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Craig
Lowndes
Champion 1999, 1998, 1996
contracted to Ford till 2006
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21 June 1974 |
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| 1984 |
- started
kart racing aged 10
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| 1989 |
- wins
Kart champion of champions
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| 1993 |
- wins
Formula Ford championship
- Formula
Ford Festival UK, finishes 3rd
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| 1994 |
- Holden
Racing Team debut
- races
Sandown 500 with Brad Jones; finishes 5th
- races
Bathurst 1000 with Brad Jones; finishes 2nd
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| 1995 |
- pole
position for Sandown and Bathurst
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| 1996 |
- fulltime
season with Holden Racing Team
- wins
Sandown 500
- wins
Bathurst 1000
- wins
6 out of 10 rounds
- wins
Australian Touring Car Championship with HRT - first driver
to win as a Rookie
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| 1997 |
- races
international Formula 3000 in Europe; teammate to 1999 CART
world champion Juan Montoya
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| 1998 |
- wins
2nd Australian Touring Car Championship with HRT
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| 1999 |
- wins
3rd Australian Touring Car Championship with HRT
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| 2000 |
- Holden
Racing Team (HRT)
- wins
the Motor Sportsman of the Year and Circuit Racer of the Year
awards (Australian Motor Sports Awards, Feb 2000)
- finish
3rd overall
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| 2001 |
- joins
FORD with Gibson Motorsports team
- 2 race
wins
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| 2002 |
- 2nd year
with FORD; 00 Motorsports team
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| 2003 |
- 3rd year
with FORD
- new
Ford Performance Racing team owned by ProDrive
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| 2004 |
- 4th year
with FORD
- 2nd year
with Ford Performance Racing
- to join
Triple Eight racing in 2005
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