Alex Guenette
Alex Guenette (born April 25, 1996) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. The Quebec native last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving for Obaika Racing and King Autosport. He has also competed in other series, most notably the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Pinty's Series and ARCA Racing Series.[1]
Alex Guenette | |||||||
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Born | Terrebonne, Quebec | April 25, 1996||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||
Achievements |
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Awards | |||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 1 year | |||||||
2016 position | 49th | ||||||
Best finish | 49th (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2016 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 (Dover) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Alsco 300 (Kentucky) | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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NASCAR Pinty's Series career | |||||||
19 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 10th (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2013 Pinty's Presents the Vortex 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
Last race | 2019 Pinty's Fall Brawl (Jukasa) | ||||||
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Racing career
Early years
Guenette began his racing career at the age of seven, his father and grandfather being professional race car drivers. Before stock cars, Guenette raced go-karts, motocross and four-wheelers. He tested stock cars in 2011 at age fifteen, was rookie of the year in the 2012 Quebec Super Truck Series[2] and finished second in the 2013 World Series of Asphalt.[3] A longstanding tradition of Guenette's is to eat Tim Hortons on race mornings.[4]
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.[5]
NASCAR Pinty's Series
Guenette ran the entire Canadian Tire Series schedule in 2013.[2] Running Dodges for Jacombs Racing, 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.[6] Guenette was the series' most popular driver in 2013.[7] In 2014, he ran four races in the 39, but with grandfather 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.[8]
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Guenette's first Truck start came for Gosselin, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, driving the No. 39 Chevrolet Silverado, running double duty with the NASCAR Pinty's Series race that weekend.[4] He was running near the top ten until oil line issues hampered Guenette's effort, and he finished 25th.[9] In 2014, both of his starts came at Martinsville Speedway.[10] In the spring race, he start and parked for Gosselin, finishing last after running only 32 laps.[11] 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.[12] He qualified twelfth and finished ninth[13] after a flat tire dropped him from sixth.[14]
NASCAR 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. Returning to the No. 97 at Pocono Raceway a few weeks later, Guenette posted his best career finish and only lead lap finish, a 24th. Running a third race for Obaika at Daytona International Speedway, an early wreck eliminated him from contention. For the series' next race at Kentucky Speedway, Guenette signed with fellow Canadian team King Autosport, finishing 26th.[15] Guenette did not return to NASCAR competition in 2017.[16]
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
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NXSC | Pts | |||
2016 | Obaika Racing | 97 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV 27 |
CLT | POC 24 |
MCH | IOW | DAY 38 |
49th | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||
King Autosport | 90 | Chevy | KEN 26 |
NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM |
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCWTC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | DGM Racing | 39 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP 25 |
IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 70th | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | 74 | Chevy | DAY | MAR 36 |
KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | 54th | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Turner Scott Motorsports | 32 | Chevy | MAR 9 |
TEX | PHO | HOM |
Pinty's Series
NASCAR Pinty's Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NPSC | Pts | Ref |
2013 | Jacombs Racing | 39 | Dodge | MSP 26 |
DEL 20 |
MSP 17 |
ICAR 10 |
MPS 10 |
SAS 11 |
ASE 2 |
CTR 20 |
RIS 6 |
MSP 18 |
BAR 5 |
KWA 17 |
10th | 368 | [17] | |
2014 | Guenette Racing | 39 | Dodge | MSP | ACD 6 |
ICAR 2 |
EIR | SAS | ASE 2 |
CTR 7 |
RIS | MSP | BAR | KWA | 17th | 161 | [18] | ||
2019 | Guenette Racing | 39 | Dodge | MSP | JUK | ACD | TOR | SAS | SAS | EIR | CTR 11 |
RIS | MSP | ASE | 23rd | 107 | [19] | ||
22 Racing | 18 | Chevy | NHA 7 |
JUK 7 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | DGM Racing | 17 | Chevy | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL 20 |
TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 113th | 130 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- "Alex Guenette Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Guenette Announces Full Canadian Slate | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- "Alex Guénette en piste pour le grand départ :: Sports". Journal La Revue (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- "Alex Guenette Live: A NASCAR driver's online diary - WHEELS.ca". WHEELS.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- "Alex Guenette 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Alex Guenette 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Pinty's Series: Most Popular Driver | NASCAR Home Tracks". hometracks.nascar.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- "Alex Guenette 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Alex Guenette 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Alex Guenette 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "2014 Kroger 250 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Recent news on Alex Guenette - Jacombs Racing-39-NPS - Rotoworld.com". www.rotoworld.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "2014 Kroger 200 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "Fantastic comeback drive by Alex Guenette at Martinsville". Flagworld.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- "Alex Guenette 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- "NASCAR 101: Who Didn't Return to NASCAR in 2017?". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
- "Alex Guenette - 2013 Pinty's Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "Alex Guenette - 2014 Pinty's Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "Alex Guenette - 2019 Pinty's Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
External links
- Alex Guenette driver statistics at Racing-Reference