Chris Festa

Chris Festa
Nationality	United States
Born	September 5, 1985 (1985-09-05) (age 26) Atlanta, Georgia
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active	2005-2008
Teams	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Cheever Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Alliance Motorsports
Starts	40
Wins	0
Poles	1
Best finish	6th in 2005
Previous series
2004 2003	Toyota Atlantic U.S. Formula Ford 2000 Zetec

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

Festa leading Arie Luyendyk, Jr. and Marty Roth during an race on the Streets of St. Petersburg in 2005

Festa (inside) racing alongside Micky Gilbert in the 2008 Firestone Freedom 100

Chris raced the #9 Dallara for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Indy Pro Series in 2007. As of the end of the 2007 season he has made 39 IPS starts with a best finish of 2nd (3 times) and won the pole for the first race of the 2007 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Festa finished 6th, 8th, and 10th in series points in his first three seasons in the Pro Series, respectively. He previously competed in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2004 and finished 8th in series points. Chris Festa was a surprise addition to the #7 SAMAX Motorsport Daytona Prototype team for the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona, but drove well and the team finished a respectable 6th 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 7 races with a best finish of 5th in the season opener at Homestead-Miami. He finished 22nd in points.

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

External links

• Official Homepage

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Name	Festa, Chris
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Date of birth	September 5, 1985
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
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