Chris Pither
{{Short description|New Zealand racing driver}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Chris Pither
| image = File:Commodore (8079117668).jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|3 December 1986}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|Palmerston North, New Zealand}}
| nationality = {{flag|NZL|name=New Zealander}}
| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver
| record template1 =
{{Infobox V8 Supercar record|embed=yes
| Car number = 22
| Team = PremiAir Racing
| Races = 136
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Poles = 1
| Position year = 2022
| Championship position = 20th (1257 pts)
}}
}}
Chris Pither (born 3 December 1986) is a New Zealand professional racing driver.
Pither has won eight national championships including; three New Zealand karting titles, the New Zealand Holden HQ Series in 2003 and 2004, the NZ V8 Ute Championship Series in 2010 as well as the NZ and Australian V8 Ute Racing Series in 2011.
Biography
Pither started racing in his home country, coming up through the open wheeler ranks first through the evolved Formula Vee class Formula First, then Formula Ford. After a couple of seasons racing in the one-make HQ Holden series, an impressive top five championship result in the inaugural Toyota Racing Series led to a move to Australia and two seasons in the popular V8 Utes series.{{cite web|url=http://www.chrispither.com/About_me |title=About me |accessdate=2009-01-07 |publisher=Chris Pither Motorsport |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119123048/http://www.chrispither.com/About_me |archivedate=19 November 2008 }} For the 2006 season, Pither joined Brad Jones Racing in the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. A sporadic 2007 campaign, switching teams mid-season did not bring positive results, however still managed to join tail-marking main-game V8 Supercars outfit Team Kiwi Racing for four rounds during the 14-event season. After subbing for regular driver Kayne Scott at the Eastern Creek Raceway round, he then participated in a second round at the Winton Motor Raceway, although the results were not spectacular. The endurance races were particularly disappointing after an engine failure in practice saw Team Kiwi Racing withdraw from the L&H 500. Pither was involved in a major accident during practice for the Supercheap Auto 1000. Pither struck a stationary Paul Weel with a heavy impact at Reid Park corner, causing extensive damage to both cars and hospitalising Weel. The Falcon was miraculously repaired in time to start the race, but unfortunately was the race's first retirement. Pither parted ways with the team and he took a hiatus from racing in 2009.
Pither's return to V8 Supercars would come in 2012 when he signed to drive in the endurance races with David Wall in the #21 Brad Jones Racing Commodore - a signing that would lead Pither to a full-time drive in the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series.
In late November 2015, it was announced that Pither would be driving for Super Black Racing in 2016. He left the now-defunct team at end of 2016. Pither then moved to Erebus Motorsport to co-drive alongside Dale Wood in 2017. The pair recorded a best result of 4th, which came at the Bathurst 1000. For 2018 Pither has moved to Garry Rogers Motorsport as a co-driver.
In 2020, Pither signed to drive for Team Sydney by Tekno full time. Coca-Cola came onboard to sponsor him throughout the season. He drove the #22 Holden Commodore. His best finish in the season would be a 5th place at Hidden Valley. He would end the season finishing 20th in the points.
