Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Craig lowndes has achieved a fairytale bathurst win on his last fulltime drive at mount panorama, partnering with steven richards to achieve a. Also drive at sandown, bathurst and the gold coast with team vortex. Richards became a gun enduro driver following the end of his fulltime supercars career, winning the great race a further three times in 20 with mark winterbottom and a. V8 supercars craig lowndes claims seventh bathurst.
Richards arrives at the single car outfit with a fine record, including winning the 2018 great race with craig lowndes. The son of seventime bathurst winner and four times series champion jim richards, steven made his supercars debut under the australian touring car championship banner in 1995 as a co driver to anders olofsson at the bathurst. Steven richards racing career profile driver database. He previously raced in the v8 supercar series for triple eight race engineering teams and ford performance racing. The 47yearold has made the decision after a stellar career that saw him make. Threetime bathurst winner richards will race for the. Steven richards joins the revamped irwin racing to partner mark winterbottom in the 2019 pirtek enduro cup, as a newlycrowned fivetime bathurst winner. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Reynolds and youlden combined to control the opening five stints of the race, the car in the effective lead for all but a handful of laps. Steven richards and shane van gisbergen have joined a growing contingent of v8 supercars stars racing in this months spa 24 hours. Steven james richards born 11 july 1972 is a new zealandaustralian racing driver, currently competing in the porsche carrera cup australia championship.
This is a page about my racing adventures, ill be posting updates from race. Veteran driver steven richards retires from supercars racing. Steven richards to run first bmw m6 gt3 in australian gt. Steven richards wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Richards, the son of seventime bathurst winner jim richards, is himself a fivetime bathurst winner, having won the event in 1998, 1999, 20, 2015 and 2018. Below are the top australian racing drivers according to the currently available data on driver database. While craig lowndes quite rightly grabbed the headlines by scoring a fairytale supercheap auto bathurst win, codriver steven richards is now among an elite group of six drivers to have.
Supercars 2020 grid, supercars 2020 drivers, steven. Steven richards and shane van gisbergen to race in spa 24. Craig lowndes wants to keep steven richards for 2016. Steven richards is currently competing in the porsche payce carrera cup australia championship and a pirtek endurance cup driver for team 18, irwin racing for the three supercars endurance races. Steven richards will race a factorybacked bmw m6 gt3 in this years australian gt championships. Richards to compete in funny car at 10 events in 2016 nhra.
Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Your complete guide to steven richards, including news, articles, pictures, and videos. Fivetime bathurst winner steven richards has announced his retirement from supercars, and has announced plans to take up a managerial role at team 18. Romain dumas career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Driver of the laser plumbing and electrical, bmw m6 gt3 in the australian gt. Stock car driver tim richmond died after a twoandahalfyear battle with aids contracted through heterosexual activity.
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