Philip Collin

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The Porsche 911 GT3-RSR of father and son Felbermayr and Philip Collin in the pits at the 2007 Le Mans 24-hour race

Philip Collin (born May 2, 1963 in Chicago ) is a retired American racing driver .

Racing career

Philip Collin began his driving career in the early 1990s. After starting out in club races and regional sports car races , he made his first international appearance in 1996. At the 24-hour race in Daytona he was one of a five-man team that finished 33rd in the final classification in a Porsche 911 C4S AWD , even though the Porsche retired after 428 laps with a damaged clutch . Also in the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1996 Collin was at the start. He reported a Porsche 911, which he drove with Kevin Buckler and Joe Cogbill . The trio retired early due to engine failure. In Sebring he achieved the first place in the top field of a sports car race the following year . Together with Martin Snow and Peter Kitchak , he finished twelfth overall. The emergency vehicle was a Porsche 911 GT2 .

In 2000 he played his first full season in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series . After the end of the United States Road Racing Championship in 1999, this racing series was established as the successor championship. Collin drove a Porsche 996 GT3-R for The Racer's Group , Kevin Buckler's racing team. The best result of the season was fifth place in the 150-mile Lime Rock race (winners Ron Johnson and Terry Borcheller in a Saleen - Ford Mustang ). The consistently good placements in the GTU class ensured fourth place in the annual ranking of this racing class (behind Mike Fitzgerald , Darren Law and Kevin Buckler).

He was unable to match the success of 2000 in the next few years. In 2003 he switched to the American Le Mans Series and drove in the European Le Mans Series until the end of his career after the end of the 2007 racing season . His best place in the Le Mans 24 Hours was finishing 15th in the 2004 debut race .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Andrew Bagnall	Tony Burgess	Rank 15
2005	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	David Shep	Horst Felbermayr senior	Rank 23
2006	Team Taisan Advan	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Kazuyuki Nishizawa	Shinichi Yamaji	Rank 22
2007	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Horst Felbermayr junior	Horst Felbermayr senior	failure	Electrics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	Philip Collin	Porsche 911	Kevin Buckler	Joe Cogbill	failure	Engine failure
1997	Martin Snow	Porsche 911 GT2	Martin Snow	Peter Kitchak	Rank 12
1998	The Racers Group	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Kevin Buckler	Stephen Earle	failure	Gearbox damage
2000	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Tony Burgess	Kurt Mathewson	failure	cooler
2001	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Tony Burgess	Andrew Bagnall	failure	suspension
2002	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Hugh Plumb	Andrew Bagnall	Rank 14
2003	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	David Shep	John Lloyd	Rank 26
2004	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Tony Burgess	Grady Willingham	failure	Engine failure
2007	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Luciano da Silva	Antonio de Azevedo Hermann	failure	Clutch damage

Web links

Commons : Philip Collin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Philip Collin at the Driver Database
• Philip Collin at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ 24 Hours of Daytona 1996
2. ↑ 150 Mile Race of Lime Rock 2000
3. ↑ Grand American Sports Car Series GTU class 2000