Red Bull Holden Racing Team has announced that Craig Lowndes is staying put at Triple Eight as their enduro co-driver until 2021.

The 2018 Bathurst 1000 victor is one of the most successful Supercars drivers of all time, including three championship wins in 1996, 98 and 99 for the Holden Racing Team.

Since Lowndes joined Triple Eight in 2005, he has clocked up 55 race wins which included 12 endurance race wins, 6 Bathurst 1000 wins and his 100th career championship race win in Darwin in 2015 and is thrilled to continue his tenure with the team.

"I'm excited to be able to continue my long relationship with Triple Eight and the Red Bull Holden Racing Team," said Lowndes.

"Staying on as a co-driver for another two years takes our strong partnership and friendship to 17 years."

Having joined close to 15 years ago, Lowndes was there and has seen the development and building of a midfield outfit to a championship winning team.

Team principal Roland Dane welcomed Lowndes into the then fairly unknown outfit and credits the champion in helping make the side such a dominant force.

"Roland and I have a long history together and I have been fortunate to have been there in the early days of building the team," he said.

"Triple Eight and I have shared great success and I look forward to continuing that.

"I'm absolutely over the moon to have agreed with Craig that he will continue with us for at least another two years as an enduro driver.

"He's been with Triple Eight since the beginning of 2005 and has been such a huge part of our success over the last 15 years that it would have felt very strange not to have him on board."

After winning seven Bathurst 1000's and having much success around the mountain, Dane is hoping Lowndes can continue etching his name into the history books.

"Six of his seven Bathurst 1000 wins have come with Triple Eight and we're all hoping that he can add to that in the coming years," said Dane.

"Having Craig and Jamie in the #888 car is absolutely as it should be!"

Jamie Whincup will continue sharing his cockpit with the seven time Bathurst champion, with his own contract due at the end of 2020.

Craig Lowndes will be defending his 2018 Bathurst 1000 victory, as will Steven Richards, who has moved to partner Mark Winterbottom in the Irwin Tools Racing Commodore.