Jeff Simmons (racing driver)
Jeff Simmons ( born May 9, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American race car driver.
Career
Simmons began his motorsport career in 1981 in Midgets, where he was active until 1991. In 1994, he debuted in the U.S. Formula Ford single-seater racing and participated in several races. After starting in the 1996 U.S. Barber Race Series and 1997 in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and the U.S. Formula 2000, he won the 1998 championship title of the Barber Dodge Pro Series with three wins. 1999 Simmons decided again three races for themselves and defended the title. In both years, he sat down by almost against Todd Snyder. He was also eighth in the winter series of Formula Palmer Audi.
In 2000, Simmons in the Indy Lights for Team Green. With three third places for best results he finished the season in seventh place overall. After a two year hiatus, Simmons returned in 2003 with Keith Duesenberg Racing in the Indy Lights, which now IRL Infiniti Pro Series was called back. He won two races and was runner-up behind Mark Taylor. In addition, he finished tenth in the winter championship of the North American Formula Renault. 2004 graduated from Simmons no full season in international motorsport. For Mo Nunn Racing, he debuted at the Indianapolis 500 was followed by a further application in the IndyCar Series with Patrick Racing as a replacement for Al Unser Jr.. Simmons, however, was replaced himself after this race by Jaques Lazier. In the overall classification, he finished 29th place. He also took part in five races in the IRL Infiniti Pro Series. He was second twice and finished the season on top of the twelfth overall. 2005 graduated from Simmons the season in the IRL Infiniti Pro Series for the team ISI. While he was with four wins, the pilot with the most wins at the end of the season but he was runner-up behind Wade Cunningham.
2006 Simmons was planning another season in the IRL Infiniti Pro Series, which was called from this season IRL Indy Pro Series. For characteristic Hardley Racing, he won the first race and was in the following second and fourth races. Subsequently, Simmons left the IRL Indy Pro Series, in which he Twelfth Appreciation was finally, and moved to the Rahal Letterman Racing for IndyCar Series. The team signed him as a replacement for the fatally injured Paul Dana. With two seventh places for the best results Simmons finished the season in 16th place in the drivers' championship, and thus was subject to his teammates Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice. 2007 remained at Rahal Letterman Racing Simmons first. After eleven races however, he was replaced by Ryan Hunter -Reay. In the drivers' standings, he was a sixth place as best result 18
2008 Simmons took part in 12 of 16 races in the Indy Lights for the team Moore Racing. With two podium finishes he finished the season off on the 13th Place. He also began this season for AJ Foyt Enterprises in the Indianapolis 500 in the overall ranking of the IndyCar Series, he was 39 after a one-year hiatus Simmons took 2010 for the Team E at an Indy Lights race in part, finishing in 34th place in the driver standings.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2006: IndyCar Series (No. 16)
- 2006: IRL Indy Pro Series (No. 12)
- 2007: IndyCar Series (No. 18)
- 2008: Indy Lights ( 13th place)
- 2008: IndyCar Series ( No. 19 )
- 2010: Indy Lights ( number 34 )
Individual results in the IndyCar Series
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