Chris Festa

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

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 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 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.