Phil Giebler Racing was established in 2010 to bring higher, more professional standards to karting and develop young and emerging talent into tomorrow's IndyCar, NASCAR and Formula 1 drivers. Founder Phil Giebler has an outstanding list of achievements in international competition and it began with karting, auto racing's primary launching pad worldwide. Grand National Karting, five California Sta
te Karting and three IFK Series championships between 1990 and 1995. He was second in the American Formula A karting championship in 1996 and it led to a factory deal with the prestigious Tony Kart team in Europe in 1997. Giebler had eight wins in the 125cc shifter karts and ranked eighth in the world in the International/FIA Formula A championship. Giebler's skill and success became the foundation for a championship-winning career in open-wheel cars, topped by becoming Indianapolis 500 Chase Rookie of the Year in 2007. He drove the out-dated and difficult Panoz G Force chassis, one of three in the 33-car field, and finished 29th. The other Panoz G Forces were 27th and 33rd. Giebler competed in a world-class level of competition for A1 Team USA in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in 2005 and 2006, driving in 10 races. He was second at Zandvoort in The Netherlands in 2006. Giebler had many accomplishments to earn his shot at the Indy 500 and A1 Team USA. He won the Skip Barber Formula Ford title with four wins in 1998. In 1999, Giebler became the first American to win--and he did it three times--in the French Formula Renault championship. He stood on the podium eight times in 11 races and finished second in the points. Giebler rose to the highest level of the European F1 development series by 2003, competing in four Formula 300 events and scoring points in two. He was third in Spanish F3, with six podiums, in 2002 and seocnd in French F3 in 2000 with four wins and 11 podiums in 12 races. Unable to raise the sponsorship required for a full F3000 season, Giebler returned to the USA and won in his debut Firestone Indy Lights rce in 2004 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He drove in four Indy Lights races in 2005 and 2006, finishing third at Watkins Glen in 2006. Giebler drove in eight Indy Lights races in 2007, finishing fourth in the two races at Watkins Glen. Giebler's approach to his race team is lead by example, to offer one-on-one mentoring and provide top-flight equipment and preparation. In 2010, Phil Giebler Racing attracted some of the nation's best talent, ranging in age from 10 to 40. The team entered nine drivers, including Giebler, in the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals at Las Vegas in November, one of the world's most demanding competitions. PGR had multiple entries at all of its events in 2010. Giebler won the TaG Senior SKUSA Pro Kart Challenge South and the inaugural SKUSA Pro Tour championships. PGR's Noah Grey, of Dana Point, Calif., finished third in the Pro Tour's TaG Cadet class for ages 8-to-12. Other drivers in 2010 included Tate Holleran of Denver, Colo., Mason Daughers of Polo, Mo., brothers Shawn and Chris Cricca of Simi Valley, Calif., father-and-son Steve and Andrew Wiener of San Diego, Juan Diego Maldonado of Bogota, Columbia, Jess Peterson of Sparks, Nev., and Lloyd Mack of Beaumont, Calif. In 2011, PGR will race in more than 30 events with several sanctioning bodies at tracks in California, Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, and Nevada. Phil Giebler Racing's professional standards, national schedule, talented drivers spread across multiple age groups and led by a prominent American race car driver provides marketing opportunities that are cost-effective and targeted to both youth and adult consumers. PGR delivers first-class event presentation, hospitality and public relatons to its partners.
