Scott Pye

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Scott Pye
Scott Pye, pictured in 2013
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 Adelaide, South Australia
2014 V8 Supercars Championship
Debut season	2012
Current team	Dick Johnson Racing
Car no.	16
Former teams	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
Starts	13
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	56th in 2012
Previous series
2008–09 2008/09, 11 2010 2011 2012	Australian Formula Ford Ch. Toyota Racing Series British Formula Ford British Formula Three Dunlop Series
Championship titles
2010	British Formula Ford

Scott Robert Pye (born 8 January 1990 at Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racing driver. He won the 2010 British Formula Ford Championship.^[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 7th place with 137 points.^[2]

Now in his third season with Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star, Pye is competing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship for 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 Three 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-Eric 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]

Career results

Pye drove a Holden VF Commodore for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2008	New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	8th	Spectrum 010b	CAMS Rising Star
2008	Australian Formula Ford Championship	7th	Spectrum 011b	CAMS Rising Star
2008-09	Toyota Racing Series	3rd	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	European Technique
2009	Australian Formula Ford Championship	3rd	Spectrum 011d	CAMS Rising Star
2010	British Formula Ford Championship	1st	Mygale SJ10	Jamun Racing
2011	Toyota Racing Series	4th	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	ETEC Motorsport
2011	British Formula Three Championship	10th	Dallara F308 - Mercedes HWA	Double R Racing
2012	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	2nd	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	56th	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	27th	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

Teams, drivers and events of the 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship

Scheduled events

Clipsal 500 Adelaide Tasmania 400 Winton 400 ITM 500 Auckland Perth 400 Skycity Triple Crown 400 Sucrogen Townsville 500

Coates Hire Ipswich 400 Sydney Motorsport Park 400 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Armor All Gold Coast 600 Phillip Island 400 Sydney 500

Events in italics are part of the Endurance Cup.

Teams and drivers contesting the championship

Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Racing Team	Erebus Motorsport	Ford Performance Racing	Nissan Motorsport
1. Jamie Whincup 888. Craig Lowndes	2. Garth Tander 22. James Courtney	4. Lee Holdsworth 9. Will Davison	5. Mark Winterbottom 6. Chaz Mostert	7. Todd Kelly 15. Rick Kelly	36. Michael Caruso 360. James Moffat

Brad Jones Racing	Dick Johnson Racing	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Satellite team of Ford Performance Racing	Britek Motorsport Satellite team of Brad Jones Racing	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
8. Jason Bright 14. Fabian Coulthard	16. Scott Pye 17. David Wall	18. Jack Perkins	21. Dale Wood	23. Russell Ingall

Volvo Polestar Racing	Walkinshaw Racing Satellite team of the Holden Racing Team	Rod Nash Racing Satellite team of Ford Performance Racing	Tekno Autosports	James Rosenberg Racing Satellite team of the Holden Racing Team
33. Scott McLaughlin 34. Robert Dahlgren	47. Tim Slade	55. David Reynolds	97. Shane Van Gisbergen	222. Nick Percat

References

↑ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/19538/
↑ http://www.cams.com.au/downloads/sportsdev/Website%20Driver%20Results_Scott%20Pye.pdf
↑ "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/

External links

Toyota Racing Series – toyotaracing.co.nz
Scott Pye career summary at DriverDB.com

Persondata
Name	Pye, Scott
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing driver
Date of birth	8 January 1990
Place of birth	Mount Gambier, South Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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