Career results
Some results sourced from:{{cite web |url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/8616/career/ |title=Driver Database: Chris Pither |accessdate=2009-01-07 |publisher=Driver Database}}
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Season
! Series ! Position ! Car ! Team |
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1999/2000
| New Zealand Formula First Championship | align="center" | 4th | | |
2001
| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | align="center" | 12th | | |
2003/04
| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | align="center" | 4th | | |
2003
| New Zealand HQ Holden Series | align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | |
2004
| New Zealand HQ Holden Series | align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | |
2004/05
| align="center" | 5th | Tatuus-Toyota | |
rowspan=2 | 2006
| align="center" | 11th |
V8 Supercar Championship Series
| align="center" | 61st |
2007
| align="center" | 14th | Holden VZ Commodore | Hobson Motorsport |
2008
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | align="center" | 50th |
2010
| NZ V8 Ute Championship Series | align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | Ford Falcon XR8 Ute | Chris Pither Racing |
2011
| Australian V8 Ute Racing Series | align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st | IceBreak Racing |
rowspan=3 | 2012
| align="center" | 21st | PS Racing |
Australian V8 Ute Racing Series
| align="center" | 27th | IceBreak Racing |
International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 44th |
rowspan=2 | 2013
| align="center" | 15th |
International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 47th |
rowspan=2 | 2014
| align="center" | 4th |
International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 49th |
rowspan=2 | 2015
| align="center" | 5th |
International V8 Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 48th | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
2016
| International V8 Supercars Championship | align="center" | 21st | Super Black Racing |
2017
| align="center" | 39th |
rowspan=2 | 2018
| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st |
Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 35th |
rowspan=2| 2019
| CarSales TCR Australia Series | align="center" | 12th |rowspan=2| Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Supercars Championship
| align="center" | 33rd |
2020
| align="center" | 20th |
2021
| align="center" | 37th |
2022
| align="center" | 20th |
2023
| Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | align="center" | 21st | EMA Motorsport |
=Supercars Championship results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" |
colspan=45| Supercars results |
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Year
! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! 30 ! 31 ! 32 ! 33 ! 34 ! 35 ! 36 ! 37 ! 38 ! 39 ! Position ! Points |
2006
| ADE | ADE | PUK | PUK | PUK | BAR | BAR | BAR | WIN | WIN | WIN | HDV | HDV | HDV | QLD | QLD | QLD | ORA | ORA | ORA | SAN | BAT | SUR | SUR | SUR | SYM | SYM | SYM |style="background: #dfffdf| BHR |style="background: #dfffdf| BHR |style="background: #dfffdf| BHR | PHI | PHI | PHI ! colspan=5 | ! 61st ! 97 |
2007
| ADE | ADE | BAR | BAR | BAR | PUK | PUK | PUK | WIN | WIN | WIN | EAS | EAS | EAS | HDV | HDV | HDV | QLD | QLD | QLD | ORA | ORA | ORA |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #cfcfff| BAT | SUR | SUR | SUR | BHR | BHR | BHR | SYM | SYM | SYM | PHI | PHI | PHI ! colspan=2 | ! 56th ! 0 |
2008
| ADE | ADE |style="background: #dfffdf| EAS |style="background: #dfffdf| EAS |style="background: #dfffdf| EAS | HAM | HAM | HAM | BAR | BAR | BAR | SAN | SAN | SAN | HDV | HDV | HDV | QLD | QLD | QLD |style="background: #dfffdf| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf| WIN |style="background: #ffcfcf| PHI |style="background: #ffcfcf| PHI |style="background: #efcfff| BAT | SUR | SUR | SUR | BHR | BHR | BHR | SYM | SYM | SYM | ORA | ORA | ORA ! ! 50th ! 130 |
2012
| ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | HAM | HAM | BAR | BAR | BAR |style="background: #f1f8ff| PHI |style="background: #f1f8ff| PHI | HID | HID | TOW | TOW |style="background: #f1f8ff| QLD |style="background: #f1f8ff| QLD | SMP | SMP |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT | SUR | SUR | YMC | YMC | YMC | WIN | WIN | SYD | SYD ! colspan=8 | ! 44th ! 210 |
2013
| ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | SYM | PUK | PUK | PUK | PUK | BAR | BAR | BAR | COA | COA | COA | COA | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD | WIN | WIN | WIN |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR | PHI | PHI | PHI | SYD | SYD ! colspan=2 | ! 47th ! 339 |
2014
| ADE | ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | SYM | WIN | WIN | WIN | PUK | PUK | PUK | PUK | BAR | BAR | BAR | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD | SMP | SMP | SMP |style="background: #efcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #efcfff| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #efcfff| SUR | PHI | PHI | PHI | SYD | SYD | SYD ! 49th ! 159 |
