Phil Bennett

Philip Bennett (born 6 October 1971 in Kingswinford) is a British racing driver who last competed in the 2010 Britcar Endurance Championship for Wessex Vehicles.

Career

Bennett started circuit racing in 1998 with a one make Rover 216GTi, racing in the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup - finishing second. He then finished third in the 1999 Renault Spider Cup. In 2001, he joined Team Egg Sport to race a Vauxhall Astra in the BTCC, in the first year of BTC-Touring regulations. Against a thin field he came fourth overall, behind only the other Vauxhalls of Jason Plato, Yvan Muller and James Thompson. For 2002 and 2003, he raced for Proton's unsuccessful factory team. He also made a one-off appearance in the RenaultSport Clio Trophy at Donington in 2002

In 2004, Bennett raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES) in a GTS Saleen S7-R, whilst 2005 he moved to sportscars and a Courage C-65 LMP2 machine, racing in the LMES, Le Mans 24hrs, Sebring 12hr (ALMS) and Petit Le Mans. In 2006, he won a V8Star race at Donington Park.

Bennett has appeared on the TV show Faking It, helping a young man pretend to be a professional racing driver.

Bennett is now a fully qualified flying instructor and owner of Silverstone-based Gyrocopter Flying Club.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded) signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded (2001-2002 just for feature race, 2003 all races)

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Kruse Motorsport Tim Mullen Ian Mitchell Courage C65-Judd LMP2 268 24th 4th Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi Stuart Moseley Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 306 28th 4th

Britcar 24 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 KTF Group Mark Dwyer Ken Finneran Robert Huff Chrysler Viper GTS-R 6 GT3 142 DNF DNF 2010 Wessex Vehicles Kelvin Burt Rob Huff Nigel Mustill Aquila CR1 3 1 178 DNF DNF