I would wrap your rows in labels
<form action="doit" id="doit" method="post">
<label>
Name
<input id="name" name="name" type="text" />
</label>
<label>
Phone number
<input id="phone" name="phone" type="text" />
</label>
<label>
Year
<input id="year" name="year" type="text" />
</label>
</form>
And use
label, input {
display: block;
}
label {
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
Don't use br
s for spacing!
In your CSS file:
input { margin-bottom: 10px; }
<form>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="nameLabel">Name</label>
<input id="name" name="name" class="form-control" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="PhoneLabel">Phone</label>
<input id="phone" name="phone" class="form-control" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="yearLabel">Year</label>
<input id="year" name="year" class="form-control" type="text" />
</div>
</form>
A simple  
; between input fields would do the job easily...