Gavin Neil Pyper (born 12 August 1979) is a British motor racing driver.
Racing career
Pyler first made a big impression in racing by winning the Formula Vauxhall winter series with team DFR. In 1999, he entered the Vauxhall Vectra SRi V6 Challenge with Lloyds UDT, getting two wins in the year. When the British Touring Car Championship started a second class B in 2000 to boost the size of the grid, he entered an Alfa Romeo 156 which was run by former touring car driver Gary Ayles. For 2001, the BTCC changed its regulations, with class B now called production class, Pyper drove again with an Alfa Romeo 156 this time for GA Janspeed. He finished sixth in class in what was a large and competitive field. With the newly named GA Motorsport a year later, he did even better, finishing fourth in class. For 2003, GA Motorsport and Pyper stepped up to the main touring class with a Vauxhall Astra Coupé. Despite making a great start, leading the independents points at the halfway point, a lack of funding brought an early end to his season with his seat being taken by Paul Wallace. He still finished the season in fifth in the independents despite his short season. He made another BTCC challenge in 2004, but again finances saw him only enter for one meeting all season.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded 2001-2002 all races, 2003-2004 just for first race, 2000–2002 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded 2001-2004 all races, 2000–2002 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given 2001 just for feature race, 2003-2004 all races, 2001 for leading in class)
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Pts Class 2000 Gary Ayles Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 THR1 THR2 KNO1 KNO2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 DON2 BRH1Ret BRH2DNS OUL1Ret OUL2DNS SIL1 SIL2 N/A 1 16th 2001 GA-Janspeed Racing Alfa Romeo 156 BRH17† BRH2ovr:10cls:4 THR1Ret THR2DNS OUL1ovr:5cls:5 OUL2ovr:4*cls:1 SIL1Ret SIL2Ret MON1ovr:7cls:4 MON2Ret DON1ovr:9cls:2 DON2Ret* KNO1ovr:11cls:6 KNO2Ret SNE1Ret SNE2Ret* CRO1ovr:4cls:2 CRO2Ret OUL1ovr:7cls:3 OUL2ovr:9cls:3 SIL1ovr:9cls:5 SIL2ovr:12*cls:4 DON1ovr:9cls:6 DON2Ret BRH1Ret BRH2ovr:5*cls:1 -15 N/A 120 6th 2002 Gary Ayles Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1Ret OUL2DNS THR1Ret THR2ovr:20cls:9 SIL1 SIL2 MON1ovr:11cls:1 MON2Ret CRO1Ret CRO2DNS SNE1ovr:15cls:1 SNE2ovr:12cls:2 KNO1ovr:13cls:1 KNO2ovr:11*cls:1 BRH1ovr:15cls:3 BRH2ovr:14cls:3 DON1ovr:14cls:1 DON2ovr:12cls:3 -20 N/A 107 4th 2003 GA Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupé MON1Ret MON2ovr:6cls:6 BRH1ovr:8cls:8 BRH2Ret THR1ovr:6cls:6 THR2Ret SIL1ovr:6cls:6 SIL2ovr:7cls:7 ROC1ovr:9cls:9 ROC2Ret CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 12th 24 2004 Team SuretermGA Motorsports Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR1 THR2 THR3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 MON1 MON2 MON3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON112 DON2Ret DON3Ret NC 0 † Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.
Sources
Driver page
External links Mardi Gras Motorsport website