The video, which garnered over 97,000 views on Facebook, elicited frustration from netizens. The vehicles left the roundabout afterwards. In videos posted on social media, about 40 supercars were seen travelling on the roads at Nicoll Highway and Suntec City.Ī clip taken from a high-rise building showed the colourful vehicles occupying all the lanes at the Fountain of Wealth's roundabout as they circled the landmark several times, making public buses and other vehicles wait to enter the lanes.Ī close-up shot showed a traffic police officer getting off his motorcycle and approaching one of the supercars, which had stopped at the side of the road, to speak with the driver. Having finished fourth in Sydney last Saturday night, Lowndes – stepping back from full-time driving at the end of this year – is fourth in the Supercars standings.Sunday is the day for rest for many in Singapore, but some found themselves rudely awakened by the noise from a convoy of Lamborghinis and Bentleys on April 11 morning. "One of them was a DeLorean another one was a Volkswagen Kombi wagon but what we've ended up with is a Stingray." "They sent a list of vehicles that were on offer," he said. Ultimately settling on the two-door Corvette, Lowndes noted there was a diverse range of machinery up for grabs, with the fleet featuring cars spanning eight decades to match Highway 1. Kicking off with a lap of Laguna Seca ? #highway1 #dreambig /JA7V1e1P63 "Then the last three days we'll have a chance to have a look around LA, catch up with some old friends - some Red Bull people are now based in California - and it gives us an opportunity to have a look around and then fly back."Īmazing opportunity to lead the reopening of Highway 1 in California.
"We'll fly in, the first part of it will be with Visit California. "I've flown into LA as a hop, but other than that I haven't had a chance to work my way down.
"My only times in the US is basically to Arizona where I did an Indy Lights test, Supercars in Texas and that's about it," Lowndes told before leaving Australia. The pair will spend roughly a week away, before a handful of days at home in Brisbane ahead of the next Supercars event at the new Tailem Bend facility in South Australia. Travelling with wife Lara, the trip is a rare visit to the US for Lowndes, with his others coming in transit or for racing. "I’ve ticked off two dreams in one go: hitting the track at legendary WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and driving one of the most spectacular road trips in the world."
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“As a racing driver and also a first-time visitor to beautiful California, this is a very special experience for me," Lowndes said. Highway 1 dates back to the 1930s and spans 665 miles, but a stretch near Big Sur has until recently been closed since early-2017 due to damage incurred in a major mudslide. He visited Laguna Seca Raceway and was then part of a convoy of 80 vehicles down the coastal highway to Morro Bay in a 1970 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Lowndes was invited to the launch by the Visit California tourism body, and flew out to San Francisco on Tuesday, following last weekend's Red Rooster Sydney SuperNight 300. Three-time Supercars champion Craig Lowndes has helped re-open a stretch of California's Highway 1 that runs between San Francisco and San Diego on the US West Coast.
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