{"id":665522,"date":"2026-05-12T07:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665522\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:18:28","slug":"lowndes-last-bathurst-winner-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/665522\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes’ last Bathurst winner ‘returns’"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Triple Eight-built, Autobarn-backed Commodore ZB that took Craig Lowndes<\/a> and Steve Richards to victory at Bathurst in the former\u2019s last full-time Supercars season in 2018 has been returned to its Great Race-winning livery.<\/p>\n

The car, owned by long-time racer Scott Taylor<\/a>, had remained in its one-off Newcastle gold and black livery for the last seven-plus years since he acquired it at the end of its single season of racing.<\/a><\/p>\n

The unique livery was a surprise for Lowndes and was unveiled during race week in the pit lane in Newcastle 2018.<\/p>\n

V8 Sleuth had learnt that in recent weeks the #888 ZB Commodore was being returned to its Bathurst-winning livery at Triple Eight Race Engineering in Banyo, near Brisbane Airport.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Commodore in Scott Taylor\u2019s premises.<\/p>\n

Photos taken inside Taylor\u2019s car collection confirm the Bathurst livery having now been applied to the Great Race-winning car.<\/p>\n

The chassis \u2013 888A-049 \u2013 raced for a single year and took Lowndes to his seventh Bathurst 1000 win and gave Richards his fifth success in the annual Mount Panorama classic.<\/p>\n

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It also scored a race win earlier in the 2018 season at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.<\/p>\n

The Autobarn Commodore has been stored in Taylor\u2019s facility on the Gold Coast among a mouth-watering mixture of collectable cars, trucks, boats and motorbikes.<\/p>\n

His collection also includes the Red Bull Commodore VF that Lowndes and Richards drove to victory at Bathurst in 2015.<\/p>\n

\"\"The car as it previously appeared in the 2018 Newcastle livery. <\/p>\n

Every Triple Eight V8 Supercar from 2003 to 2023 \u2013 including chassis 049 \u2013 is featured in a collector\u2019s edition, hardcover book available here at a special sale price in the V8 Sleuth Superstore.<\/a><\/p>\n

Taylor, who this year is racing in Porsche Carrera Cup, is also understood to have recently taken delivery of another race-winning Supercar that he secured in a deal with Tickford Racing in 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Monster Energy Mustang was raced during 2024 and 2025 by Cam Waters<\/a>, including to a clean sweep of last year\u2019s opening round at Sydney Motorsport Park.<\/a><\/p>\n

It most recently was used during<\/a> Grand Prix week filming at Calder Park, where Oscar Piastri drove Waters\u2019 current Tickford Mustang in a modified livery.<\/a><\/p>\n

Waters is set to debut a brand-new chassis at next weekend\u2019s Tyrepower Tasmania Super 440.<\/p>\n

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