An emotional first Supercars victory, two Bathurst podiums, and a breakthrough seventh-place finish in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship in 2018 were not enough to keep Scott Pye at Walkinshaw Andretti United for a fourth season.
The 2012 Dunlop Super2 Series runner-up was coy when asked why he decided to leave Walkinshaw Andretti United at the end of 2019.
“My reasons for leaving are my reasons for leaving,” says Pye.
“The biggest thing I’ve taken out is it gave me the opportunity to get my first race win and my first Bathurst podium.
“These are all things I would have talked about with my old man as a kid and would have aspired to achieve in the sport. So I’m grateful for my time there. I’ve made some really good friends as well, some lasting friends that I’ll carry on after my time there.
“But, yeah, sometimes things come to an end, and I made the decision to let them know as early as I could to give them the best opportunity moving forward as well.”
The seventh place in 2018 was followed by 12th in 2019, one spot behind teammate James Courtney, though the duo ended the season strongly. Now, the former British Formula Ford champion is embarking on a new journey with Charlie Schwerkolt’s Team 18.
“I was weighing up my options, and out of all of them Charlie was the best one,” he says.
This story is from the February - March 2020 edition of V8X Supercar Magazine.
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