Chris Simmons (driver)
| Chris Simmons | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 American
|
| Born |
May 1, 1973 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Retired | 1998 |
| Related to | Jeff Simmons (brother) |
| Indy Lights | |
| Years active | 1995–1998 |
| Teams |
Sotare Motorsports (1995) Team Green (1996–1997) Mattco Raceworks (1998) |
| Starts | 37 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 5th in 1997 |
| Previous series | |
| 1992–1994 1990–1991 1990 1980–1990 |
USAC Formula Ford 2000 East SCCA S2000 Skip Barber Formula Ford Quarter midgets |
| Championship titles | |
| 1992, 1993 1991 |
USAC Formula Ford 2000 East SCCA S2000 Northeast |
| Awards | |
| 1991 | SCCA Jim Fitzgerald National Rookie of the Year |
Chris Simmons (Hartford, Connecticut, 1 May 1973) is a former racing driver who competed in USF2000 and Indy Lights among other racing series.
Simmons started out racing quarter midgets in the north eastern United States. He started his first quarter midget race at the age of seven. After attending the Spenard-David racing school he started auto racing in 1990. The driver from Connecticut started out in the SCCA S2000 Northeast Division championship. Simmons won the 1991 championship after winning five out of seven races. Simmons also won the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in his class at Road Atlanta in 1991. The drove his Lola T598 from the pole position to the win. He won with advantage of more than eight seconds over Paul O'Kean.
After his success in S2000 Simmons graduated into the USAC Formula Ford 2000 East championship for 1992. In 1992 Simmons won three out of seven races in his Van Diemen RF92. After winning the championship Chris Simmons returned in the series for the 1993 season. He again won the championship after winning nine races. He ran a limited race schedule in 1994 as he started his mechanical engineering study at the University of Pennsylvania. Simmons won one race in the Formula Ford 2000, at New Hampshire International Speedway. Simmons was also involved in a deadly midget crash. During the USAC Hoosier Invitational X at the Hoosier Dome his car crashed into the pit area. One person got killed, eight others were injured. Simmons was uninjured.
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