Philip Everett Giebler (born March 5, 1979, in Oxnard, California) is an American race car driver.
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, Giebler 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, Giebler 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 A1R MON NUR MAG 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 RacingHMSPHXINDYKANNSHMILMISKTYPPIRCHIFONTXS9th215 2005 Vision RacingHMSPHXSTPINDYTXSIMSNSHMILKTYPPIRSNMCHIWGLFON22nd28 2006 Guthrie RacingHMSSTP1STP2INDY21st75 Kenn Hardley RacingWGL AFS RacingIMSNSHMILKTYSNM1SNM2CHI 2007 Playa Del RacingHMSSTP1STP2INDYMILIMS1IMS2IOWWGL1WGL2NSHMOHKTYSNM1SNM2CHI20th163
Atlantic Championship YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints 2005 Condor MotorsportsLBHMTYPOR1POR2CLE1CLE2TOREDMSJODENROAMTL20th15 2006 Gelles RacingLBHHOUMTYPORCLE1CLE2TOREDMSJODENMTLROA33rd10
IndyCar Series IndyCar Series results Year Team No. Chassis 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 31 Panoz Honda HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MOH MIS KTY SNM DET CHI 34th 10 2008 American Dream Motorsports 88 HMS STP MOT1 LBH1 KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MOH EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF2 NC 0
1 Run on same day. 2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2007 Panoz Honda3329 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 GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 16th 23 2006–07 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA BEISPR BEIFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 9th 42
References
External links Philip Giebler's Website Profile at Racing Reference database Articles, photos & video's at Motorsport.com