Scott Andrew Pye (born 18 January 1990) is an Australian professional racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship co-driving with Will Brown in the No. 888 Ford Mustang GT for Triple Eight Race Engineering.
Racing career Early days Pye started out in push bikes with stabilisers on his 8th birthday when he received a bright yellow bike from his parents. He won six state championships and moved up to the Formula Ford 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 Australian Formula Ford Championship, again with Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star. He finished the championship in seventh place in 2008 and in third position in 2009.www.cams.com.au
International foray Pye joined fellow Australian driver s in the European Technique team for the 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. 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 Timaru International Motor Raceway when he won the final two races, earning him the round win.
For 2010, Pye moved to the United Kingdom to compete in the British Formula Ford Championship. Racing a Mygale for British team Jamun Racing, he won the championship with 12 race wins and 17 pole positions. He also finished second in the Formula Ford Festival in 2010.
Pye competed in the British Formula 3 Championship for 2011 with Double R. Pye's Mercedes-engined CampingF1 sponsored Dallara lapped the 2.7-mile Oulton Park International Circuit in 1m 27.621s, more than a second inside the 2010 pole position time set by eventual champion Jean-Éric Vergne. He finished tenth in the championship with one win at Rockingham and a second place at the season-ending Silverstone weekend.
Return to Australia
Development Series In February 2012, Pye returned to Australia and made the switch to touring cars, becoming the new driver of Triple Eight Race Engineering's championship-winning Monster Energy/GearWrench backed Holden VE Commodore in the 2012 V8 Supercar Development Series. Pye finished the championship in second place behind Scott McLaughlin.
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
In 2013, Pye graduated to the International V8 Supercars Championship. driving for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden VF Commodore with sponsorship from Ekol and Hog's Breath Cafe. Pye endured a difficult season, including a heavy crash at Symmons Plains Raceway that caused him to miss the Pukekohe round due to the lack of a spare car.
Dick Johnson Racing/DJR Team Penske
After one season at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Pye signed a two-year deal with Dick Johnson Racing, driving a Ford FG Falcon with Wilson Security sponsorship for 2014. However, in September 2014, Team Penske bought a stake in the team and eventually elected to run only a single entry in 2015 for two-time champion Marcos Ambrose, in his return from NASCAR. Pye signed on as Enduro Cup team-mate to Ambrose at the renamed DJR Team Penske, but after mixed performances at the Adelaide 500 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 Fabian Coulthard for 2016, 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 Phillip Island 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 2017, 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 Garth Tander at Walkinshaw Racing for 2017, 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 James Courtney, with the highlight for Pye being a second place at the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 driving with Warren Luff. 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 and United Autosports each taking part-ownership in the team which became known as Walkinshaw Andretti United. Pye did retain his seat into 2018 and took his first championship race win in dramatic circumstances at the second event, the Melbourne 400 on the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit. Pye had led the race comfortably until a late-race shower brought Jamie Whincup 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 seventh at Newcastle and in the points standings. On 6 November 2019, Pye announced he would be leaving Walkinshaw Andretti United.
Team 18 On 7 November 2019, Pye announced that he would be joining Team 18 for the 2020 season.
Career results Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2005Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 12th 2006Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 2nd
Season Series Team Races Poles Wins FLaps Podiums Points Position 2007New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments ? ? ? ? ? 214 8th 2008Australian Formula Ford Championship CAMS Rising Star 23 0 0 1 4 137 7th 2008-09Toyota Racing SeriesEuropean Technique 18 5 3 4 8 895 3rd 2009Australian Formula Ford ChampionshipCAMS Rising Star 23 0 2 0 8 270 3rd 2010British Formula Ford ChampionshipJamun Racing 25 17 12 4 18 581 1st 2011Toyota Racing SeriesETEC Motorsport 12 0 1 1 4 628 4thBritish Formula 3 ChampionshipDouble R Racing 29 0 1 0 2 81 10th2012Dunlop V8 Supercar SeriesTriple Eight Race Engineering 18 2 2 2 10 1688 2ndInternational V8 Supercars ChampionshipLucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 64 56th 2013International V8 Supercars ChampionshipLucas Dumbrell Motorsport 33 0 0 0 0 1049 27th 2014International V8 Supercars ChampionshipDick Johnson Racing 39 0 0 0 0 1407 19th 2015International V8 Supercars ChampionshipDJR Team Penske 34 0 0 2 1 1589 19th 2016International V8 Supercars ChampionshipDJR Team Penske 30 1 0 0 2 1807 15th 2017Virgin Australia Supercars ChampionshipWalkinshaw Racing 27 0 0 0 1 1804 12th 2018Virgin Australia Supercars ChampionshipWalkinshaw Andretti United 31 0 1 1 3 2608 7th 2019Virgin Australia Supercars ChampionshipWalkinshaw Andretti United 31 0 0 0 0 2193 12th 2020Virgin Australia Supercars ChampionshipTeam 18 27 0 0 2 3 1586 9th 2021Repco Supercars ChampionshipTeam 18 30 0 0 1 0 1489 15th 2022Repco Supercars ChampionshipTeam 18 34 0 0 1 0 1512 16th 2023Repco Supercars ChampionshipTeam 18 28 0 0 0 0 1524 18th 2024Repco Supercars ChampionshipTriple Eight Race Engineering 2 1 1 0 2 228 26th
Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts 2008–09 European Technique RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TIM1 TIM2 TIM3 TER1 TER2 TER3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 PUK1 PUK2 PUK3 3rd 895 2011 ETEC Motorsport TER1 TER2 TER3 TIM1 TIM2 TIM3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3TAU1TAU2TAU3 4th 628
Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2009 European Technique Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota 7th 5th 2011 ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota 3rd3rd
Complete British Formula Ford Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 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 DC Pts 2010 Jamun Racing OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAS1 CAS2 ROC1 ROC2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 1st 581
Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 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 DC Pts 2011 Double R Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 DON1 DON2 DON3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 10th 81
Super2 Series results Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points 2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering 80 Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 BATR12 BATR13 WINR14 WINR15 WINR16 SYDR17 SYDR18 2nd 1688
Supercars Championship results