Full Throttle

While I’ve been a fan of FSU’s exploits on the football field and it’s insistence on keeping the Seminole logo and mascot, now there is another reason. The school has lent it’s support to a young student/racer.

Via I Love Racing.

There aren’t many athletes at Florida State University who never play a home game. Chris Festa, race car driver in the Indy Racing League Menards Infiniti Pro Series, is one of a few such athletes.

Festa, 19, recently completed his freshman year as a marketing major at FSU. The school granted Festa, who has raced competitively since he was 12, student-athlete status prior to the school year, enabling Festa access to athletic department facilities, including the weight room and training staff, as well as policies that make it easier to miss classes for travel.

Festa, whose helmet features a Seminole, has proven to be a quick learner on the race track, moving into fourth place in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series point standings after six of 14 races. Festa has finished on the podium three times, including consecutive third-place finishes at Texas Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.