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  Phil Hill - Collectibles
Phil Hill at the 1966 ADAC Nurburgring 1000Km in the Chaparral 2D Coupe.
Phil Hill in the Ferrari 246 F1 at Monza, 1960
Phil Hill in the Ferrari 156 F1 at Monza, 1961
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 Phil Hill - Related Sites
The Phil Hill Motor Sports Complex, contained within the 3,000-acre development, features a 4.5-mile road course designed by world-renowned track designer Bob Barnard that is free of guardrails and barriers.
The track itself is nestled within a 500-acre meadow.
To establish a Web Site link with this Phil Hill web site, send a request via our CONTACT page.
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  American GP - Phil Hill
Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America's first World Champion after the death of the popular German driver Wolfgang von Trips.
Hill soon immersed himself in things automotive and became quite adept at the mechanical side of cars.
Hill and Ginther were joined by the German Wolfgang von Trips.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/phill.htm   (617 words)

  
  Phil Hill - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956.
In 1961, Phil Hill won the 24 hours of Le Mans again and the Formula One driving championship for the Ferrari team, although somewhat due to the death of his teammate and main championship contender Wolfgang Von Trips.
Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the "BOAC 500" at Brands Hatch in England in 1967.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Phil_Hill   (311 words)

  
 Tasman-Series.com : The 2.5L Tasman Series 1964-69
Phil Hill was the first American World Champion, the first to win the classic Le Mans 24-Hour race, and the first since Jimmy Murphy in 1921 to win a major European Grand Prix.
When Phil Hill arrived in Europe on a full-time basis in 1956 he was a mature 29-year old and well established as the premier American road racing driver of his era.
When Phil Hill joined the works Ferrari team in Europe for the 1956 season, he was very much the junior man on a team of giants.
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 AutoAficionado.net - Preview - Phil Hill: Hero As Artist
Phil Hill, America's first World Champion Grand Prix racer, driving for Ferrari in 1961, obviously didn't begin his career as a front line driver for Enzo, rather he worked his way into the sport, starting at the very bottom, as a mechanic.
Phil grew up in Santa Monica, California with a great sense of racing history, as that town on the western edge of Los Angeles, was the site of some of America's greatest road racing during the early 1900s.
Phil's passion for racing and fine machinery began on the dry lakes and midget racing ovals of Southern California, where he was exposed to engines and cars of every type, as well as the fantastically interesting and diverse personalities that defined and sustained the sport.
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 Phil Hill Information
In 1961, Phil Hill won the 24 hours of Le Mans again and the Formula One driving championship for the Ferrari team, although somewhat due to the death of his teammate and main championship contender Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips.
Hill continued in Formula One for a few more years until he switched to sports car racing with Ford Motor Company and the Chaparral Cars of Jim Hall.
Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first (a 3 lap event at Carrell Speedway in a MG TC on July 24 1949) and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the "BOAC 500" at Brands Hatch in England in 1967.
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 Phil Hill information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1961, Phil Hill won the 24 hours of Le Mans again and the Formula One driving championship for the Ferrari team, although somewhat due to the death of his teammate and main championship contender Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips.
Hill continued in Formula One for a few more years until he switched to sports car racing with Ford Motor Company and the Chaparral Cars of Jim Hall.
Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first (a 3 lap event at Carrell Speedway in a MG TC on July 24 1949) and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the "BOAC 500" at Brands Hatch in England in 1967.
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 HBO Systems - About Phil Hill
Phil is a consultant, coach and speaker specializing in helping to bridge the gap between strategy and operations.
Phil stepped in to revive the contract and successfully completed the work within one year.
In 2002, Phil decided to focus exclusively on Higher Education, dedicating HBO Systems to the mission of improving the core teaching and learning process through the effective use of technology.
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 American GP - Phil Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America's first World Champion after the death of the popular German driver Wolfgang von Trips.
Hill soon immersed himself in things automotive and became quite adept at the mechanical side of cars.
This put the pressure on Hill's shoulders and he duly qualified the slowest of the four Ferraris entered including an older model driven by teen-age sensation Ricardo Rodriguez.
www.bonus.com /contour/Grand_Prix_History/http@@/www.ddavid.com/formula1/phill.htm   (617 words)

  
 Motorsports Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nevertheless, Hill is first and foremost a sports car driver, tracing his involvement in the sport to the earliest days of the Sports Car Club of America.
Hill was part of Ferrari's winning effort in the 1959 running of the Le Mans 24-Hour race, the first of three victories in the grueling classic.
Although he retired from racing in 1967, Hill continues to be active in the sports car arena today, participating in vintage events and writing magazine articles.
www.mshf.com /hof/hill_phil.htm   (223 words)

