Phil Krueger

For the college football coach, see Phil Krueger (coach).

Phillip Eugene Krueger (born June 22, 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin^[1]) is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 9 seasons (1981–1986, 1988–1989, and 1991), with 23 career starts, including the 1986 and 1988 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 3 times, with a best finish of 5th position in 1988 at Michigan.

Phil Krueger at the 2015 Indianapolis 500

Krueger endured three hard crashes in his open-wheel racing career that left him critically injured--in 1981 during Indy 500 practice, and in 1984 and 1989, both at the Michigan 500--but he would return to racing after every incident.

In 1988 he won the Clint Brawner Mechanical Excellence Award presented annually to the Indianapolis 500 chief mechanic who exemplifies "mechanical and scientific creativity, ingenuity, perseverance, dedication, enthusiasm and expertise" by essentially serving as his own chief mechanic and getting his 2-year old R. Kent Baker Racing March-Cosworth not only into the field, but competitive enough to finish 8th on raceday.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1980	Road Atlanta	LeGrand Mk.27B	Ford	Formula Ford	25	31	Running

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	Pos	Points
1977	Eric Lee Drange	TRE	MIL 6	MOS 17	PIR 4	7th	200

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1981	Eagle	Chevrolet	Practice Crash
1982	Penske	Chevrolet	Practice Crash
1983	Penske	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify
1984	March	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify
1985	March	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify
1986	March	Cosworth	24th	31st
1987	Lola	Cosworth	Practice Crash
1988	March	Cosworth	15th	8th
1989	Penske	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify
1991	Lola	Buick	Failed to Qualify

References

1. ESPN coverage of the 1983 CART Indycar Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix