Phoenix Racing entered the German Supertouring Championship in 1999 with Michael Bartels and Arnd Meier driving Audi A4s. The team transitioned to the revived Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series in 2000, fielding Opel Astra V8 Coupes. Manuel Reuter finished the 2000 DTM season as runner-up, while Bartels placed seventh.
The 2000 season also brought Phoenix's first 24 Hours of Nürburgring victory, won in a Porsche GT3-R with Bartels, Uwe Alzen, Altfrid Heger, and Bernd Mayländer sharing driving duties. A second Nürburgring 24 Hours win followed in 2003 in an Opel Astra, with Reuter, Timo Scheider, Volker Strycek, and Marcel Tiemann.
Opel's DTM competitiveness declined from 2001, with Reuter the best-placed Opel driver in ninth position that year and Phoenix teammate Yves Oliver finishing 22nd. Phoenix and Opel failed to win another DTM race before the manufacturer withdrew at the end of 2005.
From 2006 Phoenix ran Audi machinery, initially using year-old A4s as the two remaining manufacturers — Mercedes-Benz and Audi — expanded their customer programmes. The move into Audi's orbit transformed Phoenix into a front-running team.
In 2011 Martin Tomczyk won the DTM drivers' championship for Phoenix at the penultimate round in Valencia, recording three victories, seven podiums, and one pole position across the season. Two years later in 2013, Mike Rockenfeller secured a second DTM title for the team, wrapping up the 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters championship with one round remaining, having taken two wins and three second places in an Audi A5.
Phoenix Racing expanded into the FIA GT Championship from 2006. In that debut season, Jean-Denis Deletraz and Andrea Piccini finished as runners-up driving an Aston Martin DBR9. For 2007 the team partnered with Toine Hezemans' Carsport Holland operation to form Phoenix Carsport. Deletraz and Mike Hezemans finished third in the standings in a Corvette C6.R. In 2008, Hezemans and Fabrizio Gollin again finished as runners-up for the team.
Phoenix became an Audi Sport factory-supported team from 2009, competing at the Blancpain Endurance Series and at Nürburgring with an Audi R8 LMS GT3. The partnership produced a remarkable 2012 season: the team won the Bathurst 12 Hour, the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, and the 24 Hours of Spa in the same calendar year. Phoenix added another Nürburgring 24 Hours win in 2014 and the Sepang 12 Hours in 2016.
In 2023 the Scherer Gruppe acquired Phoenix Racing and renamed the operation Scherer Sport PHX. The team's competitive identity remained centred on the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the GT World Challenge Europe, building on the multiple Nürburgring 24 Hours victories — including the 2022 edition won under the Phoenix Racing name immediately before the ownership transition — that defined its three decades of German endurance racing.
24 Hours of Nürburgring victories: 2000, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2022
DTM drivers' championships: 2011 (Martin Tomczyk), 2013 (Mike Rockenfeller)
2012 Bathurst 12 Hour and 24 Hours of Spa victories
2016 Sepang 12 Hours winner
FIA GT Championship runner-up: 2006 (Deletraz / Piccini), 2008 (Hezemans / Gollin)
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