Scott Pye
| Scott Pye | |
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Scott Pye at the 2014 V8 Supercars Test Day | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
8 January 1990 Adelaide, South Australia |
| V8 Supercars Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | DJR Team Penske |
| Car no. | 17 |
| Former teams | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| Starts | 105 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 19th in 2014 & 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–09 2008/09, 11 2010 2011 2012 |
Australian Formula Ford Ch. Toyota Racing Series British Formula Ford Ch. British Formula 3 Ch. Dunlop Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 | British Formula Ford Ch. |
Scott Robert Pye (born 8 January 1990 at Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racing driver. He won the 2010 British Formula Ford Championship. He is currently competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, driving for DJR Team Penske.[1]
Racing career
Australia
Pye started out in go-karts like many other drivers have done before him. Pye moved up to the Formula Ford level in 2007 when he raced in the State Series Formula Ford in Australia for Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star.
2008 saw Pye move up to the Australian Formula Ford Championship again with Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star. He finished the championship in seventh place in 2008 [2] and in third position in 2009.
International
Pye joined fellow Australian driver Nathan Antunes in the European Technique team for the 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He enjoyed instant success in the series with a podium finish in his first race at Ruapuna. Pye completed the weekend with a win in the third race which saw him take home the Wigram Cup. Pye continued his good form in round two at Levels Raceway when he won the final two races, earning him the round win.
For 2010 Pye moved to the UK to compete in the British Formula Ford Championship. Racing a Mygale for British team Jamun Racing he won the championship with 12 race wins and 17 pole positions. He also finished second in the Formula Ford Festival in 2010.
Scott Pye has confirmed he will step up to British Formula 3 Championship for 2011 with Double R.[3] Pye's Mercedes-engined CampingF1 sponsored Dallara lapped the 2.7-mile Oulton Park International Circuit in 1m 27.621s, more than a second inside the 2010 pole position time set by eventual champion Jean-Éric Vergne.[4] After a season full of promise, he finished tenth in the championship with one win at Rockingham and a second place at the season ending Silverstone weekend.
In February 2012, Scott made the switch to touring cars, becoming the new driver of Triple Eight Race Engineering’s championship-winning Monster Energy/GearWrench backed Holden Commodore in the 2012 V8 Supercar Development Series[5]
In 2013 he joined the International V8 Supercars Championship with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden VF Commodore [6] with sponsorship from Ekol and Hogs Breath.[7]
After a difficult rookie season including two major incidents - one of which resulted in missing the following event [8] - Scott joined Ford team Dick Johnson Racing driving a Ford FG Falcon with Wilson Security sponsorship.[9]
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Pye drove a Holden VF Commodore for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
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Pye drove a Ford FG Falcon for Dick Johnson Racing in the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship
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Pye drove a Ford FG X Falcon for DJR Team Penske in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship
Career results
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | No. | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore |  Taz Douglas |
DNF | 97 |
| 2013 | 80 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | Paul Morris |
6th | 161 |
| 2014 | 16 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford FG Falcon | Ashley Walsh |
DNF | 70 |
| 2015 | 17 | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | Marcos Ambrose |
DNF | 137 |
| 2016 | 17 | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | Tony D'Alberto |
5th | 161 |
* Events highlighted in green denote designated co-driver role
References
- ↑ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/19538/
- ↑ www.cams.com.au
- ↑ "Pye seals Double R F3 seat". Autosport. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ↑ "Scott Pye and Double R Top British F3 Testing at Oulton Park". MSportUK. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ↑ .http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2012/02/scott-pye-switches-to-v8-supercars-development-series
- ↑ http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/02/01/scott-pye-confirmed-at-lucas-dumbrell-motorsport/
- ↑ http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/02/27/first-pics-scott-pye-reveals-livery-new-sponsor/
- ↑ http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/04/07/scott-pye-to-miss-pukekohe-after-symmons-shunt/
- ↑ http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/12/04/djr-confirms-scott-pye-2014/
External links
- Toyota Racing Series – toyotaracing.co.nz
- Scott Pye career summary at DriverDB.com