Scott Hargrove

Scott Hargrove (born February 1, 1995) is a Canadian racing driver from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hargrove in the winningest driver in IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada history. Having competed in both Sports car racing and Open-wheel car racing, Hargrove has become one of Canada's premier racing drivers.

Motorsports career

Hargrove began karting in 2008, winning several championships in Canada and on the west coast of the United States.

In 2010, Hargrove won the Skip Barber Racing School karting shoot-out. This granted him a scholarship to compete in the championship the following year.

In 2011, Hargrove made his car racing debut in the Skip Barber Racing School summer series in 2011, finishing second in his inaugural year of car racing.

In 2012, Hargrove moved to the U.S. F2000 National Championship driving for JDC Motorsports.

In 2013, Hargrove switched teams to Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. Hargrove finished second in the Winterfest and then won the 2013 series championship, capturing four wins.[1] With his championship, Hargrove won a $383,000 USD scholarship to compete in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2014 through the Road to Indy program.[1] Hargrove was also selected to represent Canada at the 2013 Formula Ford Festival in England through the Team Canada Scholarship.[2]

In 2014, Hargrove won the Platinum Cup Championship in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada and finished 2nd in the Pro Mazda Championship, after a failed gearbox in the final race of the season took away his championship lead. He was invited to the Porsche Young Driver Academy for evaluation at the end of the year.

In 2015, Hargrove followed up his previous IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada season with third in the championship, after missing the first two events, winning all but one of the remaining races in the championship.

In 2016, Hargrove competed in both the Indy Lights Championship and the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada. The first Indy Lights race of the year in St. Petersburg, FL, saw Hargrove finish 2nd with Team Pelfrey, who was making their debut as an Indy Lights team. At the conclusion of 2016, Hargrove was invited by Porsche to compete in their Junior Driver Shoot-out.

In 2017, was another stand-out year for Hargrove, where he dominated the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada. This time racing for Pfaff Motorsports. Hargrove would win all but two races to claim the championship.

In 2018, Hargrove moved up to the Blancpain GT World Challenge America formerly known as the Pirelli World Challenge. In his rookie season Hargrove won the Sprint GT Championship, and finished 3rd in the Sprint-X GT Championship, co-driving with Porsche factory driver Wolf Henzler.

In 2019, Hargrove became a Porsche Selected Driver and moved to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Pfaff Motorsports. Hargrove had a best finish of 3rd at Petit Le Mans. Hargrove also raced in the Blancpain GT World Challenge America Championship, co-driving with Porsche factory driver Patrick Long.

Motorsports Career Results

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2019	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD	DAY 16	SEB 10	MID 12	WGI 6	CTMP 5	LIM	RDAM	VIR 4	WRLS 4	RATL 3	12th	192

Blancpain GT World Challenge America (Formerly Pirelli World Challenge)

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2018	Pfaff Motorsports	Sprint	STPT 1	STPT 1	LB 4	CTMP 4	CTMP 6	RDAM 3	RDAM 4	WGI 6	WGI 2						1st	182
2018	Pfaff Motorsports	Sprint-X	COTA 4	COTA 3	VIR 3	VIR 2	LIM 3	LIM 4	PIR 3	PIR 2	UMC 4	UMC 7					3rd	187
2019	Wright Motorsports	GT	COTA 3	COTA 3	VIR 5	VIR 2	CTMP 5	CTMP 4	SON 5	SON 1	WGI 4	WGI 4	RDAM 2	RDAM 4	LAS 4	LAS DNS	5th	160

IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2014	Open Road Racing	CTMP 1	CTMP 1	CMP 2	CMP 1	TOR 1	TOR 2	GP3R 2	GP3R 2	CTMP 1	CTMP 1			1st	192
2015	Open Road Racing	CTMP	CTMP	TOR 1	TOR 2	CMP 1	CMP 1	GP3R 1	GP3R 1	CTMP 1	CTMP 1			3rd	158
2016	Open Road Racing	CTMP 2	CTMP 8	CGV 1	CGV 1	WGI 2	WGI 1	TOR 6	TOR 1	GP3R 1	GP3R 8	CTMP 1	CTMP 2	2nd	200
2017	Pfaff Motorsports	CTMP 1	CTMP 1	GP3R 1	GP3R 1	WGI 2	TOR 1	TOR 1	CGV 1	CGV 1	CTMP 1	CTMP 1	CTMP 2	1st	246

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2012	JDC Motorsports	SEB 11	SEB 11	STP 30	STP 32	LOR	MDO	MDO	ROA 8	ROA 13	ROA 9	BAL 6	BAL 3	VIR 5	VIR 4	11th	128
2013	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	SEB 1	SEB 2	STP 1	STP 1	LOR 5	TOR 15	TOR 2	MDO 17	MDO 2	MDO 2	LAG 11	LAG 1	HOU 3	HOU 21	1st	294

Pro Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2014	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	STP 3	STP 5	BAR 2	BAR 2	IMS 1	IMS 1	LOR 2	HOU 1	HOU 16	MOH 6	MOH 3	MIL 2	SON 3	SON 18				2nd	299
2015	JDC Motorsports	STP	STP	LOU	LOU	BAR	BAR	IMS 7	IMS 12	IMS 9	LOR	TOR	TOR	IOW	MOH	MOH	LAG	LAG	20th	21

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2015	8 Star Motorsports	STP 4	STP 6	LBH	ALA	ALA	IMS	IMS	INDY	TOR	TOR	MIL	IOW	MDO	MDO	LAG	LAG			14th	34
2016	Team Pelfrey	STP 2	STP 14	PHX 13	ALA 13	ALA 12	IMS 14	IMS 9	INDY 5	RDA	RDA	IOW	TOR	TOR	MDO	MDO	WGL	LAG	LAG	16th	93

References

1. Surrey race-car driver Scott Hargrove clinches the USF2000 Championship in Houston with third place finish Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, The Province, October 5, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-21
2. Pappone, Jeff. Team Canada scholarship sends two racers to England this weekend Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, The Globe and Mail, October 21, 2013, Retrieved 2013-10-21

External links

• Official website
• Scott Hargrove career summary at DriverDB.com