Aired 5 March 2007

Australian Story went behind the scenes with Lowndes during the final tumultuous months of his roller coaster 2006 season.

The program also documents his meteoric rise through the ranks of Australian Motor Sport and the relationship that developed with the Brock family along the way.

It explores his emotional reaction to the death of mentor Peter Brock, the loss of the V8 championship under controversial circumstances and the reasons for his clash with the sport's administrators.