Chris Pither

Chris Pither (born 3 December 1986) is a New Zealand professional racing driver. 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.

Chris Pither
Nationality New Zealander
Born3 December 1986 (1986-12-03) (age 36)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Supercars Championship career
Car number22
Current teamPremiAir Racing
Championships0
Races136
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions1
2022 position20th (1257 pts)

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.

In 2020, Pither signed to drive for Team Sydney by Tekno full time. Coca-Cola came onboard to sponsor him throughout the season. He drove the #22 Holden Commodore. His best finish in the season would be a 5th place at Hidden Valley. He would end the season finishing 20th in the points.

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
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 Ute 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
International V8 Supercars Championship 47th Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 4th Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 49th Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series 5th Ford FG Falcon MW Motorsport
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 Supercars Championship 39th Holden VF Commodore Erebus Motorsport
2018 Dunlop Super2 Series 1st Holden VF Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
Supercars Championship 35th Holden ZB Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2019 Supercars Championship 33rd Holden ZB Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2020 Supercars Championship 20th Holden ZB Commodore Team Sydney by Tekno
2021 Supercars Championship 37th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2022 Supercars Championship 20th Holden ZB Commodore PremiAir Racing

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
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
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 by Tekno Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

19
ADE
R2

Ret
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

20
SMP1
R8

22
SMP1
R9

23
SMP2
R10

21
SMP2
R11

18
SMP2
R12

22
HID1
R13

5
HID1
R14

21
HID1
R15

21
HID2
R16

Ret
HID2
R17

20
HID2
R18

19
TOW1
R19

11
TOW1
R20

24
TOW1
R21

23
TOW2
R22

21
TOW2
R23

21
TOW2
R24

Ret
BEN1
R25

21
BEN1
R26

19
BEN1
R27

15
BEN2
R28

20
BEN2
R29

15
BEN2
R30

23
BAT
R31

16
20th 866
2021 Brad Jones Racing Commodore ZB BAT1
R1

BAT1
R2

SAN
R3

SAN
R4

SAN
R5

SYM
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

BEN
R9

BEN
R10

BEN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

HID
R14

TOW1
R15

TOW1
R16

TOW2
R17

TOW2
R18

TOW2
R19

SMP1
R20

SMP1
R21

SMP1
R22

SMP2
R23

SMP2
R24

SMP2
R25

SMP3
R26

SMP3
R27

SMP3
R28

SMP4
R29

PO
SMP4
R30

PO
BAT2
R31

12
37th 138
2022 PremiAir Racing Holden ZB Commodore SMP
R1

23
SMP
R2

20
SYM
R3

20
SYM
R4

13
SYM
R5

16
MEL
R6

24
MEL
R7

16
MEL
R8

19
MEL
R9

21
BAR
R10

24
BAR
R11

15
BAR
R12

17
WIN
R13

26
WIN
R14

24
WIN
R15

22
HID
R16

23
HID
R17

22
HID
R18

20
TOW
R19

19
TOW
R20

18
BEN
R21

24
BEN
R22

12
BEN
R23

18
SAN
R24

25
SAN
R25

16
SAN
R26

21
PUK
R27

13
PUK
R28

19
PUK
R29

16
BAT
R30

21
SUR
R31

16
SUR
R32

9
ADE
R33

19
ADE
R34

16
20th 1257

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2007 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 16th 159
2008 Team Kiwi Racing Ford Falcon BF New Zealand Kayne Scott DNF 8
2012 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Australia David Wall 14th 161
2013 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Australia David Wall 22nd 156
2014 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Australia Dale Wood DNF 45
2015 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Mk.2 Australia David Wall DNF 15
2016 Super Black Racing Ford Falcon FG X New Zealand Richie Stanaway 12th 161
2017 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Australia Dale Wood 4th 161
2018 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB Australia Garth Tander 6th 161
2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB New Zealand Richie Stanaway 12th 161
2020 Team Sydney by Tekno Holden Commodore ZB Australia Steve Owen 16th 159
2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Macauley Jones 12th 161
2022 PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Cameron Hill 21st 153

References

  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.
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