Phil Giebler

Philip Everett Giebler^[1] (born March 5, 1979, in Oxnard, California) is an American race car driver.

Philip Giebler
Phil Giebler in 2014
Nationality	American
Born	(1979-03-05) March 5, 1979 (age 45) Oxnard, California
Indy Pro Series
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Years active	2004-2007
Teams	Playa Del Racing Vision Racing Guthrie Racing Kenn Hardley Racing AFS Racing
Starts	19
Wins	1
Poles	0
Best finish	9th in 2004
Previous series
2003 2005-2006	Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix
Awards
2007 2000	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Team USA Scholarship

Giebler was considered a top American prospect with an opportunity to race in Formula One early in his career. Following years in various Formula Three ranks, Giebler ran in Formula 3000 in 2003 half the season putting up a number of good results. He returned stateside in 2004 running in the Infiniti Pro Series and Toyota Atlantic, capturing a win in his IPS debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway, before being named as one of A1 Grand Prix A1 Team USA's drivers. He competed in the 2005-2006 season, and the early part of the 2006-2007 season before being replaced by Jonathan Summerton.

Driving for Playa Del Racing, he qualified for the last starting position and was one of two rookie drivers (Milka Duno being the other) to race in the 2007 Indianapolis 500, but crashed and finished 29th. Despite this, he was the recipient of the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award for 2007. For 2008, he unsuccessfully attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 with the same team, now known as American Dream Motorsports.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2003	Den Blå Avis	IMO	CAT Ret	A1R 8	MON Ret	NUR 9	MAG DNS	SIL	HOC	HUN	MNZ	17th	1

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2004	Keith Duesenberg Racing	HMS 1	PHX 7	INDY 5	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS 5	KTY 10	PPIR 8	CHI	FON 3	TXS					9th	215
2005	Vision Racing	HMS	PHX	STP	INDY	TXS	IMS	NSH	MIL	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL 6	FON			22nd	28
2006	Guthrie Racing	HMS	STP1	STP2	INDY 16													21st	75
	Kenn Hardley Racing					WGL 3
	AFS Racing						IMS 7	NSH	MIL	KTY	SNM1	SNM2	CHI
2007	Playa Del Racing	HMS	STP1 24	STP2 7	INDY	MIL	IMS1 12	IMS2 15	IOW	WGL1 4	WGL2 4	NSH	MDO	KTY	SNM1 14	SNM2 12	CHI	20th	163

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2005	Condor Motorsports	LBH	MTY	POR1	POR2	CLE1	CLE2	TOR	EDM	SJO 8	DEN	ROA	MTL	20th	15
2006	Gelles Racing	LBH	HOU	MTY	POR	CLE1	CLE2	TOR	EDM	SJO 11	DEN	MTL	ROA	33rd	10

IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points	Ref
2007	Playa Del Racing	Panoz	31	Honda	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY 29	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI			34th	10	[2]
2008	American Dream Motorsports		88		HMS	STP	MOT1	LBH1	KAN	INDY DNQ	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2	NC	0	[3]

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2007	Panoz	Honda	33	29	Playa Del Racing
2008	Panoz	Honda	DNQ		American Dream Motorsports

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2005–06	USA	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR	GER FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	UAE SPR 13	UAE FEA Ret	RSA SPR 13	RSA FEA Ret	IDN SPR 15	IDN FEA 9	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR 14	CHN FEA 10	16th	23
2006–07		NED SPR 7	NED FEA 2	CZE SPR 6	CZE FEA 17	BEI SPR 11	BEI FEA Ret	MYS SPR 9	MYS FEA 6	IDN SPR 4	IDN FEA 9	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR 8	AUS FEA 8	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	9th	42

References

1. "Philip Everett Giebler, Born 03/05/1979 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
2. "Phil Giebler – 2007 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
3. "Phil Giebler – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

External links

• Philip Giebler's Website
• Profile at Racing Reference database
• Articles, photos & video's at Motorsport.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Marco Andretti	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Ryan Hunter-Reay