Philip Franz is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for Ford Mustang. Franz has recorded 0 wins and 6 podiums from 40 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,108 ranks Franz 27015th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2022-05-01 | Carolina Motorsports Park Spec Iron | P3 | +73 |
| 2022-05-01 | Carolina Motorsports Park Spec Iron | P6 | −143 |
| 2022-04-30 | Carolina Motorsports Park Spec Iron | P5 | +12 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +145 | Road Atlanta 2019 | NASA | P2 |
| +116 | Road Atlanta 2014 | NASA | P2 |
| +108 | Carolina Motorsports Park 2020 | NASA | P3 |
| +79 | Road Atlanta 2021 | NASA | P3 |
| +75 | Carolina Motorsports Park 2019 | NASA | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ▸NASA | Ford Mustang | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −58 | 1,176 |
| 2021 | ▸NASA | Ford Mustang | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −151 | 1,233 |
| 2020 | ▸NASA | Ford Mustang | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +294 | 1,210 |
| 2019 | ▸NASA | Ford Mustang | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +142 | 1,345 |
| 2018 | ▸NASA | Ford Mustang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −101 | 1,030 |
| 2016 | ▸NASA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −158 | 1,049 | |
| 2015 | ▸NASA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | +52 | 1,207 | |
| 2014 | ▸NASA | BMW E36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −195 | 1,155 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Robert Miller | 2,285 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Dion Ciccarelli | 850 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 59% |
| 🏳️ Dwight Miller | 844 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 78% |
| 🏳️ Cash Canada | 1,834 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 23% |
| 🏳️ Cale Phillips | 3,069 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 9% |
| 🏳️ Patrick Roof | 1,399 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 40% |
| 🏳️ Michael Moore | 988 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19% |
| 🏳️ Robert Shaw | 1,536 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🏳️ Darin Mock | 3,407 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Shaw | 1,244 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% |
| 🏳️ DJ FitzpatrickHigher-rated | 2,351 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27,005 | 🇭🇰 Jon Bradford | SCCA Regionals | 1,108 |
| 27,006 | 🏳️ Kevin Rychlik | SCCA Regionals | 1,108 |
| 27,007 | 🏳️ M. Dicken | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,008 | 🏳️ Malcolm Van Halen | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,009 | 🏳️ Manny Coats | NASA | 1,108 |
| 27,010 | 🏳️ Mason Dwinell | SVRA | 1,108 |
| 27,011 | 🏳️ Mike Monsalve | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,012 | 🏳️ Nick Cramer | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,013 | 🏳️ Paul Mertz | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,014 | 🏳️ Peter Uzdavinis | SVRA | 1,108 |
| 27,015 | 🏳️ Philip Franz | NASA | 1,108 |
| 27,016 | 🏳️ Richard J Valentine | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,017 | 🏳️ Ross Garbor | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,018 | 🏳️ Sam Fouse | American Endurance Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,019 | 🏳️ Scott Asplundh | PCA Club Racing | 1,108 |
| 27,020 | 🏳️ Tom Stanford | SCCA Majors | 1,108 |
| 27,021 | 🏳️ Al Balding Jr. | NASA | 1,107 |
| 27,022 | 🏳️ Cliff Sander | PCA Club Racing | 1,107 |
| 27,023 | 🏳️ Dave Cowan | PCA Club Racing | 1,107 |
| 27,024 | 🏳️ Griffith Hawk | NASA | 1,107 |
| 27,025 | 🏳️ Harry Hinkle | SVRA | 1,107 |
Philip Franz is a developing driver who raced in NASA, a national multiclass championship mixing amateur and professional entrants across 15 classes in a single race. He competed in the GTS3 class, driving German touring cars, and the Spec Iron class, which runs identically-prepared 2005-2010 Ford Mustang GTs. His primary team fielded him in 34 of his 40 starts.[1]
Franz raced NASA for eight seasons between 2014 and 2022, taking six podiums across 40 starts. His most recent season was 2022, when he finished 18th in the championship standings after three rounds and one podium.[2]
In the field Franz inhabited, he finished behind Robert Miller, a competitive amateur with 108 NASA starts and a regular figure in his results, and was closely matched with Dion Ciccarelli, a developing driver who has also raced the NASCAR Xfinity series. Franz beat entry-level professionals including Darin Mock and Cale Phillips twice each; Phillips has 102 NASA starts to his name and has also competed in Trans-Am TA2.