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🇺🇸 Spencer Pigot

Racing driver from United States. IMSA Pilot Challenge, Motorsports In Action. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Spencer Pigot
Born
29 September 1993(b. 1993)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Motorsports In Action
Series
IMSA Pilot Challenge
Status
Retired
Championships
12015
Career wins
15
Career podiums
30
Career starts
127
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,031
Spencer Pigot
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,031
Rank 1126 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Spencer Pigot is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Motorsports In Action. Pigot is a one-time champion (2015), with 15 wins and 30 podiums from 127 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,031 ranks Pigot 1126th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2021 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2021-11-13Road Atlanta LMP3IMSA WeatherTechP2+65
2021-11-12Road Atlanta GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP15−134
2021-10-10VIRginia International Raceway GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP8−40
2021-09-11Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP9−49
2021-08-07Road America GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP6−1
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+181IOWA CORN 300 2018IndyCarP2
+152Mosport 2013Pro Mazda ChampionshipP1
+138Cooper Tires Grand Prix Of Toronto Race 1 2015Indy NXTP1
+137Legacy Indy Lights 100 Race 1 2015Indy NXTP1
+135GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND 2018IndyCarP4
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS4 starts+37
St. Petersburg4 starts+29
HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO4 starts+19
CHEVROLET DUAL IN DETROIT - RACE 14 starts+18
Struggles
CHEVROLET DUAL IN DETROIT - RACE 24 starts-46
HONDA INDY TORONTO4 starts-29
Road Atlanta5 starts-7
FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG4 starts-4
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2021▸IMSA Pilot ChallengeMotorsports In Action1001000P8−5375,031
▸IMSA WeatherTechJr III Racing313000P10+111
2020▸IndyCar200000P25−1655,188
▸IMSA WeatherTechPR1 Motorsports111000P14+75
2019▸IndyCar1700000P13+415,515
▸IMSA WeatherTechJuncos Racing100000P27−133
2018▸IndyCar1701000P13+4075,651
▸IMSA WeatherTechMazda Team Joest301000P17−82
2017▸IndyCar1200000P22—5,412
▸IMSA WeatherTechMazda Motorsports301000P17+18
2016▸IndyCar1000000P16↑234−985,322
▸IMSA WeatherTechMazda Motorsports200000P15−130
2015▸Indy NXTJuncos Hollinger Racing16610040P1+6835,496
2014▸Pro Mazda ChampionshipJuncos Racing1467050P2+2605,163
2013▸Pro Mazda ChampionshipTeam Pelfrey1615010P4+2,9984,348
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Pigot finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Max ChiltonFIA Platinum5,11767382957%
🇬🇧 Simon PagenaudFIA Platinum5,5886195215%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,72760164427%
🇳🇿 Ryan Hunter-ReayFIA Platinum5,31060174328%
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,47858134522%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,37758114719%
🇬🇧 Alexander RossiFIA Platinum5,77558134522%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato5,73758273147%
🇨🇦 James HinchcliffeFIA Gold4,84758233540%
🇦🇪 Ed JonesFIA Gold4,52058342459%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65921150%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion7,024103730%
🇪🇸 Fernando AlonsoFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,64821150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,116🇬🇧 Gary EvansInternational Formula 30005,041
1,117🇬🇧 Alex LloydSKUSA SuperNationals5,040
1,118🇯🇵 Igor FragaSuper GT5,040
1,119🇮🇹 Arturo MerzarioFormula 15,039
1,120🇧🇷 Ana BeatrizIMSA WeatherTech5,038
1,121🇩🇪 Lucas LuhrNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,038
1,122🇨🇭 Grégoire SaucyAsian Le Mans Series5,034
1,123🇫🇷 Matthieu VaxiviereAsian Le Mans Series5,034
1,124🇺🇸 William SawalichNASCAR Xfinity5,033
1,125🇬🇧 Ben HanleyAsian Le Mans Series5,031
1,126🇺🇸 Spencer PigotIMSA Pilot Challenge5,031
1,127🇬🇷 Uwe AlzenInternational GT5,031
1,128🇬🇧 Keith GreeneFormula 15,030
1,129🇹🇭 Tomas Enge24H Series5,028
1,130🇺🇸 Colin BraunIMSA WeatherTech5,027
1,131🇨🇭 Michael MayFormula 15,027
1,132🇺🇸 Paul DurantIndyCar5,027
1,133🇯🇵 Ukyo SasaharaSuper GT5,025
1,134🇴🇲 Faisal Al ZubairGT World Challenge Europe5,022
1,135🇨🇾 Tio EllinasPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup5,020
1,136🇩🇪 Christopher MiesIMSA WeatherTech5,019
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Spencer Pigot is an established professional driver who competed across single-seater and sports car racing between 2013 and 2021. His Racer Rating of 5,216 places him among professional-level drivers with full-time prospects at the top championships; this rating reflects a driver capable of consistent performance in strong fields but without the sustained wins or podiums that mark elite competitors. The FIA's Silver categorisation confirms his standing within endurance racing, where he operated at professional standard during his sportscar career.[1]

Pigot's path ran through the Mazda ladder and IndyCar, where he spent five seasons from 2016 to 2020 without scoring a victory but accumulating a single podium across 58 starts. His most successful period came in the junior categories, winning six of sixteen Indy NXT races for Juncos Hollinger Racing in 2015 and seven Pro Mazda contests in 2013 to 2014. Across his entire career he finished on average in ninth place; against the strongest drivers he encountered, men like Scott Dixon (four-time champion), Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud (both three-time champions), he held losing head-to-head records typical of a mid-field professional, though he managed to finish ahead of Alex Palou and Fernando Alonso once each. His sportscar record with IMSA added two wins and six podiums from 13 WeatherTech starts and one Pilot Challenge podium, bringing his career total to 15 wins and 30 podiums from 127 starts.[2]

Pigot's IndyCar tenure proved the most visible phase of a career that never quite produced breakthrough results in the strongest fields. His final recorded activity came in IMSA Pilot Challenge in 2021 before his retirement from racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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16 Nov 2021
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25 Aug 2020
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