the V8 Supercar championship in 1998 and 1999, becoming only the second driver to win consecutive championships.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Craig_Lowndes (635 words)

	AutoWeb - Biography - Craig Lowndes
		Craig came from a strong background in karts, and in Formula Ford – the world's great race driver training ground.
		Series champion again in '98 and '99, Craig finished his HRT duties at the end of 2000 with a championship victory, co-driving Mark Skaife at Bathurst and coming third overall in the title series.
		Even prior to the end of the season, the question of where Craig Lowndes would go for 2001 had become one of the most hotly debated topics in Australian motorsport for many years.
	www.autoweb.com.au /cms/A_53390/newsarticle.html (403 words)

	Craig Lowndes, Bathurst 1000, 2005
		In the 2005 Bathurst 1000, Craig Lowndes and his French co-driver Yvan Muller were in control of the fastest vehicle in the race.
		Lowndes and Muller had a month earlier won the other endurance race of the season, the Sandown 500, and were clear favourites to take out Bathurst.
		Lowndes was able to nurse the vehicle back to the pits where it spent the next eight laps being repaired.
	sports.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=181117 (461 words)

	Lowndes wins Bathurst 1000 - Motorsport - Sport - smh.com.au
		Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup recorded an emotional victory in the Bathurst 1000 today to claim the inaugural Peter Brock Trophy and end Ford's seven-year title drought at Mount Panorama.
		Lowndes had built up a six-second lead over Kelly, but with 10 laps remaining Holden's Jason Richards speared off the track prompting a safety car for three laps and ensuring a grandstand sprint finish over seven laps.
		Lowndes didn't give Kelly a chance, posting the fastest lap of the day on lap 158 to charge to an emotional win.
	www.smh.com.au /news/motorsport/lowndes-wins-bathurst-1000/2006/10/08/1160245996484.html?from=rss (850 words)

	Lowndes
		Craig Lowndes signals that 888 Racing have arrived as he clearly defeats Marcos Ambrose in the Queensland 300.
		Lowndes first round win for Ford at drama filled round two of the V8 Supercar Series at Phillip Island and it was the Ford BA Falcon's first V8 Championship Series round win.
		Craig Lowndes started the first real silly season for V8 Supercars last year with his will he won't he leave HRT decision.
	www.suite101.com /reference/lowndes (1432 words)

	HRT - Craig Lowndes Story - Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Along the way, Craig has created new fans for the sport, become a household name in his own right, and been the subject of intense media pressure.
		Craig Lowndes was born in June 1974 in Melbourne to Frank and Helen Lowndes.
		Frank Lowndes has been involved with the administration of motor sport in Australia, and had his own motor vehicle tuning centre in the Melbourne suburb of Thomastown, so it was logical son Craig would have an interest in racing.
	www.hrt.com.au /racing/lowndes/cls2.htm (166 words)

	Racing car driver Craig Lowndes :: ABC Queensland
		Craig Lowndes made an early debut in Australian motorsport, competing in a go-kart race.
		Craig first raced go-karts in Victoria as a nine year old, encouraged by his father Frank who worked as a mechanic with Peter Brock.
		Craig is an accomplished horse whisperer and travels around to participate in horse shows.
	www.abc.net.au /queensland/stories/s1418310.htm (403 words)

	Lowndes Triumphs in Queensland
		Craig Lowndes win in the Queensland 300 signalled that 888 racing are now a serious force in Australian V8 Supercar racing.
		The race proved to be uneventful at the front as Ambrose predictably took the lead from pole position and lead from Lowndes.
		This gave Lowndes his first clear round win for the series and underlines the improvement the team has made.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/australian_v8_supercar_racing/118505 (506 words)

	Craig Lowndes keeps cool \| Herald Sun
		Lowndes has every right to feel under pressure after being asked to attend a stewards hearing at Tasmania's Symmons Plains just hours before the crucial next round at the track this weekend.
		Lowndes said he would unveil a brand new Ford Falcon at the round that may just determine whether he breaks a 10-year drought and claims another touring car crown.
		Lowndes is buoyed by the fact that he is a two-time winner at Symmons Plains but is wary of the tight course's perils.
	www.news.com.au /heraldsun/story/0,21985,20720010-39478,00.html (380 words)

	Scoop: Domino’s Pizza sponsors Craig Lowndes and Triple 8
		Domino’s Pizza is partnering with V8 Supercar champion Craig Lowndes and the Triple 8 Race Engineering run Team Betta Electrical V8 Supercars in a bid to ensure Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers have the edge.
		Lowndes will be in New Zealand in April donning a Domino’s cap and delivering pizzas.
		Lowndes said he was looking forward to working closely with the Domino’s Pizza team in 2006.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/CU0602/S00036.htm (1680 words)

	Craig Lowndes May Be Forced Out Of Panoz Ride At Adelaide; www.TheRaceSite.com
		Australian V8 Supercar star Craig Lowndes may be forced out of the Panoz Le Mans Series team for the season-closing Race of Thousand Years on the streets of Adelaide.
		Lowndes was confirmed in August to co-drive a Panoz LMP-1 with Mark Noske in the New Year's Eve event.
		Lowndes' place with the Panoz team will now be taken by fellow ex-HRT driver and 1996 Bathurst winning co-driver, Greg Murphy.
	www.theracesite.com /index.cfm?template=magazine&mag_id=1323 (286 words)

