Nur Ali

Nur B. Ali (Urdu: نو ر علی ) (born October 12, 1974 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani American race car driver. He is the first Pakistani to become a professional racing driver, and a former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion. Ali also drove in the A1 Grand Prix series for Team Pakistan.

This article is about the Pakistani racing driver. For the village in Iran, see Nur Ali, Iran.
Nur Ali
Born (1974-10-12) October 12, 1974
Karachi, Pakistan
Achievements2001, 2002 Southwest Formula Mazda Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2012 position93rd
Best finish93rd (2012)
First race2012 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of February 28, 2013.

Early life

Nur was interested in racing since he was four years old when he lived in Germany. He moved to Texas with his family when he was 8 years old and he currently resides in Dallas suburb of Irving.

Nur graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from American University in Washington, D.C. in 1998. He was Vice President of Washington, D.C. Federation of College Republicans in 1995 and interned for Congressman Joe Barton, R-Texas, in Washington, D.C. in 1995.

Racing career

After graduating from college, Ali pursued a career racing by going to Skip Barber Racing School. When he completed the course and picked up his racing license, Ali took part in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge Southern Race Series and becoming the first racing driver from Pakistan. In 2000, Ali and his brother set up Ali Motorsports, so that he could compete in the Southwest Formula Mazda Series which he won in 2001 and 2002. Then in 2006, he joined racing series A1 Grand Prix where he raced for A1 Team Pakistan for a season. In late 2007, Nur decided to switch to stock car racing, and after a successful test for Cunningham Motorsports, Ali drove in the 2008 Daytona ARCA 200. In 2009, he drove again for Cunningham Motorsports. After joining the ARCA RE/MAX Series, Texas Governor Rick Perry presented Ali with an official commendation, and the Mayor of the city of Southlake, Texas, proclaimed January 25, 2008 as Nur Ali Day.

In 2012, Ali made his debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving for Rick Ware Racing in two events late in the season,[1] but wrecked 3 cars in his first career start at Kansas Speedway and then was not cleared to race in his next attempt at Texas Motor Speedway.[2]

He currently competes in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites series.[3]

Racing record
Season Series Team Races wins Poles Fast laps Points Pos.
2010 ARCA RE/MAX Series DGM Racing 1 0 0 0 120 112th
2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series Cunningham Motorsports 3 0 0 0 220 97th
2008 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 2 0 0 0 30 18th
2008 ARCA RE/MAX Series Cunningham Motorsports 2 0 0 0 420 63rd
2008 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 4 2 2 0 108 3rd
2007 Star Mazda Ali Motorsports 1 0 0 0 16 31st
2007 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 4 1 2 0 86 6th
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Pakistan 20 0 0 0 1 22nd (1)
2006 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 3 0 1 0 64 8th
2006 Star Mazda Ali Motorsports 6 0 0 0 78 32nd
2006 Star Mazda Expert Series Ali Motorsports 6 0 0 0 73 5th
2004 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 6 0 0 0 82 17th
2003 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 11 0 1 0 193 4th
2002 (Fall) Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 5 3 1 0 64 1st
2002 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 14 0 1 0 240 3rd
2001 (Fall) Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 6 1 0 0 138 1st
2001 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 11 0 0 0 192 7th
2000 Southwest Formula Mazda Ali Motorsports 9 0 0 0 143 5th
  • (1) = Team standings.

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts Ref
2012 Rick Ware Racing 41 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN
33		 TEX 92nd 11 [4]
70 PHO
QL†		 HOM
† - Qualified for Timmy Hill

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 21 ARSC Pts Ref
2008 Cunningham Motorsports 45 Dodge DAY
23		 SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL
35		 63rd 420 [5]
2009 DAY
38		 SLM 97th 220 [6]
Derrike Cope, Inc. 14 Dodge CAR
21		 TAL KEN TOL POC
17 MCH
35		 MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR
2010 DGM Racing 10 Chevy DAY PBE SLM TEX
22		 TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 112th 120 [7]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

A1 Grand Prix results
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 A1 Team Pakistan NED
SPR
20		 NED
FEA
Ret		 CZE
SPR
20		 CZE
FEA
Ret		 CHN
SPR
21		 CHN
FEA
Ret		 MYS
SPR
18		 MYS
FEA
21		 IDN
SPR
20		 IDN
FEA
15		 NZL
SPR
18		 NZL
FEA
18		 AUS
SPR
20		 AUS
FEA
Ret		 RSA
SPR
18		 RSA
FEA
10		 MEX
SPR
15		 MEX
FEA
21		 CHN
SPR
20		 CHN
FEA
18		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GBR
SPR
17		 22nd 1

GRC Lites
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lites Points
2015 AF Racing Lites Ford Fiesta FTA
6		 DAY1
6		 DAY2
9		 MCAS
9		 DET1
10		 DET2
4		 DC
7		 LA1
6		 LA2
7		 BAR1
9		 BAR2
7		 LV
13		 7th 226
2016 Rhys Millen Racing Lites Ford Fiesta PHO1 PHO2 DAL
12		 DAY1 DAY2 MCAS1 MCAS2 DC
 AC
 SEA
 LA1
 LA2
 22nd 3

Race cancelled.

References
  1. Adamczyk, Jay (October 10, 2012). "Nur Ali to make two starts for Rick Ware". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  2. "NASCAR doesn't approve Nur Ali to race at Texas". The Associated Press. USA Today. October 31, 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  3. "Ali Makes Progress at MCAS New River Despite the Lack of Results". Nur Ali Motorsports. July 8, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  4. "Nur Ali – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. "Nur Ali – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  6. "Nur Ali – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. "Nur Ali – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Quad Boenker		 Southwest Formula Mazda champion
2001 (Fall)		 Succeeded by
Brad Pollard
Preceded by
Brad Pollard		 Southwest Formula Mazda champion
2002 (Fall)		 Succeeded by
Darryl Wills
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