Alex Kennedy (racing driver)

Alex Kennedy
Kennedy at the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Born (1992-02-02) February 2, 1992 (age 32)
Aztec, New Mexico
NASCAR Cup Series career
22 races run over 4 years
2016 position50th
Best finish40th (2015)
First race2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last race2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
16 races run over 5 years
2016 position114th
Best finish50th (2011)
First race2010 Bucyrus 200 (Road America)
Last race2016 Road America 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 27, 2016.

Alex Kennedy (born February 2, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Racing career

After starting in Legends car racing, Kennedy returned to win the 2009 Legends Road Course World Finals.[1]

NASCAR

As 16-year-old in 2008, he ran occasional races in a variety of national touring series; ARCA, NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.[2] In 2009, he ran full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and finished tenth in the season points with three Top 10s and one Top 5 finish.[2] He made his first Nationwide Series start in 2010, racing in six races, primarily on road courses.[3] He raced in five Nationwide races in the following year with a top finish of 21st.[4] At Dover that year, Kennedy became involved in a controversial incident, where his car pulled across the track when attempting to rejoin the field after an accident and hit the car of Kevin Swindell.[5]

Kennedy made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway for Humphrey Smith Racing.[6] Kennedy is the first New Mexico native to compete in a Sprint Cup race since Al Unser Jr. qualified for the 1993 Daytona 500.[citation needed] Kennedy also competed for Humphrey Smith Racing later in the year at Pocono Raceway and Watkins Glen International.

Kennedy ran a number of Cup races in 2014 for Circle Sport Racing. He returned to Circle Sport for 2015, also declaring for Rookie of the Year. With his team closing down due to the charter system, he left with no ride for the 2016 season. He was later picked up by Premium Motorsports to drive the No. 55 Chevrolet at Watkins Glen. He has not raced in NASCAR since.

Images

  • 2010 Nationwide car at Road America
    2010 Nationwide car at Road America
  • 2011 Nationwide car
    2011 Nationwide car
  • Kennedy at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
    Kennedy at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
  • Kennedy's No. 25 at Road America in 2016
    Kennedy's No. 25 at Road America in 2016

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2013 Humphrey Smith Racing 19 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
40 		KEN DAY NHA IND POC
42 		GLN
29 		MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 45th 21 [7]
2014 Circle Sport 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC
39 		MCH SON
39 		KEN DAY NHA IND POC
28 		GLN
33 		MCH
34 		BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 49th 47 [8]
2015 DAY ATL LVS PHO
38 		CAL MAR
33 		TEX
37 		BRI
33 		RCH
39 		TAL KAN CLT
36 		DOV POC MCH SON
25 		DAY KEN
40 		NHA IND POC
38 		GLN
28 		MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV
38 		CLT
34 		KAN TAL MAR
33 		TEX PHO HOM 40th 120 [9]
2016 Premium Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN
36 		BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 50th 5 [10]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2010 R3 Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA
28 		NHA DAY CHI GTY
24 		IRP IOW GLN
16 		MCH BRI CGV
26 		ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY 67th 531 [11]
Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford TEX
31 		PHO HOM
24
2011 R3 Motorsports 03 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL
40 		TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR 50th 71 [12]
23 DOV
32 		IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA
21 		DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW
Chevy GLN
23 		CGV
33 		BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
2012 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA
33 		KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN
29 		CGV
15 		BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 59th 56 [13]
2013 SR² Motorsports 24 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH
29 		BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 125th 01 [14]
2016 Team Kapusta Racing 25 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
20 		DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 114th 01 [15]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2008 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy GRE IOW SBO
32 		GLN NHA TMP
20 		MCM ADI LRP
10 		MFD NHA
34 		DOV
28 		STA 28th 444 [16]
2009 GRE
17 		TRI
14 		IOW
6 		SBO
20 		GLN
8 		NHA
15 		TMP
22 		ADI
20 		LRP
4 		NHA
13 		DOV
23 		10th 1324 [17]
2010 GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE JFC NHA DOV
11 		61st 130 [18]
2012 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Toyota BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW
19 		NHA DOV GRE CAR 68th 25 [19]
2013 Chevy BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR
10 		GRE NHA DOV RAL
13 		37th 65 [20]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2008 Tom Clark 23 Ford AAS PHO CTS IOW CNS SON
11 		IRW DCS EVG MMP IRW AMP AAS 56th 130 [21]
2009 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy CTS AAS PHO MAD IOW DCS SON
30 		IRW PIR MMP CNS IOW AAS 68th 73 [22]
2011 GSR Racing 07 Ford PHO
32 		AAS MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS MRP SPO AAS PHO 89th 67 [23]

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2010 Capital City Motorsports 38 Dodge DAY PBE SLM TEX
19 		TAL
29 		TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 80th 220 [24]
2012 Spraker Racing Enterprises 08 Ford DAY
9 		MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 95th 185 [25]

References

  1. ^ "Strong Run for Alex Kennedy at World Finals". Alex Kennedy. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NASCAR, ARCA statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  3. ^ "2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing Reference. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  4. ^ "2011 Nationwide results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Edwards escapes late wreck for Dover victory". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. May 14, 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  6. ^ DiZinno, Tony (20 June 2013). "NASCAR's Sonoma 2013 road course ringers, analyzed". NBC Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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  12. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  15. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2016 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  16. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  19. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  20. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  21. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  22. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  23. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  24. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  25. ^ "Alex Kennedy – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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