	HRT - Holden Racing Team - Craig Lowndes - '99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His impressive style led to drives in the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst in that year and 1995, resulting in second on debut at Bathurst, and pole positions in 1995 at the 500k and 1000k events.
		Last year’s Championship-winning season was Craig’s most difficult to date as the competition in the V8 Supercar category continued to grow, coupled with his heart-stopping, car-destroying crash at Calder mid season.
		For more information, see The Craig Lowndes Story - a 14 page history of Craig's racing career up to the end of 1999.
	www.hsv.com.au /racing/lowndes.htm (313 words)

	Bahrain International Circuit > Print > Craig Lowndes Makes An Appearance At Rugby Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The fans were allowed to meet up close and personal was the Craig who currently secures the second position in the driver’s champion.
		Teams and drivers will all be in Bahrain by November 19th in anticipation of the pre-final race held for the first time in the Middle East region.
		Next on Craig’s schedule is a stop at the St Christopher’s School in Budaiya on Sunday.
	www.bahraingp.com.bh /wp-print.php?name=craig-lowndes-makes-an-appearance-at-rugby-club&page= (219 words)

	Craig Lowndes setting off on top end two wheel adventure
		V8 Supercar driver, Craig Lowndes has today embarked on an arduous 9-day motorcycle ride from Brisbane to Darwin in the lead up to the V8 Supercar round at Hidden Valley on 30 June - 2 July.
		Piloting a Suzuki DR650SE trail bike, Lowndes will tackle a combination of harsh bush roads and tough desert tracks stretching across the 'Top End' between the two northern cities.
		Lowndes saddles up alongside a number of his V8 Supercar team members including team-mate, Jamie Whincup and Triple Eight Engineering's Technical Director, Ludo Lacroix.
	www.mcnews.com.au /NewsArchives/2006/jun/lowndes_dr650.htm (393 words)

	Nervous wait for Craig Lowndes - Newstalk ZB
		The V8 Supercars championship lead of Ford contender, Craig Lowndes could be about to vanish.
		Lowndes was hit with grid relegation in race two after being found guilty of practicing his starts on the warm-up lap.
		Lowndes went into the weekend with a 101 point lead over Holden's Rick Kelly after his Bathurst success, but that lead has now been cut to 30 points.
	www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=106143 (323 words)

	Could Craig Lowndes be forced to leave HRT? 7/9/00
		A Craig Lowndes-HRT divorce is becoming increasingly likely, due to irreconcilable differences between both parties in the ongoing negotiation process - but that's not to say Holden would lose their biggest star altogether.
		With HRT relations stretched to breaking-point, the chances of Lowndes driving with the factory-backed team beyond this year decrease by the day.
		Lowndes' hopes of a fourth-straight Shell Series title with HRT disappeared after boss Jeff Grech paired him with team-mate and championship nemesis, Mark Skaife.
	www.fastlane.com.au /Motor%20Sport/V8_Lowndes_strained.htm (250 words)

	::: Dexion Racing ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lowndes joined HRT full time in 1996 and became the nation’s youngest ever touring car champion.
		Re-joining HRT, Lowndes was quickly back on the pace, again taking the Championship in 1998 and backing up the win with another series victory in 1999.
		Motivated by the desire to spend more time with family, Lowndes found a new V8 Supercar home for 2005, joining a Queensland operation for the first time in his career.
	www.dexion.com.au /dexionracing/craig_lowndes.cfm (375 words)

	HRT - Holden Racing Team - Craig Lowndes - '99
		Raised in a motor sport household (Craig’s father worked for Peter Brock’s Holden Dealer Team), Lowndes’ own career began in mini bikes at 8, before progressing through the now-established route of Formula Ford and Formula Holden, with Craig winning the 1993 F Ford title.
		A test with Mobil HRT in 1994, led to drives in the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst in that year and 1995, resulting in second-on-debut at Bathurst and pole positions in 1995 at the 500k and 1000k events.
		In his two Championship and Championship-winning seasons (’96 and ’98) Craig has won 11 of 20 rounds, taken 6 pole positions and had 30 race wins from the 59 races which comprised the 20 rounds.
	members.tripod.com /~Preece007/gl.html (393 words)

	rick kelly craig lowndes
		Lowndes and Kelly went into the last race of the season equal on points.
		The resultant damage to Lowndes' car practically put him out of the race, handing Kelly the title.
		Lowndes has decided not to appeal the stewards decision, but did say "A champion is a champion that wins on their own merits.
	www.sportsbar.net.au /rick-kelly-craig-lowndes (229 words)

	V8X - Craig Lowndes - Eye On The Prize
		It was a year of living precariously for Lowndes and wife Natalie, who were entrenched in a hostile environment with Team Marko, which had firebrand Columbian Juan Pablo Montoya as its take-no-prisoners driver.
		It is probably the only period in Lowndes’ career he wishes to forget until, his followers may think, he made the switch to Ford.
		The last four seasons have been shrouded in disappointment of teams failing to give him even reasonable equipment, let alone a package which could run close to or at the front.
	www.v8x.com.au /cms/A_104460/article.html (256 words)

	CALTEX SIGNS CRAIG LOWNDES \| SPEEDWAY DOWNUNDER
		They have strong values for their people and are constantly striving for performance excellence," Craig Lowndes said.
		Lowndes will play an important role in the company's marketing programs in the coming two years.
		In 2005, Lowndes produced a string of exceptional performances that saw him claim more round wins and pole positions than any other driver for the year.
	www.speedwaydownunder.com.au /node/111 (405 words)

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