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.

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. 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 No. 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 fourth, 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 No. 22 Holden Commodore. His best finish in the season would be a fifth place at Hidden Valley. He would end the season finishing 20th in the points.

Career results Some results sourced from:

Toyota Racing Series Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Position Points 2005 Chris Pither Motorsport TIM1 TIM2 TIM3 TER1 TER2 TER3 RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 PUK1 PUK2 5th 782

Super2 Series results

Supercars Championship results

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 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 2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB Richie Stanaway 12th 161 2020 Team Sydney by Tekno Holden Commodore ZB Steve Owen 16th 159 2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Macauley Jones 12th 161 2022 PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore ZB Cameron Hill 21st 153