Chris Pither

Chris Pither
Chris Pither
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	3 December 1986 (age 33); Palmerston North, New Zealand
Supercars Record
Car number	22
Current team	Team Sydney
Series championships	0
Races	78
Race wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	1
2020 Championship position	24th (78 pts)*

Chris Pither (born 3 December 1986) is a New Zealand professional racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 22 Holden ZB Commodore for Team Sydney.

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.[1] 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.

Career results

Some results sourced from:[2]

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1999/2000	New Zealand Formula First Championship	4th
2001	New Zealand Formula Ford Championship	12th
2003/04	New Zealand Formula Ford Championship	4th
2003	New Zealand HQ Holden Series	1st	Holden Kingswood
2004	New Zealand HQ Holden Series	1st	Holden Kingswood
2004/05	Toyota Racing Series	5th	Tatuus-Toyota
2006	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	11th	Ford AU Falcon	Brad Jones Racing
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	61st	Holden VZ Commodore	Team Kiwi Racing
2007	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	14th	Holden VZ Commodore Holden VY Commodore	Hobson Motorsport Greg Murphy Racing
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	50th	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing
2010	NZ V8 Ute Championship Series	1st	Ford Falcon XR8	Chris Pither Racing
2011	Australian V8 Ute Racing Series	1st	Holden VE Ute SS	IceBreak Racing
2012	V8SuperTourer Championship	21st	Ford FG Falcon	PS Racing
	Australian V8 Ute Racing Series	27th	Holden VE Ute SS	IceBreak Racing
	International V8 Supercars Championship	44th	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport
2013	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	15th	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	47th	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2014	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	4th	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	49th	Holden VF Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2015	V8 Supercars Dunlop Series	5th	Ford FG Falcon	MW Motorsport
2015	International V8 Supercars Championship	48th	Volvo S60 Ford FG X Falcon	Garry Rogers Motorsport Super Black Racing
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	21st	Ford FG X Falcon	Super Black Racing
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	39th	Holden VF Commodore	Erebus Motorsport
2018	Dunlop Super2 Series	1st	Holden VF Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	35th	Holden ZB Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	33rd	Holden ZB Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
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	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	SAN R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SUR R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	SYM R28	BHR R29 25	BHR R30 22	BHR R31 23	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34						61st	97
2007	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	PUK R6	PUK R7	PUK R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	EAS R12	EAS R13	EAS R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	ORA R21	ORA R22	ORA R23	SAN R24 19	BAT R25 16	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	PHI R35	PHI R36	PHI R37			56th	0
2008	Team Kiwi Racing	Ford BF Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	EAS R3 28	EAS R4 25	EAS R5 23	HAM R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	BAR R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	SAN R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	WIN R21 28	WIN R22 19	WIN R23 22	PHI Q DNQ	PHI R24 DNQ	BAT R25 Ret	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	ORA R35	ORA R36	ORA R37		50th	130
2012	Britek Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10 PO	PHI R11 PO	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16 PO	QLD R17 PO	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q 18	SAN R20 22	BAT R21 14	SUR R22	SUR R23	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30									44th	210
2013	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	PUK R6	PUK R7	PUK R8	PUK R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	COA R13	COA R14	COA R15	COA R16	HID R17	HID R18	HID R19	TOW R20	TOW R21	QLD R22	QLD R23	QLD R24	WIN R25	WIN R26	WIN R27	SAN Q 16	SAN R28 19	BAT R29 22	SUR R30 7	SUR R31 12	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34	SYD R35<	SYD R36			47th	339
2014	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	WIN R7	WIN R8	WIN R9	PUK R10	PUK R11	PUK R12	PUK R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	HID R17	HID R18	HID R19	TOW R20	TOW R21	TOW R22	QLD R23	QLD R24	QLD R25	SMP R26	SMP R27	SMP R28	SAN Q Ret	SAN R29 19	BAT R30 Ret	SUR R31 14	SUR R32 Ret	PHI R33	PHI R34	PHI R35	SYD R36	SYD R37	SYD R38	49th	159
2015	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	SMP R21	SMP R22	SMP R23	SAN Q 23	SAN R24 21	BAT R25 Ret	SUR R26 16	SUR R27 Ret	PUK R28	PUK R29	PUK R30									48th	264
2015	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon																																PHI R31 24	PHI R32 24	PHI R33 19	SYD R34 23	SYD R35 18	SYD R36 Ret			48th	264
2016	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 18	ADE R2 Ret	ADE R3 DNS	SYM R4 17	SYM R5 Ret	PHI R6 19	PHI R7 24	BAR R8 8	BAR R9 14	WIN R10 18	WIN R11 18	HID R12 14	HID R13 11	TOW R14 20	TOW R15 22	QLD R16 11	QLD R17 8	SMP R18 14	SMP R19 13	SAN Q 24	SAN R20 17	BAT R21 12	SUR R22 10	SUR R23 Ret	PUK R24 24	PUK R25 24	PUK R26 23	PUK R27 22	SYD R28 Ret	SYD R29 18										21st	1369
2017	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9 PO	WIN R10 PO	HID R11	HID R12	TOW R13	TOW R14	QLD R15 PO	QLD R16 PO	SMP R17	SMP R18	SAN QR 9	SAN R19 13	BAT R20 4	SUR R21 22	SUR R22 18	PUK R23	PUK R24	NEW R25	NEW R26													39th	462
2018	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19 PO	QLD R20 PO	SMP R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN QR 19	SAN R24 9	BAT R25 6	SUR R26 9	SUR R27 C	PUK R28	PUK R29	NEW R30	NEW R31								35th	456
2019	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2<	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 14	HID R15 15	HID R16 23	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	PUK R23	PUK R24	BAT R25 12	SUR R26 23	SUR R27 18	SAN QR 17	SAN R28 14	NEW R29	NEW R30									33rd	507
2020	Team Sydney	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1 19	ADE R2 Ret	MEL R3 C	MEL R4 C	MEL R5 C	MEL R6 C	SMP R7 20	SMP R8 22	SMP R9 23	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	SAN R17	SAN R18	BAT R19	BAR R20	BAR R21	SYM R22	SYM R23	SMP R24	SMP R25															24th*	78*

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2007	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	Fabian Coulthard	16th	159
2008	Team Kiwi Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Kayne Scott	DNF	8
2012	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	David Wall	14th	161
2013	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	David Wall	22nd	156
2014	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Dale Wood	DNF	45
2015	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60 Mk.2	David Wall	DNF	15
2016	Super Black Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Richie Stanaway	12th	161
2017	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Dale Wood	4th	161
2018	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Garth Tander	6th	161
2019	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	Richie Stanaway	12th	161

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References

"About me". Chris Pither Motorsport. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
"Driver Database: Chris Pither". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

External links

Chris Pither career summary at DriverDB.com
Chris Pither profile on US Racing Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Todd Hazelwood	Dunlop Super2 Series Champion 2018	Succeeded by Bryce Fullwood

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[1] "About me". Chris Pither Motorsport. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.

[2] "Driver Database: Chris Pither". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 January 2009.