The Inside Line: The High-Speed World of a V8 Supercar Legend

by craig lowndes, Mark Fogarty

One of the most successful and celebrated drivers in the history of Australian motor racing, Craig Lowndes has earned the status of sporting legend - he is a three-time V8 Supercar champion, four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 and recipient of the Barry Sheene Medal two years in a row. Loved and respected off the track too, Craig is known as a great bloke, a devoted family man, cattle farmer and talented horseman. He is a role model and inspiration to countless Australians of both genders and all ages.

This gripping snapshot of Craig’s high-speed world provides unprecedented insights into the triumphs and challenges of elite motorsport. Craig shares his feelings about his controversial switch from Ford to Holden, a change received with mixed emotions by fans; he explains how his car works and introduces us to his team; tells us about life away from the track, including his training and fitness regime; shares his views on the sport and how it is evolving; and reveals how he balances the demands of his career with life at home on the farm at Mt Kilcoy in Queensland. All of this is threaded through with the highs and lows of his 2010 season, up to and including the iconic Bathurst 1000.

Candid, action-packed and full of fascinating details, THE INSIDE LINE will be a must-read for Craig’s legion of loyal supporters and motorsport fans in general.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Craig Duncan Lowndes was born in May 1976 in Staffordshire. By the time he was twenty-nine, Craig had made his first million and retired to a life of sun, sea and sangria on the island of Tenerife; Seven years later, due to some disastrous investments, poor life decisions and the Spanish property crash - all of his hard-earned money was gone. Cunningly, he used his knowledge and business acumen to make money through illegal means.
Unfortunately, Craig’s luck ran out in 2014 when he was sentenced to a four-year prison sentence for masterminding a £1.8 million VAT fraud; he served the first six months of his sentence in HMP Doncaster, where he recorded the day-to-day life of a first-time prisoner.
‘Doncatraz- A Prison Diary’ - Craig’s first success at writing, which was published in 2016, while he was still serving the remainder of his sentence in HMP Sudbury.
Remorseful of his actions in what he refers to as his former life, now Craig works as a full-time plumber but still manages to put time aside for writing. After a huge amount of success, with the prison diary – which sold in its thousands - Craig tried his hand at crime fiction. He used his criminal experiences along with some of the characters he encountered in prison as inspiration for his books. Craig’s first fiction book ‘Screwed’ was published in 2017 with the prequel ‘Vodka And Tonic’ scheduled for November 2018. Craig uses ‘being there, seeing it and doing it’ to inspire his works of fiction

Reviews

[Jeremiah Morton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly insightful look into the driving career of Craig Lowndes up to and including 2010.
Gave me a greater understanding of how strong his relationship was with the late Peter Brock and how the time spent with him formed him in his driving on-track and how he interacted out of the car.
Keen to read some more racing biographies!

[Mark Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable expose of V8 Supercars. Lowndes is a nice guy who interestingly enough I actually saw co drive a car to a win a couple of years back. Some of the details about the sport are very interesting. Can't wait to drive one of these cars in August.

[Brooke Stubbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book I love Craig lowndes and how he is all about the fans and his kids