Scott Robert Pye (born 8 January 1990) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently co-drives in the Repco Supercars Championship, and co-drivers in the No. 87

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for

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Racing career

Early days

Pye started out in

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, winning six state championships. Pye moved up to the

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level in 2007 when he raced in the State Series Formula Ford in Australia for Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star. 2008 saw Pye move up to the

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, again with Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star. He finished the championship in seventh place in

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and in third position in

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International foray

Pye joined fellow Australian driver

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in the European Technique team for the

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. He achieved a podium finish in his first race at Ruapuna and completed the weekend with a win in the third race which saw him take home the Wigram Cup. Pye continued his good form in round two at

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when he won the final two races, earning him the round win. For 2010 Pye moved to the

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to compete in the

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. Racing a

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for British team Jamun Racing, he won the championship with 12 race wins and 17 pole positions. He also finished second in the

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in 2010. Pye competed in the

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for

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with Double R. Pye's Mercedes-engined CampingF1 sponsored

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lapped the 2.7-mile

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International Circuit in 1m 27.621s, more than a second inside the 2010 pole position time set by eventual champion

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. He finished tenth in the championship with one win at Rockingham and a second place at the season-ending

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weekend.

Return to Australia

Development Series

In February 2012, Pye returned to Australia and made the switch to

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, becoming the new driver of

's championship-winning

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/GearWrench backed

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in the 2012 V8 Supercar Development Series. Pye finished the championship in second place behind

Scott McLaughlin Scott Thomas McLaughlin (; born 10 June 1993) is a New Zealand racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 3 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He previously raced in the Supercars Championship, in which he won the driver ...

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

In 2013 he graduated to the

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. driving for

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in a

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with sponsorship from Ekol and Hog's Breath Cafe. Pye endured a difficult season, including a heavy crash at

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that caused him to miss the

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round due to the lack of a spare car.

Dick Johnson Racing/DJR Team Penske

Scott Pye 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400

After one season at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Pye signed a two-year deal with

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, driving a

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with

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sponsorship for

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. However, in September 2014,

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bought a stake in the team and eventually elected to run only a single entry in

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for two-time champion

Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series, 2003 and ...

, in his return from

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. Pye signed on as

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team-mate to Ambrose at the renamed DJR Team Penske, but after mixed performances at the

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and the non-championship Supercars Challenge, Ambrose stepped down from the seat, leaving Pye back in a full-time drive for the remainder of the season. With the team signing

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for

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, Pye once again faced an uncertain future before the team elected to expand to two cars. Following this confirmation, Pye went on to score his first championship podium at the ITM 500 Auckland. In 2016, Pye scored two more podiums, at

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and another at Pukekohe on the way to a career-best top 15 championship result. Despite this, he was once again out of a drive for

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, with his former Development Series rival McLaughlin being signed for DJR Team Penske to join Coulthard.

Walkinshaw Racing/Walkinshaw Andretti United

In September 2016, Pye was announced as the replacement for

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for

, the team's first season since losing the ''Holden Racing Team'' moniker. In a difficult season for the team, Pye finished 12th in the standings, ahead of team-mate

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, with the highlight for Pye being a second place at the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 driving with

Warren Luff Warren Raymond Luff (born 21 April 1976), is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well-known driver training instructor Ian Luff. He currently co-drives for Team 18 in the Supercars Champions ...

. Just as happened while Pye was at Dick Johnson Racing, the team was bought out by international interests during his first season at the team, with

Andretti Autosport Andretti Global is an American motorsports organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series, Indy NXT, Formula E, and joint entries in IMSA and the Australian Supercars Championship. Starting in 2026, Andretti will also operate the Cad ...

and

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each taking part-ownership in the team which became known as ''Walkinshaw Andretti United''. Pye did retain his seat into

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and took his first championship race win in dramatic circumstances at the second event, the

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on the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit. Pye had led the race comfortably until a late-race shower brought

Jamie Whincup Jamie David Whincup (born 6 February 1983) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently is team principal for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He has driven the No. 88 Holden Commodore (ZB), Ho ...

back into contention in the final laps. On 7 October Pye, driving with Warren Luff, went back-to-back with second-place finishes at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and later he finished 7th at Newcastle and in the points standings. On 6 November 2019 he announced he will be leaving

Walkinshaw Andretti United Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton, Victoria, Clayton. The team, initially branded as the Holden Racing Team, used to field Holden Commodores in the Supercars Championship befo ...

Team 18

On 7 November 2019 he announced that he would be joining

Team 18 Team 18 (formerly known as Charlie Schwerkolt Racing) is an Australian motor racing team currently competing in the Supercars Championship, running two Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s. The team's current drivers are Anton De Pasquale and David Reynolds ...

for the 2020 season.

Career results

Karting career summary

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

References

External links

Toyota Racing Series – toyotaracing.co.nz
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Profile at Racing Reference
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