“California Kid” Connor De Phillippi was a racing enthusiast from a very young age and got his first kart for this fifth birthday. Winning 21 State and National karting titles by 2007, he moved to cars in 2008. Progressing through the Skip Barber and Star Mazda Championships, he moved to Europe in 2012 where he lived for five years. Connor successfully raced in different GT series and on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife.
In 2018, Connor joined BMW M Motorsport and BMW M Team RLL as a works driver. Since then, he has been in action in BMW M GT race cars in North America as well as in Europe. Connor was part of the winning #25 BMW M8 GTE crew at the Rolex24 at Daytona in 2019. In 2020, victory at the 8-hour race in Indianapolis followed. At the Nordschleife, Connor finished runner-up in the 2021 edition of the famous 24-hour race. Added to that was several class wins in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In 2023, Connor was part of the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 crew. Together with teammate Nick Yelloly he celebrated the very first GTP win for BMW M Team RLL at Watkins Glen. Scoring a total of five podium finishes, the duo was in the fight for the GTP title until the season finale.
