🇳🇿 Chris Pither

Chris Pither is an entry-level professional racing driver from New Zealand who competed in the Supercars Championship between 2019 and 2022. He raced a solo single-seater for Coca-Cola Racing across 70 starts in a national championship that fields competitors ranging from amateurs to FIA Platinum-graded professionals in the same field.[1]

Pither's four seasons in the Supercars Championship yielded a 29th-place finish in the final 2022 championship standings. His peak moment came in 2023 when he recorded his first pole position. Against the series' strongest competitors, he finished ahead of elite professional Scott McLaughlin once and established professional Jamie Whincup once, though these were rare achievements in a career spent predominantly mid-field. He regularly finished ahead of entry-level professional Jack Smith but typically ran behind established professional Shane Van Gisbergen, a two-time Supercars champion.[2]

Pither's career built on a foundation of domestic success in New Zealand motorsport; he won the NZ V8 Ute Championship in 2010 and claimed the combined NZ and Australian V8 Ute Racing Series title in 2011. His move to the national Supercars grid saw him remain uncompetitive against its upper tier, though he established himself as a reliable mid-pack presence across his four seasons before retiring from the series.