Nelson Philippe

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Nelson Philippe

Champ Car World Series Record
Nationality	French
Car #	4
Current team	CTE Racing - HVM
Race starts	37
Series Championships	0
Wins	1
Podium finishes	3
Pole positions	0
First Champ Car race	2004 Grand Prix of Long Beach
First win	2006 Lexmark Indy 300
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Nelson Philippe (born July 23, 1986 in Valence, Drôme, France) is a driver in the Champ Car World Series.

Philippe raced go-karts from 1998-2002. In 2003, he raced in the Barber Dodge Pro Series, finishing the season with one podium, and four top five finishes.

With just one year of experience in cars, Philippe tested with two Champ Car teams, before signing with Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing team. At 17, he became the youngest driver to ever race in Champ Car.

Through the first five races of the 2004 season, Philippe generally stayed out of trouble but usually ran at the back of the pack. Philippe was abruptly dropped from the Rocketsports team before the Molson Indy Toronto. After sitting out several races, Philippe rejoined the series later in the year for Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. In 2005, he continued to race for the Conquest team alongside fellow teenager Andrew Ranger. Although he struggled with consistency, Phillippe often qualified and ran mid-pack, outpacing the more highly regarded Ranger towards the end of the year. For his efforts, he was awarded most improved driver in 2005.

For the 2006 season, Philippe moved to CTE-HVM Racing and earned his first podium finishes at Milwaukee and Montreal before claiming his first victory at Surfers Paradise. With his victory at Surfers Paradise, Philippe became the youngest winner in Champ Car World Series history.

Philippe’s younger brother, Richard Philippe, races in the Champ Car Atlantic series.

[edit] Complete Champ Car results

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Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Team	Rank	Points
2004	Rocketsports	LBH 13	MOT 10	MIL 14	POR 15	CLE 10	TOR DNP	VAN DNP	ROA DNP	DEN 13	MON Ret	LAG Ret	LAS 9	SUR 10	MEX 16	Conquest	16th	89
2005	Conquest	LBH 18	MOT Ret	MIL 12	POR 12	CLE 13	TOR 10	EDM 9	SAN Ret	DEN 9	MON 15	LAS Ret	SUR Ret	MEX 7		Conquest	13th	117
2006	CTE-HVM	LBH Ret	HST 4	MOT Ret	MIL 3	POR 8	CLE 10	TOR Ret	EDM Ret	SAN 4	DEN 5	MON 3	ROA 14	SUR 1	MEX 7	CTE-HVM	4th	231

2006 Champ Car World Series
Newman/Haas	Forsythe	CTE-HVM	Australia	PKV	Rocketsports	RuSPORT	Coyne	Conquest
1 Bourdais 2 Junqueira	3 Tracy 7 Rice	4 Philippe 14 Clarke	5 Power 15 Tagliani	6 Servia 20 Legge	8 Dominguez 18 Pizzonia	9 Wilson 10 Briscoe	11 Heylen 19 Wirth	27 Ranger 34 Zwolsman
Long Beach - Houston - Monterrey - Milwaukee - Portland - Cleveland - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Denver - Montreal - Road America - Surfers Paradise - Mexico City