Spencer Pigot

Spencer Pigot
Nationality	American
Born	September 29, 1993 Pasadena, California
Achievements	2014 Pro Mazda Champion 2015 Indy Lights Champion
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Team(s)	No. 16 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
First race	2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0

Spencer Pigot (born September 29, 1993) is an American racing driver.

Racing career

Early career

After a successful career in youth karting, Pigot joined the Skip Barber National Championship in 2010 and won the title and a Mazdaspeed scholarship.^[1] He was also awarded the Team USA Scholarship to compete in the Formula Ford Festival in England. In 2011 he joined the U.S. F2000 National Championship, part of the Mazda Road to Indy, driving for Andretti Autosport. He finished second in points with three wins. In 2012, he continued in the series, switching teams to Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. He won the 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest in the preseason, but again finished second in the main championship, but this time only missed out on the title by 7 points to Matthew Brabham. Pigot captured eight race wins compared to Brabham's four. In 2013 Pigot moved up the Road to Indy ladder into the Pro Mazda Championship with Team Pelfrey. He finished tied for third in points with Shelby Blackstock, but Blackstock won the tie-breaker for third by virtue of having three third place finishes to Pigot's one. Both drivers had one win and three second place finishes.

In 2014 Pigot switched teams in Pro Mazda to Juncos Racing. He won the first four races of the season and captured the title in a controversial fight with Scott Hargrove. His championship earned him a scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2015.^[2]

2015 saw Pigot clinch the Indy Lights championship by sweeping the final two races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. He won a scholarship to compete in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Verizon IndyCar Series and in November signed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.^[3]

IndyCar Series

Pigot competed at the season opener at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and finished 14th. His next race was the Grand Prix of Indianapolis where he finished eleventh. In the 2016 Indianapolis 500 he qualified on the tenth row in 29th and finished the race in 25th, five laps down, the last car running, after running out of fuel mid-race during a caution flag. The next week it was announced that Pigot would drive in seven more road and street course races throughout the season for Ed Carpenter Racing in the No. 20 car driven by Ed Carpenter on ovals.^[4]

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2011	Andretti Autosport	SEB 3	SEB 2	STP 1	STP 2	ORP 4	MIL 6	MDO 3	MDO 4	ROA 1	ROA 2	BAL 11	BAL 1			2nd	281
2012	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	SEB 3	SEB 1	STP 1	STP 1	LOR 1	MDO 1	MDO 23	ROA 16	ROA 3	ROA 2	BAL 1	BAL 24	VIR 1	VIR 1	2nd	332

Pro Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2013	Team Pelfrey	AUS 2	AUS 16	STP 4	STP 4	IND 2	IOW 3	TOR 9	TOR 11	MOS 1	MOS 4	MOH 4	MOH 5	TRO 5	TRO 5	HOU 2	HOU 5	4th	297
2014	Juncos Racing	STP 1	STP 1	BAR 1	BAR 1	IMS 8	IMS 8	LOR 3	HOU 9	HOU 1	MOH 4	MOH 6	MIL 1	SON 21	SON 5			1st	309

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2015	Juncos Racing	STP 3	STP 3	LBH 2	ALA 1	ALA 1	IMS 7	IMS 12	INDY 9	TOR 1	TOR 1	MIL 7	IOW 8	MDO 8	MDO 3	LAG 1	LAG 1	1st	357

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2016	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP 14	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS 11	INDY 25											21st	165
	Ed Carpenter Racing		Chevrolet							DET 17	DET 18	RDA 9	IOW	TOR 19	MDO 7	POC	TXS	WGL 15	SNM 22

* Season still in progress.

References

1. PIGOT WINS SKIP BARBER NATIONAL TITLE AND NAMED TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP WINNER IN GEORGIA, Spencer Pigot, October 2, 2010, Retrieved 2014-08-30
2. Mission Accomplished as Rising Star Racing’s Spencer Pigot Takes Pro Mazda Championship, PaddockTalk, August 24, 2014, Retrieved 2014-08-30
3. Laguna Seca Indy Lights: Pigot beats Harvey and Jones to 2015 title, AutoSport, September 13, 2015, Retrieved 2015-09-14
4. Khorounzhiy, Valentin. Pigot joins Ed Carpenter Racing for road and street courses, Motorsport.com, June 2, 2016, Retrieved 2016-06-02

External links

• Spencer Pigot career summary at DriverDB.com
• Spencer Pigot driver statistics at Racing-Reference