Spencer Pigot

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Spencer Pigot

Spencer Pigot (born September 29, 1993 in Pasadena , California ) is an American racing driver . In 2014 he won the Pro Mazda Championship and in 2015 the Indy Lights .

Career

Pigot began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , where he remained active until 2009. He won several kart championships in Florida . In 2009 Pigot also made his debut in formula racing and took part in three races of the Skip Barber National Championship . 2010 Pigot stayed in the Skip Barber National Championship and won the championship title. He also took part in several Formula Ford individual events and the Ontario Formula Ford.

In 2011 Pigot moved to the US F2000 National Championship at Andretti Autosport . He first went to the winter series, the Cooper Tires Winterfest . He won two out of five races and was second overall with 113 to 119 points behind his teammate Zach Veach . In the main series that followed, Pigot won three races and was on the podium eight times. With 281 to 328 points he was defeated by Petri Suvanto and finished second. With that he prevailed internally against Veach, who finished fourth with 223 points. Pigot also took part in three British Formula Ford races as a guest starter in 2011 and competed in Formula Ford individual races as well as races in SCCA racing series. In 2012 Pigot moved to Cape Motorsports within the US F2000 National Championship . Pigot initially won the winter series with five wins from six races. In the main series he managed to win more than half of all races with eight wins from fourteen races, but in the championship he was defeated by his teammate Matthew Brabham with 332 to 339 points and was again second.

In 2013 Pigot moved to Team Pelfrey in the Pro Mazda Championship . He won one race and finished a total of five races on the podium. He finished the season in fourth place in the drivers' championship. In addition, he competed for the West-Tec F3 team in Europe for two races of the European F3 Open . In addition, he took part in four races of the Canadian Porsche GT3 Cup in GT racing and won one race. In 2014 Pigot contested his second season of the Pro Mazda Championship for Juncos Racing . First he won the Winterfest with 118 to 92 points against Scott Hargrove . He then drove in the main series. He won the first four races of the season and won two more races during the season. Pigot won the championship against Hargrove here too. He prevailed with 309 to 299 points. In addition, Pigot drove again in the Canadian Porsche GT3 Cup, where he achieved third place in the drivers' championship.

In 2015 Pigot stayed with Juncos Racing and received a cockpit in the Indy Lights . He won both races in Birmingham , Toronto and Laguna Seca . In 16 races he reached 10 podium finishes. Pigot prevailed against Jack Harvey with 357 to 330 points and won the championship. Pigot also took part in test drives in the IndyCar Series for Penske .

In 2018 Pigot started the Indy 500 from 6th place

For the IndyCar Series 2016 , Pigot received a part-time cockpit at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing . The engagement included three races: the season opener and both races in Indianapolis . Subsequently, Ed Carpenter Racing signed Pigot as a driver for the seven remaining races on the street circuits. He shared the cockpit with team owner Ed Carpenter , who only competed in the oval races. Seventh place in Lexington was Pigot's best result of the season. He finished the season in 21st place overall. In addition to his IndyCar engagement, he was used by Mazda in the endurance races of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from 2017 to 2019 . In 2018 he was one of the fastest 9 in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 , who took pole position among themselves. He started from sixth place and finished the race in 20th place. At the Newton race , he got his best result with a second place. He finished 14th in the drivers' championship. In 2019 he qualified for third place on the grid at the Indianapolis 500. He finished the race in 14th place. With two fifth places as the best results, he finished the season in 14th place.

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2015 Juncos Racing STP LBH BAR INDY GOAL Mil IOW MDO LAG 357 1.
3 3 2 1* 1* 7th 12 9 1* 1* 7th 8th 8th 3 1* 1*

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th Points rank
2016 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM   165 21st
14th       11 25 29                      
Ed Carpenter Racing       17th 18th 9 19th 7th 15th 22nd
2017 Ed Carpenter Racing STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM 218 20th
20th 8th 20th   9   10 21st   12   18th 19th     12 ° 13
Juncos Racing         18 29              
2018 Ed Carpenter Racing STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL POR SNM 325 14th
15th 14th 15th 15th 15th 20 ° 6 10 23 11 8th 2 20 ° 13 16 6th 4th 24
2019 Ed Carpenter Racing STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA GOAL IOW MDO POC STL POR LAG 335 14th
11 11 17th 18th 5 14 ° 3 10 21st 14th 14th 15th 5 7th 17th 21st 6th 20th
2020 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone / Buhl Autosport TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY STL IMS STP MDO       7th 28.
24 °      

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2016 United StatesUnited States Mazda Motorsports Lola B12 / 80 CanadaCanada Jonathan Bomarito United StatesUnited States Tristan Nunez Rank 6
2017 United StatesUnited States Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi CanadaCanada Jonathan Bomarito United StatesUnited States Tristan Nunez Rank 29
2018 United StatesUnited States Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT24-P CanadaCanada Jonathan Bomarito United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harry Tincknell Rank 6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gruz David, Valentin Khorounziy: Introducing the Road to Indy: 2015 season preview. paddockscout.com, March 27, 2015, accessed on March 27, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Mark Glendenning: Harvey leads Piquet as Lights drivers complete Sonoma IndyCar test. autosport.com, August 14, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Tony DiZinno: Spencer Pigot to step up to IndyCar with RLL Racing. nbcsports.com, October 20, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Bruce Martin: Spencer Pigot lands IndyCar road course deal with Ed Carpenter. autosport.com, June 2, 2016, accessed October 9, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pigot, Spencer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena , California , United States