rowspan=2| 2015
| ADE | ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | SYM | BAR | BAR | BAR | WIN | WIN | WIN | HID | HID | HID | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD | SMP | SMP | SMP |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #efcfff| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #efcfff| SUR | PUK | PUK | PUK | | | | | | ! colspan=2 | ! rowspan=2 | 48th ! rowspan=2 | 264 |
Super Black Racing
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background: #dfffdf| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf| SYD |style="background: #dfffdf| SYD |style="background: #efcfff| SYD ! colspan=2 | |
2016
! Super Black Racing |style="background: #dfffdf| ADE |style="background: #efcfff| ADE |style="background: #ffffff| ADE |style="background: #dfffdf| SYM |style="background: #efcfff| SYM |style="background: #dfffdf| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf| PHI |style="background: #dfffdf| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf| BAR |style="background: #dfffdf| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf| HID |style="background: #dfffdf| HID |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW |style="background: #dfffdf| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf| QLD |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #efcfff| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf| PUK |style="background: #dfffdf| PUK |style="background: #efcfff| SYD |style="background: #dfffdf| SYD ! colspan=9 | ! 21st ! 1369 |
2017
| ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR |style="background: #f1f8ff| WIN |style="background: #f1f8ff| WIN | HID | HID | TOW | TOW |style="background: #f1f8ff| QLD |style="background: #f1f8ff| QLD | SMP | SMP |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR | PUK | PUK | NEW | NEW ! colspan=12 | ! 39th ! 462 |
2018
| ADE | ADE | MEL | MEL | MEL | MEL | SYM | SYM | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR |style="background: #f1f8ff| WIN |style="background: #f1f8ff| WIN | HID | HID | TOW | TOW |style="background: #f1f8ff| QLD |style="background: #f1f8ff| QLD | SMP | BEN | BEN |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #ffffff| SUR | PUK | PUK | NEW | NEW ! colspan=7 | ! 35th ! 456 |
2019
| ADE | ADE | MEL | MEL | MEL | MEL | SYM | SYM | PHI | PHI | BAR | BAR |style="background: #f1f8ff| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf| WIN |style="background: #dfffdf| HID |style="background: #dfffdf| HID | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | BEN | BEN | PUK | PUK |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #dfffdf| SUR |style="background: #cfcfff| SAN |style="background: #dfffdf| SAN | NEW | NEW ! colspan=8 | ! 33rd ! 507 |
2020
|style="background: #dfffdf| ADE |style="background: #efcfff| ADE |style="background: #ffffff| MEL |style="background: #ffffff| MEL |style="background: #ffffff| MEL |style="background: #ffffff| MEL |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP1 |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP1 |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP1 |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP2 |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP2 |style="background: #dfffdf| SMP2 |style="background: #dfffdf| HID1 |style="background: #dfffdf| HID1 |style="background: #dfffdf| HID1 |style="background: #efcfff| HID2 |style="background: #dfffdf| HID2 |style="background: #dfffdf| HID2 |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW1 |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW1 |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW1 |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf| TOW2 |style="background: #efcfff| TOW2 |style="background: #dfffdf| BEN1 |style="background: #dfffdf| BEN1 |style="background: #dfffdf| BEN1 |style="background: #dfffdf| BEN2 |style="background: #dfffdf| BEN2 |style="background: #dfffdf| BEN2 |style="background: #dfffdf| BAT !colspan=8| ! 20th ! 866 |
2021
| BAT1 |
| BAT1
R2
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| SAN
R3
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| SAN
R4
{{small|}}
| SAN
R5
{{small|}}
| SYM
R6
{{small|}}
| SYM
R7
{{small|}}
| SYM
R8
{{small|}}
| BEN
R9
{{small|}}
| BEN
R10
{{small|}}
| BEN
R11
{{small|}}
| HID
R12
{{small|}}
| HID
R13
{{small|}}
| HID
R14
{{small|}}
| TOW1
R15
{{small|}}
| TOW1
R16
{{small|}}
| TOW2
R17
{{small|}}
| TOW2
R18
{{small|}}
| TOW2
R19
{{small|}}
| SMP1
R20
{{small|}}
| SMP1
R21
{{small|}}
| SMP1
R22
{{small|}}
| SMP2
R23
{{small|}}
| SMP2
R24
{{small|}}
| SMP2
R25
{{small|}}
| SMP3
R26
{{small|}}
| SMP3
R27
{{small|}}
| SMP3
R28
{{small|}}
| style="background: #f1f8ff| SMP4
R29
{{small|PO}}
| style="background: #f1f8ff| SMP4
R30
