Chris Festa

Chris Festa (born September 5, 1985) in Atlanta, is an American auto racing driver.

Festa leading Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Marty Roth during a race on the Streets of St. Petersburg in 2005thumb Festa raced the No. 9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. He also served as Target Chip Ganassi Racing's development driver where he did all the test and development driving for the team's IndyCar program during the 2007 and 2008 Seasons. His work contributed heavily to the win in the 2008 Indy 500 and 2008 IndyCar Series Championship for Scott Dixon. As of the end of the 2007 season, he has made 39 IPS starts with a best finish of second (three times) and won the pole for the first race of the 2007 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Festa finished sixth, eighth, and tenth in series points in his first three seasons in the Pro Series, respectively.

Festa previously competed in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2004 for Rahal Letterman Racing where he was teammates with Danica Patrick. Festa was a surprise addition to the No. 7 SAMAX Motorsport Daytona Prototype team for the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona, where the team finished in sixth place. He returned to the series, now known as the Firestone Indy Lights Series driving for the new Alliance Motorsports team. Festa left the team after seven races with a best finish of fifth in the season opener at Homestead-Miami after the team's funding ran out. He finished 22nd in points.

Over the course of Festa's career, he won over sixty races and was known for his aggressive style.

Festa is a brother of Kappa Sigma at Florida State University.

Festa is now retired from professional racing and is currently living in Atlanta, Georgia.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

USF2000 National Championship results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2003 PR1 Motorsports SEB1 SEB2 LRP1 LRP1 MOH1 MOH2 ROA1 ROA2 MOH3 MOH4 ATL1 ATL2 11th 107

Atlantic Championship

Indy Lights