Chris Festa
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| Chris Festa | |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Date of Birth | September 5, 1985 |
| Place of Birth | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series | |
| Debut season | 2005 |
| Current team | Alliance Motorsports |
| Car No. | 24 |
| Former teams | Sam Schmidt Motorsports Cheever Racing Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 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. 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 has finished 6th, 8th, and 10th in series points in his 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 will return to the series, now known as the Firestone Indy Lights Series driving for the new Alliance Motorsports team.
Chris Festa is a brother of Kappa Sigma at Florida State University.
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