{{small|PO}}
| style="background: #dfffdf| BAT2
R31
{{small|12}}
!colspan=8|
! 37th
! 138
|-
! 2022
|style="background: #dfffdf| SMP
R1
{{small|23}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SMP
R2
{{small|20}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SYM
R3
{{small|20}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SYM
R4
{{small|13}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SYM
R5
{{small|16}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| MEL
R6
{{small|24}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| MEL
R7
{{small|16}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| MEL
R8
{{small|19}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| MEL
R9
{{small|21}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BAR
R10
{{small|24}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BAR
R11
{{small|15}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BAR
R12
{{small|17}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| WIN
R13
{{small|26}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| WIN
R14
{{small|24}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| WIN
R15
{{small|22}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| HID
R16
{{small|23}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| HID
R17
{{small|22}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| HID
R18
{{small|20}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| TOW
R19
{{small|19}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| TOW
R20
{{small|18}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BEN
R21
{{small|24}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BEN
R22
{{small|12}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BEN
R23
{{small|18}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SAN
R24
{{small|25}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SAN
R25
{{small|16}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SAN
R26
{{small|21}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| PUK
R27
{{small|13}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| PUK
R28
{{small|19}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| PUK
R29
{{small|16}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| BAT
R30
{{small|21}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SUR
R31
{{small|16}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| SUR
R32
{{small|9}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| ADE
R33
{{small|19}}
|style="background: #dfffdf| ADE
R34
{{small|16}}
! colspan=5|
! 20th
! 1257
|}
=Bathurst 1000 results=
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
Year
! Team ! Car ! Co-driver ! Position ! Laps |
---|
2007
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Fabian Coulthard | align="center" | 16th | align="center" | 159 |
2008
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Kayne Scott | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 8 |
2012
| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Wall | align="center" | 14th | align="center" | 161 |
2013
| Britek Motorsport | {{flagicon|AUS}} David Wall | align="center" | 22nd | align="center" | 156 |
2014
| Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dale Wood | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 45 |
2015
| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Wall | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 15 |
2016
| Super Black Racing | {{flagicon|NZL}} Richie Stanaway | align="center" | 12th | align="center" | 161 |
2017
| Holden Commodore VF | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dale Wood | align="center" | 4th | align="center" | 161 |
2018
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander | align="center" | 6th | align="center" | 161 |
2019
| Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | {{flagicon|NZL}} Richie Stanaway | align="center" | 12th | align="center" | 161 |
2020
| Holden Commodore ZB | {{flagicon|AUS}} Steve Owen | align="center" | 16th | align="center" | 159 |
2021
| Holden Commodore ZB | {{flagicon|AUS}} Macauley Jones | align="center" | 12th | align="center" | 161 |
2022
| Holden Commodore ZB | {{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron Hill | align="center" | 21st | align="center" | 153 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{DriverDB driver|chris-pither}}
- [http://racing-reference.info/driver/Chris_Pither Chris Pither profile on US Racing Reference]
- [http://www.supercars.com/drivers/chris-pither/ V8 Supercars Official Profile]
{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}
{{s-bef
| before = Grant Johnson
}}
{{s-ttl
| title = V8 Ute Racing Series
Champion
| years = 2011
}}
{{s-aft
| after = Ryal Harris
}}
{{s-bef
| before = Todd Hazelwood
}}
{{s-ttl
| title = Dunlop Super2 Series
Champion
| years = 2018
}}
{{s-aft
| after = Bryce Fullwood
}}
{{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pither, Chris}}
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