Chris Pither

Chris Pither (born 3 December 1986 in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand racing driver. Pither currently drives the #111 Ford FG X Falcon for Super Black Racing.

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 backed by his V8 Utes sponsor, Kanga Loaders. 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 was 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. Pither's campaign was sponsored by IceBreak Iced Coffee.

In late November, it was announced that Pither would be driving for Super Black Racing for the 2016 season

Career results

Some results sourced from:^[2]

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	No.	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2007	39	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	Fabian Coulthard	16th	159
2008	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Ford BF Falcon	Kayne Scott	DNF	8
2012	21	Britek Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	David Wall	14th	161
2013	21	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	David Wall	22nd	156
2014	21	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	Dale Wood	DNF	45
2015	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	David Wall	DNF	15
2016	111	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	Richie Stanaway	12th	161

References