🇺🇸 Philip Ploskas

Philip Ploskas is a Bronze-graded amateur sportscar driver competing in his first season of recorded racing. His Racer Rating of 1,964 places him in the club racing band, the entry level of competitive motorsport where drivers are typically self-funded or gentleman racers competing in one-make or pro-am classes alongside professionals. Across four McLaren Trophy America rounds in 2026 with Flying Lizard Motorsports, Ploskas has not yet secured a podium finish, averaging a fifth-place result.[1]

His competitive record shows mixed outcomes against Bronze-graded amateurs of similar standing. He has finished ahead of more experienced drivers Zach Lumsden on two occasions and has beaten Deniz Teoman and Jeff Cook once each, suggesting occasional competitiveness within his field. However, his overall head-to-head records against his most frequent rivals tell a consistent story; he trails Scott Sorbaro, Fabio Grecco, and Cooper Broll in every shared race, and has managed only one victory in four races against Colin Harrison, an FIA Silver-graded driver who typically finishes ahead of him. These results indicate Ploskas is still finding his pace against established amateurs in the McLaren Trophy field.

Flying Lizard Motorsports has fielded this driver for his entire recorded racing career to date. The team has demonstrated considerable success elsewhere, including drivers of much higher calibre such as Jordan Pepper; however, at the amateur level of the McLaren Trophy, Ploskas remains early in his development as a competitor.