Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud (born May 18, 1984) is a French race car driver. Pagenaud won his first IndyCar race at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix in the second race in 2013. After the 2014 season, he left Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and currently drives the 22 car for Team Penske.

BATC
Pagenaud will be a Ben and Toad's Contest season seven contestant after he made the fast six at the 2015 Honda Indy Toronto qualifying. He will be Team Penske's fourth contestant and representative.

He is widely considered to be one of the major underdogs outside DWTS season 20 and 21 of season seven; expecting by many to make the final 20 and not the final eight.

Career
Pagenaud first drove a race car at a young age.

2012
He won the rookie of the year. He finished fifth in the final standings for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Pagenaud went to Australia for the 2012 Gold Coast 600.

2013
Pagenaud won his first IndyCar races of his career. His first win came at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix race 2. He also won the Baltimore Grand Prix later that year.

2014
Pagenaud won the first ever Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Helio Castroneves' 39th birthday. Pagenaud also won the Grand Prix of Houston's second race.

2015
He switched teams from Schmidt Peterson Motorsports to Team Penske. 2015 was Pagenaud's worst IndyCar year to date; finishing 11th in the standings. He won no races, but won one pole at Auto Club Speedway. He made the top five in qualifying for most of the races.