Steve Owen (racing driver)
{{short description|Australian racing driver}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Steve Owen
| image = Steve Owen.JPG
| caption = Steve Owen at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
| nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 December 1974}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria
| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver
|record template1={{Infobox V8 Supercar record|embed=yes
| Car number = 22
| Team = Team Sydney by Tekno
{{nowrap|(Endurance race co-driver)}}
| Races = 186
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 3
| Podiums = 7
| Poles = 2
| Position year = 2020
| Championship position = 41st (114 pts)
}}}}
Steve Owen (born 18 December 1974) is an Australian racing driver. He has competed in many forms of motorsport, including Karts, Formula Ford, Formula Holden, Sprint cars and Supercars. He is one of three dual winners of the Dunlop Super2 Series, alongside Dean Canto and Paul Dumbrell.
Career
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 Supercars Championship.
Owen's most significant achievements in the 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.
Career results
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Season
! Series ! Position ! Car ! Team |
|---|
| 1998
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | align="center" | 9th | Team Arrow |
| rowspan=2 | 1999
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | 2nd |
| Shell Championship Series
| align="center" | 42nd |
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| Australian Drivers' Championship | align="center" | 10th | rowspan=2 | Reynard 97D Holden | rowspan=2 | Hocking Motorsport |
| Formula Holden Tasman Cup
| align="center" | 5th |
| 2001
| align="center" | 70th | Imrie Motor Sport |
| rowspan=2 | 2002
| align="center" | 4th | Imrie Motor Sport |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 47th |
| rowspan=2 | 2003
| align="center" | 26th | rowspan=2 | Holden VX Commodore | Imrie Motor Sport |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 60th | Robert Smith Racing |
| rowspan=3 | 2004
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f" | 3rd | Bosch Batteries |
| Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series
| align="center" | 38th | John Faulkner Racing |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 49th |
| 2005
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | align="center" | 32nd |
| 2006
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | align="center" | 22nd |
| 2007
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | align="center" | 19th |
| rowspan=2 | 2008
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | Scott Loadsman Racing |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 32nd |
| rowspan=2 | 2009
| V8 Touring Car National Series | align="center" | 7th | Power Plus 98 |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 39th |
| rowspan=2 | 2010
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | rowspan=2 | Holden VE Commodore |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 31st |
| 2011
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 17th |
| rowspan=2 | 2012
| align="center" | 34th | MPC Motorsport |
| International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 20th |
| rowspan=2 | 2013
| align="center" | 5th | rowspan=2 | Ford FG Falcon |
| International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 32nd |
| rowspan=3 | 2014
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 29th |
| Australian GT Championship
| align="center" | 15th | Supabarn Supermarkets |
| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
| align="center" | 25th |
| rowspan=2 | 2015
| Australian GT Championship (Trophy Div.) | align="center" | 6th | Porsche 911 GT3-S | Supabarn Supermarkets |
| International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 29th |
| rowspan=2 | 2016
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 32nd |
| Supercars Dunlop Series
| align="center" | 25th | Image Racing |
| 2017
| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | align="center" | 25th |
| 2018
| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | align="center" | 51st |
| 2020
| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | align="center" | 41st |
=Bathurst 1000 results=
File:Ford FG Falcon of Steve Owen.JPG of Steve Owen at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide]]
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| Year
! Car# ! Team ! Car ! Co-driver ! Position ! Laps |
|---|
| 1999
| 35 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Ritter |align=center| 9th |align=center| 160 |
| 2000
| 76 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew White |align=center| 24th |align=center| 143 |
| 2001
| 14 | Imrie Motorsport | {{flagicon|AUS}} James Brock |align=center| DNF |align=center| 12 |
| 2002
| 600 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dale Brede |align=center| 17th |align=center| 158 |
| 2003
| 13 | Robert Smith Racing | Holden Commodore VX | {{flagicon|AUS}} Phillip Scifleet |align=center| 21st |align=center| 141 |
| 2004
| 51 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Leahey |align=center| 8th |align=center| 160 |
| 2005
| 25 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew White |align=center| DNF |align=center| 136 |
| 2006
| 55 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tony Longhurst |align=center| 7th |align=center| 161 |
| 2007
| 55 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tony D'Alberto |align=center| 6th |align=center| 161 |
| 2008
| 17 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Warren Luff |align=center| 11th |align=center| 161 |
| 2009
| 10 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Shane Price |align=center| 16th |align=center| 160 |
| 2010
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup |align=center style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2nd |align=center| 161 |
| 2011
| 49 | Holden Commodore VE | {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Morris |align=center| 11th |align=center| 161 |
| 2012
| 49 | Paul Morris Motorsport | {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Morris |align="center| DNF |align=center| 53 |
| 2013
| 6 | Ford Falcon FG | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Davison |align=center| 7th |align=center| 161 |
| 2014
| 5 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon FG | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom |align=center| 6th |align=center| 161 |
| 2015
| 5 | Prodrive Racing Australia | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom |align=center style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2nd |align=center| 161 |
| 2016
| 55 | Rod Nash Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert |align=center| 19th |align=center| 147 |
| 2017
| 55 | Rod Nash Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert |align=center| 10th |align=center| 161 |
| 2018
| 56 | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | {{flagicon|NZL}} Richie Stanaway |align="center"| 22nd |align="center"| 152 |
| 2020
| 22 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Pither | align="center" | 16th | align="center" | 159 |
References
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External links
- VESRIX [http://www.conrod.com.au/stats/drprof.cgi?id=212]
- V8 Supercar profile [https://web.archive.org/web/20101226120651/http://v8supercar.com.au/tabid/100/seasonseriesdriverid/1431/default.aspx]
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{{succession box | before = Tony D'Alberto | title = Winner of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series | years = 2008 | after = Jonathon Webb}}
{{succession box | before = Jonathon Webb | title = Winner of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series | years = 2010 | after = Andrew Thompson}}
{{succession box | before = Shane van Gisbergen
Alexandre Prémat | title = Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup | years = 2017
(with Chaz Mostert) | after = Craig Lowndes
Steven Richards}}
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