Spencer Pigot

Spencer Pigot
Spencer Pigot
	Pigot at the 2018 ABC Supply 500
Nationality	American
Born	September 29, 1993; Pasadena, California, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Weight	162 lb (73 kg)
Achievements	2014 Pro Mazda Champion; 2015 Indy Lights Champion
IndyCar Series career
	57 races run over 5 years
Team(s)	No. 45 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport)
2019 position	14th
Best finish	14th (2018, 2019)
First race	2016 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2020 GMR Grand Prix (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course)
	Statistics current as of July 4, 2020.

Spencer James Pigot (born September 29, 1993) is an American racing driver, currently driving the #45 car for Citrone/Buhl and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar series.

Personal life

Spencer Pigot was born in Los Angeles and raised Pasadena, California, and Orlando where he graduated from Windermere Preparatory School.[2] He currently resides in Indianapolis.[3]

Racing career

Early career

After a successful career in youth karting, Pigot joined the Skip Barber National Championship in 2010 and won the title and a Mazdaspeed scholarship.[4] He was also awarded the Team USA Scholarship to compete in the Formula Ford Festival in England. In 2011 he joined the U.S. F2000 National Championship, part of the Mazda Road to Indy, driving for Andretti Autosport. He finished second in points with three wins. In 2012, he continued in the series, switching teams to Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. He won the 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest in the preseason, but again finished second in the main championship, but this time only missed out on the title by 7 points to Matthew Brabham. Pigot captured eight race wins compared to Brabham's four. In 2013 Pigot moved up the Road to Indy ladder into the Pro Mazda Championship with Team Pelfrey. He finished tied for third in points with Shelby Blackstock, but Blackstock won the tie-breaker for third by virtue of having three third place finishes to Pigot's one. Both drivers had one win and three-second place finishes.

In 2014 Pigot switched teams in Pro Mazda to Juncos Racing. He won the first four races of the season and captured the title in a controversial fight with Scott Hargrove. His championship earned him a scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2015.[5]

2015 saw Pigot clinch the Indy Lights championship by sweeping the final two races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. He won a scholarship to compete in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the IndyCar Series and in November signed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.[6]

IndyCar Series

Pigot competed at the season opener at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and finished 14th. His next race was the Grand Prix of Indianapolis where he finished eleventh. In the 2016 Indianapolis 500 he qualified on the tenth row in 29th and finished the race in 25th, five laps down, the last car running, after running out of fuel mid-race during a caution flag. The next week it was announced that Pigot would drive in seven more road and street course races throughout the season for Ed Carpenter Racing in the No. 20 car driven by Ed Carpenter on ovals.[7]

In January 2017, it was announced that Pigot would return for a second season as road and street course driver in the Ed Carpenter Racing No. 20 entry.[8] It was confirmed on May 9, 2017 that Pigot would rejoin Juncos Racing for the 2017 Indianapolis 500.[9]

Ed Carpenter Racing announced on September 13, 2017 that Pigot would compete full-time in IndyCar Series for the first time in 2018. [10]

Sports Cars

In addition to IndyCar, 2016 saw Pigot make his WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut. Pigot drove four races in the No. 55 Mazda prototype entry including the Rolex 24. He has retained the role for the 2017 season.[11] Pigot earned his first career IMSA podium with a third place finish at the 2017 Six Hours of the Glen[12] Pigot was announced in November 2017 as a driver with the newly formed Mazda Team Joest for 2018 endurance races as part of the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.[13]

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2011	Andretti Autosport	SEB 3	SEB 2	STP 1	STP 2	ORP 4	MIL 6	MDO 3	MDO 4	ROA 1	ROA 2	BAL 11	BAL 1			2nd	281
2012	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	SEB 3	SEB 1	STP 1	STP 1	LOR 1	MDO 1	MDO 23	ROA 16	ROA 3	ROA 2	BAL 1	BAL 24	VIR 1	VIR 1	2nd	332

Pro Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2013	Team Pelfrey	AUS 2	AUS 16	STP 4	STP 4	IND 2	IOW 3	TOR 9	TOR 11	MOS 1	MOS 4	MOH 4	MOH 5	TRO 5	TRO 5	HOU 2	HOU 5	4th	297
2014	Juncos Racing	STP 1	STP 1	BAR 1	BAR 1	IMS 8	IMS 8	LOR 3	HOU 9	HOU 1	MOH 4	MOH 6	MIL 1	SON 21	SON 5			1st	309

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2015	Juncos Racing	STP 3	STP 3	LBH 2	ALA 1	ALA 1	IMS 7	IMS 12	INDY 9	TOR 1	TOR 1	MIL 7	IOW 8	MDO 8	MDO 3	LAG 1	LAG 1	1st	357

