The trademark grin was nowhere to be seen when Supercars great Craig Lowndes was left fuming over a pit-stop bingle in his penultimate race as a full-time driver.
The ever smiling Lowndes left it until the final round of his 22-year full-time career to show he was human after all, shocking many with his foul-mouthed reaction to a pit-lane clash with Holden's Scott Pye in Newcastle on Saturday.
Lowndes tangled with Pye when they were caught in the pit-lane chaos that ensued following a safety car midway through the Newcastle 500's opening 250km race.
The contact damaged three-time series champion Lowndes' steering but worse was to come when he finally got to the team garage.