Spencer pigot out at ed carpenter racing for 2020 indycar season. Slogging through the mud at places like midohio and maple grove is. Racing nascar wickens accident at pocono raises questions of safety across the sport. Spencer pigot stats, race results, wins, news, record. He continued to progress and won the skip barber karting car shootout scholarship in 2009 and a fully funded ride in the skip barber national series as an official mazdaspeed development driver. Spencer pigot is an american racing driver, from pasadena, california, who currently competes in the indycar series with ed carpenter racing.
February 27, 2020 rahal letterman lanigan racing rll announced today that spencer pigot, who made three starts for the team in 2016, will return to rll in 2020 for the gmr grand prix on may 9 and the indianapolis 500 on may 24 in a hondapowered car entered by rahal letterman lanigan racing with citronebuhl autosport cba. Just last week, another young driver, spencer pigot was told he would not be. Click on the number of races to see individual races. Spencer pigot is set to return to rahal letterman lanigan racing for two races in the 2020 indycar season, including the indy 500. Graduates from our driver development program include. I am absolutely thrilled to add such a talented driver like spencer pigot to our no. Pigot began racing at the age of 9 and won his first championship when he was 10 after quickly becoming a presence in the national karting scene. Spencer pigot will contest the 2018 verizon indycar championship with ed carpenter racing, and will also be a part of four races with mazda team joest. September, 2017 after two seasons as the road and street course driver of ed carpenter racings no. Now nearly two months after the end of the 2019 indycar season, ed carpenter is the only driver under contract with ed carpenter. Ed carpenter racing will move forward without spencer pigot as its lead driver. Former ed carpenter racing driver will drive a dallarahonda in the gmr grand prix and indianapolis 500 at indianapolis motor speedway. Spencer pigot lands with rahal letterman lanigan, citronebuhl for two race month of may deal.
He has a long successful run with us and brings great experience to our imsa driver lineup. Spencer pigot to compete in the gmr grand prix and indy. Indycar driver spencer pigot joins juncos racing for imsa. Spencer pigot joins ecr full time for 2018 speed sport. View spencer pigot s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Spencer pigot to compete in the gmr grand prix and. Spencer pigot set for indycar debut at grand prix of st. After joining ecr partway through 2016 in the same role, pigot will be behind the wheel of the no. Spencer pigot wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Spencer pigot will get a second season in indycar after ed carpenter racing inked a deal to keep him as the road and street course driver of the no. Pigot went on to win six of the fourteen races en route to a championship. Spencer pigot, who made three starts for the team in 2016, will return to rahal lanigan racing in 2020 for the two indianapolis motor speedway racesthe gmr grand prix on may 9 and the. As a race car driver, we love driving indycars to the limit and you definitely get a chance to do that here with qualifying. Spencer pigot made his indycar debut in the 2016 season for rahal.
Pigot returned to the team to pilot one of the two juncos racing entries and went on to finish 18 th. The american racing driver has signed a contract with the rahal letterman lanigan racing with citronebuhl autosport outfit, where he will race the gmr grand prix and indy 500 i. Races, wins, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps. Arrow mclaren sps confirmation of fernando alonso and rahal letterman lanigan racings confirmation of spencer pigot for this years indy 500 raised the confirmed driver total to 30 and the. The 2015 indy lights season was the 30th season of the indy lights open wheel motor racing series and the 14th sanctioned by indycar, acting as the primary support series for the indycar series. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Coming off a fouryear stint with the ed carpenter racing ntt indycar series team, the californiaborn, floridabred driver has been scrambling to find new openwheel and sports car opportunities to keep his budding career from stalling. Find everything in one place on spencer pigot including. Max esterson racing with team pelfrey f1600 in 2020. Pigot has been a longtime driver of team owner ricardo. After two seasons as the road and street course driver of ed carpenter racing s no. After that, he was a part of mazda road to indy program, becoming the 2014 pro mazda champion and 2015 indy lights champion.