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2016	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP 14	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS 11	INDY 25												21st	165
2016	Ed Carpenter Racing		Chevrolet							DET 17	DET 18	RDA 9	IOW	TOR 19	MDO 7	POC	TXS	WGL 15	SNM 22		21st	165
2017	Ed Carpenter Racing			STP 20	LBH 8	ALA 20	PHX	IMS 9		DET 10	DET 21	TXS	ROA 12	IOW	TOR 18	MDO 19	POC	GTW	WGL 12	SNM 13	20th	218
2017	Juncos Racing								INDY 18												20th	218
2018	Ed Carpenter Racing			STP 15	PHX 14	LBH 15	ALA 15	IMS 15	INDY 20	DET 10	DET 23	TXS 11	ROA 8	IOW 2	TOR 20	MDO 13	POC 16	GTW 6	POR 4	SNM 24	14th	325
2019	Ed Carpenter Racing			STP 11	COA 11	ALA 17	LBH 18	IMS 5	INDY 14	DET 10	DET 21	TXS 14	RDA 14	TOR 15	IOW 5	MDO 7	POC 17	GTW 21	POR 6	LAG 20	14th	335
2020	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing w/ Citrone/Buhl Autosport		Honda	TXS	IMS 24	ROA	ROA	IOW	IOW	INDY	GTW	GTW	IMS	IMS	STP						28th*	7*

* Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2016	Dallara	Honda	29	25	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2017	Dallara	Chevrolet	29	18	Juncos Racing
2018	Dallara	Chevrolet	6	20	Ed Carpenter Racing
2019	Dallara	Chevrolet	3	14	Ed Carpenter Racing

Sports Car Racing Results

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are class)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2016	Mazda Motorsports	P	Mazda Prototype	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo	DAY 10	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL 8	MOS	ELK	COA	PET 9	16th	95
2017	Mazda Motorsports	P	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY 11	SEB 5	LBH	COA	DET	WGL 3	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	20th	76
2018	Mazda Team Joest	P	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY 16	SEB 6	LBH	MDO 14	DET	WGL 10	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 3	22nd	108
2019	Juncos Racing	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 10	34th	21
2020	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB 1	ELK	ATL	PET	LGA	SEB				5th*	35*

^* Season still in progress.

References

Spencer Pigot biography
Article in the "Orange Observer"
Spencer Pigot biography
PIGOT WINS SKIP BARBER NATIONAL TITLE AND NAMED TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP WINNER IN GEORGIA, Spencer Pigot, October 2, 2010, Retrieved August 30, 2014
Mission Accomplished as Rising Star Racing’s Spencer Pigot Takes Pro Mazda Championship, PaddockTalk, August 24, 2014, Retrieved August 30, 2014
Laguna Seca Indy Lights: Pigot beats Harvey and Jones to 2015 title, AutoSport, September 13, 2015, Retrieved September 14, 2015
Khorounzhiy, Valentin. Pigot joins Ed Carpenter Racing for road and street courses, Motorsport.com, June 2, 2016, Retrieved June 2, 2016
James, Brant "Spencer Pigot back with Ed Carpenter Racing for 2017", "USA Today", January 17, 2017
" Juncos confirms Pigot for Indy 500 entry" Racer.com, May 9, 2017
"ED CARPENTER RACING ELEVATES SPENCER PIGOT TO FULL-TIME FOR 2018 INDYCAR SEASON"
"Driver Lineup Confirmed for the 2017 Mazda Prototype Team" Article on imsa.com, January 4, 2017
"Race Results Six Hours of the Glen"
"Mazda Team Joest adds Jarvis, Tincknell, Rast to DPi lineup" NBCSports.com

External links

Spencer Pigot career summary at DriverDB.com
Spencer Pigot driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Zach Veach	U.S. F2000 Winterfest Champion 2012	Succeeded by Neil Alberico
Preceded by Inaugural	Pro Mazda Winterfest Champion 2014	Succeeded by Jack Aitken
Preceded by Matthew Brabham	Pro Mazda Championship Champion 2014	Succeeded by Santiago Urrutia
Preceded by Gabby Chaves	Indy Lights Champion 2015	Succeeded by Ed Jones

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[1] Spencer Pigot biography

[2] Article in the "Orange Observer"

[3] Spencer Pigot biography

[4] PIGOT WINS SKIP BARBER NATIONAL TITLE AND NAMED TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP WINNER IN GEORGIA, Spencer Pigot, October 2, 2010, Retrieved August 30, 2014

[5] Mission Accomplished as Rising Star Racing’s Spencer Pigot Takes Pro Mazda Championship, PaddockTalk, August 24, 2014, Retrieved August 30, 2014

[6] Laguna Seca Indy Lights: Pigot beats Harvey and Jones to 2015 title, AutoSport, September 13, 2015, Retrieved September 14, 2015

[7] Khorounzhiy, Valentin. Pigot joins Ed Carpenter Racing for road and street courses, Motorsport.com, June 2, 2016, Retrieved June 2, 2016

[8] James, Brant "Spencer Pigot back with Ed Carpenter Racing for 2017", "USA Today", January 17, 2017

[9] " Juncos confirms Pigot for Indy 500 entry" Racer.com, May 9, 2017

[10] "ED CARPENTER RACING ELEVATES SPENCER PIGOT TO FULL-TIME FOR 2018 INDYCAR SEASON"

[11] "Driver Lineup Confirmed for the 2017 Mazda Prototype Team" Article on imsa.com, January 4, 2017

[12] "Race Results Six Hours of the Glen"

[13] "Mazda Team Joest adds Jarvis, Tincknell, Rast to DPi lineup" NBCSports.com