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| Philip Giebler | |
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 Giebler in 2018 | |
| Born | (1979-03-05)March 5, 1979 (age 46) Oxnard, California, U.S. |
| 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 |
Philip Everett Giebler[1] (born March 5, 1979, inOxnard,California) is an American race car driver.
Giebler was considered a top American prospect with an opportunity to race inFormula One early in his career. Following years in variousFormula Three ranks, Giebler ran inFormula 3000 in 2003 half the season putting up a number of good results. He returned stateside in 2004 running in theInfiniti Pro Series andToyota Atlantic, capturing a win in his IPS debut atHomestead-Miami Speedway, before being named as one ofA1 Grand PrixA1 Team USA's drivers. He competed in the 2005-2006 season, and the early part of the 2006-2007 season before being replaced byJonathan Summerton.
Driving forPlaya Del Racing, he qualified for the last starting position and was one of two rookie drivers (Milka Duno being the other) to race in the2007Indianapolis 500, but crashed and finished 29th. Despite this, he was the recipient of theIndianapolis 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.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Panoz | Honda | 33 | 29 | Playa Del Racing |
| 2008 | Panoz | Honda | DNQ | American Dream Motorsports | |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2007 | Succeeded by |
