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Frank Lowndes is the father of seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner and three-time Australian Touring Car champion Craig, but can lay claim to a very special place of his own in Australian motorsport.
Lowndes senior found himself a key figure in the birth of the Holden Dealer Team, after his work as a general automotive mechanic led to a chance introduction with Harry Firth.
He would work for Firth on road cars but also as lead mechanic for the Colin Bond/Tony Roberts Holden Monaro which won the Great Race of 1969, HDT's first attempt at Mount Panorama.
The other two cars finished third and sixth that Sunday in Bathurst.
Lowndes told Speedcafe in 2020, “The Bathurst win in '69 was still the most memorable, because nobody gave us a chance in that and my guess was the GT Falcon had come out then and we just had this Monaro which didn't have any race history at all.”
He guided Craig through the early years of the future legend's motorsport career – including ingraining mechanical knowledge in his son – and has worked as a Motorsport Australia (then CAMS) official.
Frank Lowndes awarded MA Life Membership
As a Club we have always been delighted that Frank and his charming wife Marilyn chose to join US when they moved to the Sunshine Coast a few years ago.
We are now all very proud that Frank has been given this award. Editor
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Photos Frank Lowndes
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