Chris Kneifel

Chris Kneifel (born April 23, 1961 in Chicago ) is a former American car racing driver and motorsport official.

Career in motorsport

Chris Kneifel began his career in Formula Atlantic in 1981 and, after only one year in this junior series , switched to the CART series organized by the Championship Auto Racing Teams racing organization in 1982 . Between 1982 and 1984 he contested a total of 19 races in this racing series. He achieved the best placement in the final classification with 17th place in 1983 . After a year at Indy Lights , he started sports car racing in the late 1980s.

After he did not contest races for several years in the 1990s, he returned to the sports car scene in 1999 as a works driver for Corvette Racing. At this stage, he celebrated his biggest success in motor sport, when he and Ron Fellows , Franck Fréon and Johnny O'Connell in 2001 on a Chevrolet Corvette C5-R , the 24 Hours of Daytona won.

After the end of his active career, he was race director of the CART series between 2002 and 2004.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2000	Corvette Racing Garry Pratt	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Justin Bell	Ron Fellows	Rank 11

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1987	Primus Motorsport	Porsche 962	Brian Redman	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Rank 3
1999	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	John Paul Junior	Ron Fellows	Rank 22
2000	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Justin Bell	Ron Fellows	failure	Valve damage
2001	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Johnny O'Connell	Ron Fellows	Rank 11

Web links

• Chris Kneifel at the Driver Database
• Chris Kneifel at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2001 Daytona 24 Hours