Phil Bennett (racing driver)
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Phil Bennett is an auto racing driver, born 6th October 1971. He appeared on the TV show Faking It helping a young man pretend to be a professional racing driver.
He finished 3rd 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 4th 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 [1]
He switched to sports cars for 2004, racing in the LMES' GTS Class, finishing 4th in the class. In 2005 he did the Sebring 12-Hour and Petit Le Mans races in the US. In 2006 he won a V8Star race at Donington.
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Born 6th October 1971 Phil Bennett started circuit racing in 1998 with a one make Rover 216GTi, racing in the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup - finishing 2nd.
He moved to the Renault Spider cup in 1999 finishing 3rd before driving for Egg Sport/888 BTCC Vauxhall Astra in 2001 as team mate to James Thompson. Bennett finshed 4th in the championship in 2001 with 3 wins, becoming the most winning rookie driver in the history of BTCC.
In 2002 Bennett moved to the Petronas Proton team alongside David Leslie and continued there for the 2003 season.
In 2004 Bennett raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES) in a GTS Saleen S7-R, whilst 2005 Bennett moved to sportscars and a Courage C-65 LMP2 machine, racing in the LMES, Le Mans 24hrs, Sebring 12hr (ALMS) and Petit Le Mans.
