Alex Guenette

Alex Guenette
Born (1996-04-25) April 25, 1996
Terrebonne, Quebec
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 145 lb (66 kg)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 97 (Obaika Racing)
No. 90 (King Autosport)
2016 position 49th
Best finish 49th (2016)
First race 2016 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 (Dover)
Last race 2016 Alsco 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2014 position 54th
Best finish 54th (2014)
First race 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Last race 2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
16 races run over 2 years
Best finish 10th (2013)
First race 2013 Pinty's Presents the Vortex 200 (Mosport)
Last race 2014 JuliaWine.com Le 50 Tours (Trois-Rivieres)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 0
Statistics current as of July 8, 2016.

Alex Guenette (born April 25, 1996) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro for Obaika Racing, and the No. 90 Chevrolet Camaro for King Autosport. He has also competed in other series, most notably the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Pinty's Series.[1]

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Guenette ran one ARCA race, at Talladega Superspeedway in 2014 for Mario Gosselin, a fellow Canadian. He finished 20th, two laps down.[2]

Pinty's Series

Guenette ran the entire Canadian Tire Series schedule in 2013. Running Dodges for Dave Jacombs, he posted two top fives and another three top tens in the No. 39, compared to two did not finishes. Of the top fives, the best finish was a second place at Autodrome St. Eustache. He received major funding from Motos Illimitees, DLGL, and Kawasaki.[3] In 2014, he ran four races in the 39, but with family member Jacques Guenette as the owner. He posted a best finish of second, which he accomplished twice, once at St. Eustache and once at Circuit ICAR.[4]

Camping World Truck Series

Guenette's first Truck start came for Gosselin, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, driving the No. 39 Chevrolet Silverado. Oil line issues hampered Guenette's effort, and he finished 25th.[5] In 2014, both of his starts came at Martinsville Speedway.[6] In the spring race, he start and parked for Gosselin, finishing last after running only 32 laps.[7] For the fall, Guenette was picked to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado for Turner Motorsports. In final practice, he posted the fastest 10-lap average.[8] He qualified twelfth and finished ninth.[9]

Xfinity Series

Guenette made his Xfinity debut on May 14, 2016 in the Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200. Driving the No. 97 for Obaika Racing, he finished fifteenth in his heat and twenty-seventh in the main race.[10]

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.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

References

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