  
 8W - Who? - Phil Hill
Phil settled in Modena, learned the language rapidly and became a fully-fledged works sportscar race and test driver although before that he still found some time to drive for George Tilp at the Sebring 12 Hours, with Masten Gregory as co-driver, at the wheel of a Ferrari 860 Monza.
Phil Hill tried the Hawthorn car but did not make a good time with it as he could not get used to the disc brakes; nevertheless with his own drum-braked car he put himself on the second row.
In 1959 Phil Hill found his feet in Formula 1, but Tony Brooks was the Italian team's star that season and anyway the cool Englishman was faster in a Formula 1 car, although not in a sportscar.
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 Phil Hill Named Grand Marshal for Rolex 24 Hours; www.TheRaceSite.com
Phil Hill, one of the winning drivers of the 1964 Daytona Continental and the first American to capture a Formula 1 championship, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 40th anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
The 74-year-old Hill, who also became the first American to win a Formula 1 race, achieved international acclaim in the sports car world by being among the select group of drivers to win at Daytona, LeMans and Sebring.
Hill, who was born in Miami, Fla., and was raised in Santa Monica, Calif., became the first American to win a Formula 1 championship when he drove a Ferrari to the title in 1961.
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 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Philip Toll Hill, Jr was born into a prominent family in Santa Monica, California, on April 20, 1927.
As a Formula One driver Hill left his inferiority complex behind, but his tendency for deep introspection continued to cause him inner turmoil.
Hill won the race, and the Championship by a single point over his dead team mate.
www.formula1.com /archive/halloffame/driver/493.html   (1065 words)

  
 Phil Hill Yankee Champion
While the focus of the book remains Phil Hill’s early racing years, culminating with his Grand Prix championship win with Ferrari in 1961, William F. Nolan has given us a new chapter completing the picture of Hill’s life and career after that win.
The book describes in detail Hill’s early drives in MGs and Jaguars, in addition to his many private and factory Ferrari drives, and his later entries with ATS and Cooper GP cars.
This new edition goes on to cover Hill’s races with Carroll Shelby’s Cobra team, Ford’s GT40s, and Jim Hall’s Chaparrals, as well as Phil Hill’s life as a family man and his work as one of the foremost classic car restorers.
brownfoxbooks.com /BrownFoxFiles/PhilHillYankeeChampion.html   (479 words)

  
 Phil Hill - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
Phil Hill was the first American driver to win the 24 Hours of LeMans.
Hill went to Great Britain in 1949 to study maintenance at the Jaguar factory as part of his job with a new dealership.
Hill, though shaken, went on to win the race and the World Championship by a single point, 34-33.
www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1991/Phil_Hill_main.htm   (462 words)

  
 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Phil Hill
A product of the West Coast US sports car racing scene, Hill came to race in Europe briefly in the early 1950s and was eventually offered a works Ferrari drive at Le Mans in 1955.
Hill played a key role in winning Mike Hawthorn's World Championship in 1958, the American slowing and waving his British colleague ahead in the Moroccan Grand Prix, enabling Mike to finish second in this race behind Stirling Moss' Vanwall.
In 1961, Ferrari made sure it was well prepared for the first year of the new 1.5-liter F1 regulations and Phil certainly profited by this, winning the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix to take the title by a point from his teammate Wolfgang von Trips who was killed in the same event.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-hilphi.html   (208 words)

  
 Carroll Shelby and Phil Hill Received Eagle One-Shav Glick Award | Mustang Blogger
Motor racing legends Carroll Shelby and Phil Hill were both recipients of the seventh annual Eagle One-Shav Glick Award for distinguished contributions to motor sports in California.
Shav Glick had this to say about the two racing legends, "Hill and Shelby are both products of that era in the 1950s and 60s that has become known as the glory years of sports car racing, a time when ingenuity and industry were rewarded in the racing fraternity.
Phil Hill became the first American born driver to win a Formula One World Championship in 1961.
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 Phil's Hill
Although close to a mile away, there was one hill in particular that loomed with a majestic presence.
My oldest son, Phil Jr, who was still quite young in those days, had noticed that one particular rocky escarpment held a mystery and allure all its own.
Soon after Phil managed to entangle himself in the trappings most teenage boys find themselves in, his little brother Alex was ready to take his place in exploring the wild areas behind the house and discovering its inhabitants.
www.kyherpsoc.org /kyappreciation/philshill/philshill.htm   (685 words)

  
 Phil Hill Signed Memorabilia
The items on this page were signed by Phil Hill exclusively for TMC on June 6, 2003 during the HSR Vintage race weekend at Watkins Glen, NY.
Phil Hill leads team mate Wolfgang von Trips on his way to victory in the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.
On the evening of June 6, 2003, Phil Hill was the special guest at a reception and auction held at the International Motor Sport Reasearch Center in Watkins Glen.
www.motorsportcollector.com /PhilHillSigned.html   (259 words)

  
 Phil Hill signed 1959 Fuller Brush Catalog
The catalog contains many photo's of Phil racing Ferraris, at the Ferrari factory, tinkering with his cars and during leisure time.
Baker had the catalog signed by Phil Hill shortly thereafter.
Phil used a fl ballpoint for the signature.
www.maranellomerchandise.com /en-us/p_989.html   (149 words)

  
 Phil Hill (I) - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One of America's greatest racing drivers of all time, Hill, a native of Southern California, was the first American to win the Formula 1 World Championship, in 1961.
Hill started his racing career in the 1950s, winning the 1955 Sports Car Club of America Championship, then moving to Europe and racing sports cars there.
Although he never won another Grand Prix race after his championship, Hill was still a force to be reckoned with in sports cars, winning numerous races until his retirement from the sport.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0384574/bio   (297 words)

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