Ryan Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe (born September 24th 1981) is from Australia. He drives the #6 for Penske Racing.

Career
Ryan Briscoe joined the IRL in 2005 driving for Chip Ganassi Racing. He finished 10th in the Indy 500. At Chicagoland he was involved in a bad accident with Alex Barron. He broke both clavicles which kept him out of the series for quite some time. He returned with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing at Indy to finish 3rd. In 2007 he returned with Dragon Racing to finish 5th at Indy.

In 2008 Briscoe signed with Penske Racing to replace Sam Hornish. He got off to a bad start knocking the series most popular driver Danica Patrick out of the Indy 500. But the very next race at Milwaukee he won his first race. Briscoe finished 5th. In 2009 Briscoe started the season with a win but had a bad run at Indy. Following the Indy 500 he went on a very impressive string of finishes. He had 2 wins and 8 2nd place finishes the rest of the season. But the biggest mishap for Briscoe was an accident leaving pit road at Motegi (finished 18th) while leading that costed him the points championship.

In 2010 Brisoe only had 1 win and 3 podium finishes but still finished 5th in the points. In 2011 Briscoe went winnless for the first time since joining Penske Racing. Briscoe will return to Penske Racing in 2012 for his 5th season with the team.