| Spencer Pigot | |
| Nationality: |  American |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Pasadena, California, United States |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in[1] |
| Weight: | 162 lbs |
| Achievements: | 2014 Pro Mazda Champion 2015 Indy Lights Champion |
| Total Irl Races: | 57 |
| Years In Irl: | 5 |
| Irl Car Team: | No. 45 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport) |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Prev Irl Pos: | 14th |
| Best Irl Pos: | 14th (2018, 2019) |
| First Irl Race: | 2016 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg) |
| Last Irl Race: | 2020 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) |
| Irl Wins: | 0 |
| Irl Podiums: | 1 |
| Irl Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | July 4, 2020 |
Spencer James Pigot (born September 29, 1993) is an American racing driver.
Pigot was born in Los Angeles and raised Pasadena, California, and Orlando where he graduated from Windermere Preparatory School.[2] He currently resides in Indianapolis.[3]
After a successful career in youth karting, Pigot joined the Skip Barber National Championship in 2010 and won the title and a Mazdaspeed scholarship.[4] 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.[5]
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 IndyCar Series and in November signed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.[6]
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.[7]
In January 2017, it was announced that Pigot would return for a second season as road and street course driver in the Ed Carpenter Racing No. 20 entry.[8] It was confirmed on May 9, 2017, that Pigot would rejoin Juncos Racing for the 2017 Indianapolis 500.[9]
Ed Carpenter Racing announced on September 13, 2017, that Pigot would compete full-time in IndyCar Series for the first time in 2018. [10]
In 2020, Pigot competed on a part-time basis. His second race of the season was the 2020 Indianapolis 500, where he spun with five laps to go out of turn 4. His car ended up making significant contact with the wall at the entrance to pit road. Pigot was transferred to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, but recovered and was released by the end of the day.[11] [12] [13]
In addition to IndyCar, 2016 saw Pigot make his WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut. Pigot drove four races in the No. 55 Mazda prototype entry including the Rolex 24. He has retained the role for the 2017 season.[14] Pigot earned his first career IMSA podium with a third place finish at the 2017 Six Hours of the Glen[15] Pigot was announced in November 2017 as a driver with the newly formed Mazda Team Joest for 2018 endurance races as part of the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.[16] In 2020, Pigot was a sub for Simon Trummer in a WTSCC race, driving Trummer's LMP2 entry in the Grand Prix of Sebring.[17] In 2021 Pigot joined Riley Motorsports for two races and drove for Jr III Motorsports in one.
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Andretti Autosport | SEB | SEB | STP | STP | ORP | MIL | MDO | MDO | ROA | ROA | BAL | BAL | 2nd | 281 | |||
| 2012 | Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing | SEB | SEB | STP | STP | LOR | MDO | MDO | ROA | ROA | ROA | BAL | BAL | VIR | VIR | 2nd | 332 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Team Pelfrey | AUS | AUS | STP | STP | IND | IOW | TOR | TOR | MOS | MOS | MOH | MOH | TRO | TRO | HOU | HOU | 4th | 297 | |
| 2014 | Juncos Racing | STP | STP | BAR | BAR | IMS | IMS | LOR | HOU | HOU | MOH | MOH | MIL | SON | SON | 1st | 309 |
| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara DW12 | 16 | Honda | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | 21st | 165 | [18] | |||||||||||
| Ed Carpenter Racing | 20 | Chevrolet | DET | DET | RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | TXS | WGL | SNM | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | STP | LBH | ALA | PHX | IMS | DET | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | WGL | SNM | 20th | 218 | [19] | |||||
| Juncos Racing | 11 | INDY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ed Carpenter Racing | 21 | STP 15 | PHX 14 | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | POR | SNM | 14th | 325 | [20] | ||
| 2019 | STP 11 | COA 11 | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY 14 | DET | DET | TXS | RDA | TOR 15 | IOW 5 | MDO 7 | POC 17 | GTW 21 | POR 6 | LAG 20 | 14th | 335 | [21] | ||||
| 2020 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing w/ Citrone/Buhl Autosport | 45 | Honda | TXS | IMS | ROA | ROA | IOW | IOW | INDY | GTW | GTW | MDO | MDO | IMS | IMS | STP | 32nd | 17 | [22] | ||||
* Season still in progress.
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mazda Motorsports | P | Mazda Prototype | Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET | 16th | 95 | |
| 2017 | Mazda Motorsports | P | Mazda RT24-P | Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 20th | 76 | |
| 2018 | Mazda Team Joest | P | Mazda RT24-P | Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 22nd | 108 | |
| 2019 | Juncos Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 34th | 21 | |
| 2020 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | ELK | ATL | PET | LGA | SEB | 12th | 35 | ||||
| 2021 | Riley Motorsports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DAY | SEB | MDO | WGL | WGL | ELK | PET | 14th | 673 | ||||
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