Ryan Phinny

{{Infobox Champ Car driver

|name=Ryan Phinny

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|10|31}}

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| Total_Lights_Races= 10

| Years_In_Lights = 3

| Lights_Car_Team = No. 61 (Abel Motorsports)

| Best_Lights_Pos = 12th (2014)

| First_Lights_Race = 2011 Long Beach 100 (Long Beach)

| Last_Lights_Race = 2022 Indy Lights Detroit Grand Prix (Detroit)

| First_Lights_Win =

| Last_Lights_Win =

| Lights_Wins = 0

| Lights_Podiums = 0

| Lights_Poles = 0

|nationality={{flagicon|USA}} American|image=File:2024 Grand Prix of St Petersburg Grand (53583777751).jpg|caption=Phinny at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in 2024}}

Ryan Phinny (born October 31, 1989) is an American racing driver from Los Angeles, California who races the No. 51 Ligier LMP3 for Rick Ware Racing.

Career

After karting, Phinny made his Formula BMW USA debut in 2005 for Gelles Racing for two races and competed full-time in 2006 for Hearn Motorsports. He finished 9th in points with one podium finish. He also drove in the Formula BMW World Final for Gelles and finished 23rd. He was away from racing in 2007. In 2008 he made six starts in the Rolex Sports Car Series' GT class for Matt Connolly Motorsports in their Pontiac GTO.R and finished 22nd in points. In 2009 he made two starts for the same team. He also drove in the American Le Mans Series' 2009 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg with Panoz Team PTG. In 2010 he only participated in karting races.[http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3628/career/ Ryan Phinny - career detail], Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-04-15 In 2011 he has made a surprise appearance in Indy Lights driving for Brooks Associates Racing at the Long Beach Grand Prix.Sribhen, Arni. [http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/42339-notes-phinny-fulfils-dream-of-racing-at-long-beach/ Notes: Phinny fulfils dream of racing at Long Beach] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916013715/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/42339-notes-phinny-fulfils-dream-of-racing-at-long-beach/ |date=2011-09-16 }}, IndyCar, April 15, 2011, Retrieved 2011-04-16

His father, Pat Phinny, was also a racing driver who competed in Formula Super Vee and made one Indy Lights start in 1987.

Racing Record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !Season !Series !Team !Races !Wins !Poles !F/Laps !Podiums !Points !Position
2005 \|align=left\| Formula BMW USA \|align=left\| Gelles Racing \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|24th
rowspan="2" \|2006 \|align=left\| Formula BMW USA \|align=left\| Hearn Motorsports \|14 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|1 \|43 \|10th
align=left\| Formula BMW World Final \|align=left\| Gelles Racing \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|N/A \|23rd
2008 \|align=left\| Rolex Sports Car Series - GT \|align=left\| Matt Connolly Motorsports \|6 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|155 \|26th
2009 \|align=left\| Rolex Sports Car Series - GT \|align=left\| Battery Tender/MCM Racing \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|17 \|80th
2011 \|align=left\| Indy Lights \|align=left\| Brooks Associates Racing \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|14 \|30th
rowspan="2" \|2014 \| rowspan="2" align=left\| Indy Lights \|align=left\| Bryan Herta Autosport Jeffrey Mark Motorsport \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| rowspan="2" \|91 \| rowspan="2" \|12th
align=left\| Belardi Auto Racing \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0
2022 \| align="left" \| Indy Lights \| align="left" \| Abel Motorsports \|4 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|77 \|14th
2024 \| align="left" \| IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - LMP3 \| align="left" \| Ave Motorsports \|10 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2220 \|6th

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Races

!Wins

!Poles

!F/Laps

!Podiums

!Points

!Position

2005

|align=left| Formula BMW USA

|align=left| Gelles Racing

|24th

rowspan="2" |2006

|align=left| Formula BMW USA

|align=left| Hearn Motorsports

|14

|43

|10th

align=left| Formula BMW World Final

|align=left| Gelles Racing

|N/A

|23rd

2008

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series - GT

|align=left| Matt Connolly Motorsports

|155

|26th

2009

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series - GT

|align=left| Battery Tender/MCM Racing

|17

|80th

2011

|align=left| Indy Lights

|align=left| Brooks Associates Racing

|14

|30th

rowspan="2" |2014

| rowspan="2" align=left| Indy Lights

|align=left| Bryan Herta Autosport Jeffrey Mark Motorsport

| rowspan="2" |91

| rowspan="2" |12th

align=left| Belardi Auto Racing

2022

| align="left" | Indy Lights

| align="left" | Abel Motorsports

|77

|14th

2024

| align="left" | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - LMP3

| align="left" | Ave Motorsports

|10

|2220

|6th

= American open-wheel results =

Indy Lights

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Rank ! Points
2011 ! Brooks Associates Racing \|STP \|ALA \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|LBH {{small\|16}} \|INDY \|MIL \|IOW \|TOR \|EDM 1 \|EDM 2 \|TRO \|NHM \|BAL \|KTY \|LVS \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\|30th \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\|14
rowspan=2\| 2014 ! Bryan Herta Autosport \| STP \| LBH \| ALA 1 \| ALA 2 \| IMS 1 \| IMS 2 \| INDY \| POC \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| TOR {{small\|11}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MDO 1 {{small\|12}} \|style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| MDO 2 {{small\|7}} \| MIL \| \| \|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| 12th \|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| 91
Belardi Auto Racing \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| SNM 1 {{small\|10}} \|style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| SNM 2 {{small\|6}}
2022 ! Abel Motorsports \| STP {{small\| }} \| ALA {{small\| }} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| IMS {{small\|14}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| IMS {{small\|12}} \| style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| DET {{small\|8}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| DET {{small\|11}} \| RDA {{small\| }} \| MDO {{small\| }} \| IOW {{small\| }} \| NSH {{small\| }} \| GTW {{small\| }} \| POR {{small\| }} \| LAG {{small

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9