Nationality Australian Wins 2 Debut season 1999 Name Steve Owen | Car no. 5 Role Racing driver Starts 172 | |
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Born 18 December 1974 (age 49)
Melbourne, Victoria ( 1974-12-18 ) Former teams Garry Rogers Motorsport
Imrie Motor Sport
Briggs Motor Sport
Robert Smith Racing
K-Mart Racing
Britek Motorsport
Rod Nash Racing
Walkinshaw Racing
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Performance Racing Best finish 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||
Current team Prodrive Racing Australia | ||
Steve owen talks about fiery perth crash
Steve Owen (born 18 December 1974) is an Australian racing driver. Owen has an extensive driving CV, from Karts, to Formula Ford, Formula Holden, Sprint cars, Supercars and is one of two dual champions of the Dunlop Series. Owen currently drives for Rod Nash Racing as a co-driver alongside Chaz Mostert in the Pirtek Enduro Cup series.
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Career
Owen was introduced to Karting when he commenced working at the Carroll & Richardson International Go-Kart Entertainment Centre on a casual basis in Nunawading, Victoria, in the early 1990s. Owen worked initially as a Track Marshal and then as a Mechanic.Owen is a two-time winner of the V8 Supercar Development series, having won it in 2008 for Scott Loadsman Racing and 2010 for Greg Murphy Racing. Owen also has many years experience racing in Australia's leading motor racing series, the International V8 Supercars Championship.
Owen's most significant achievements in the International V8 Supercars Championship have been winning the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500 driving with Mark Winterbottom and a race win at the 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600 as a co-driver for Jamie Whincup. He has also scored several podiums, most notably second at the 2010 and 2015 editions of the Bathurst 1000, and third at the 2013 Wilson Security Sandown 500.
