New IMSA GTD Pro Champion, Connor De Phillippi kicks off our new YouTube channel
By James Edmonds and Rus Ackner. Photos by Russell Cole
Today we welcomed the newly crowned IMSA GTD Pro Champion, Connor De Phillippi to the “studio” at The Motorsport Diaries Video HQ in North Palm Beach, Florida. He came to us fresh off his brilliant win at Petit Le Mans from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with the Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo.
Connor was very gracious in knowing that he would be our first official guest, and despite sound and lighting not being perfect, we had a great time and a lot of laughs as we delved into his past. He talked freely about his early days in karting on the west coast, how he wound up camping on a race week in Monaco, the emotions of almost losing the Nürburgring 24 Hour at the last minute as well as his newfound love in fatherhood.
He luckily escaped with his Rolex Daytona before I had a chance to switch it for my Seiko and was justifiably proud of his new IMSA trophy. We are very grateful to Connor for not only making time to visit with us, but for bringing the hardware for us to drool over as well!
Our new YouTube channel is now live and will feature lots of unique, never-before-published content. Long time contributor Jack Webster has opened his vault, and we cannot wait to share the results, along with more from Eddie LePine and many more new guests.
Don’t worry! We have persuaded Connor to come back next year so we can all see how we’ve collectively progressed! Who knows who he’ll bring with him?
As always, we’ll see you at the races and now on YouTube too!
