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Jeff Simmons (born August 5, 1976, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American race car driver, most recently driving open wheel cars in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series.
Simmons began his professional career in Indy Lights in 2000, finishing 7th. He was the Infiniti Pro Series runner up in 2003, capturing 2 wins. In 2004, Mo Nunn gave him a chance to qualify his second car for the Indianapolis 500, which he did and finished 16th in the race. He made one additional start that year for Patrick Racing after the retirement of Al Unser, Jr.. Unable to find a ride in IndyCars for 2005, he returned to the Pro Series, finishing second in the series championship with 4 victories.
Expecting another season in the Pro Series in 2006, those plans were turned upside down when Paul Dana was killed in a practice crash before the first IndyCar series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on a weekend where Simmons won the IPS race.