Watch live races and get the nascar schedule, race results, rumors and more on. Meet the 2018 mazda team joest race car drivers inside mazda. Spencer pigot is a driver in the ntt indycar series and the indy 500. Find out more information and new updates regarding spencer pigot. This will mark pigot s third year as an endurance driver. Spencer pigot has joined ed carpenter racing as driver of the no.
Click on the site to see spencer pigot s career results at that track glossary. Drivers post race reactions on social media the iowa short oval put on a great racing show that was dampened by a lastminute fiasco. Spencer pigot to attempt indy 500 for rahalrobbie buhl. Windermere prep alum spencer pigot lands indianapolis 500. Fast forward to 2015 where juncos racing had its most successful season, when they captured the indy lights presented by cooper tires driver s championship with current ntt indy car series driver spencer pigot and also claimed the indy pro 2000 former pro mazda championship team championship. The 23yearolds first full season of indy car competition is the. In february 2020, rahal letterman lanigan racing rll and citronebuhl autosport cba proudly announced their partnership to field a car for the gmr grand prix on may 9, 2020 and the indianapolis 500 on may 24 in a hondapowered car driven by spencer pigot. Spencer pigot joins juncos racing at motul petit le mans.
Former ed carpenter racing driver will drive a dallarahonda in the gmr grand prix and indianapolis 500. You think every little kid wants to be a race car driver but he kept saying it, said his mother, shelby. Earlier in a career, pigot won the 2010 skip barber national championship, earning a mazda scholarship. Spencer pigot back with rahal letterman lanigan racing for. Spencer pigot to attempt indy 500 for rahalrobbie buhl joint entry see in app. Spencer pigot has been released by indycar squad ed carpenter racing after three and a half seasons, amid speculation nico hulkenberg could race. Spencer pigot wasnt prepared to be 26 and unemployed. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover spencer s. Spencer pigot will do two ntt indycar series races in 2020. Pigot is currently a fulltime driver in the ntt indycar series with ed carpenter racing. Driver spencer pigot 19930929 age 26 team rahal letterman lanigan racing. Spencer pigot is a professional racecar driver for ed carpenter racing in the verizon indycar series as well as mazda team joest in the imsa weathertech. February 27, 2020 rahal letterman lanigan racing rll announced today that spencer pigot, who made three starts for the team in 2016, will return to rll in 2020 for the gmr grand prix on may 9 and the indianapolis 500 on.
Wickens accident at pocono raises questions of safety across the sport august 21, 2018 anne proffit nascar, news, other racing, racing 3. Winningest driver to compete in the road to indy, scoring 24 races across indy. Ed carpenter racing has hired spencer pigot as the road and street driver of the no. The 2015 season was the second promoted by andersen promotions, who also promote the other steps on the mazda road to indy.
Spencer pigot rising american talent bound for racing glory. How instagram star loki the wolfdog became the primary sponsor of an indycar driver. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Get the latest race results driver spencer pigot on. Conor daly career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. He had already pitted by the time spencer pigot, following a similar tactic, was rammed by sebastien bourdais, and thereafter the chip ganassi racinghonda driver looked in control. Spencer pigot 33 dreams of indy focused on the drivers. After two seasons as the road and street course driver of ed carpenter racings no. Spencer pigot indycar alec udell imsa gtd nate stacy imsa harry gottsacker pirelli world challenge parker chase pirelli world challenge stuart robinsons mission is to mentor young drivers to prepare them for the top levels of the motorsport ladder. I wouldnt say i was doing a rain dance all day, pigot said. Spencer pigot is going to drive the hondapowered car in the gmr grand prix on the indianapolis motor speedway road course on may 9 and the indianapolis 500 on may 24. Stats wont tell the story of spencer pigot s yeartoyear improvement and growth in confidence, which was enough to move the rising star racingsupported driver into a.