Chris Pither

Chris Pither
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	3 December 1986 (1986-12-03) (age 31) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Supercars Record
Car number	33
Current team	Garry Rogers Motorsport (Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Series championships	0
Races	65
Race wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	1
2017 Championship position	39th (462 pts)

Chris Pither (born 3 December 1986) is a New Zealand racing driver. He 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 and the NZ and Australian V8 Ute Racing Series in 2011. In 2018, he will drive alongside Garth Tander for Garry Rogers Motorsport as a co-driver in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

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]

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

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