# Alex Kennedy (racing driver)

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

## Racing career

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

### 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. 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. He made his first Nationwide Series start in 2010, racing in six races, primarily on road courses. He raced in five Nationwide races in the following year with a top finish of 21st. 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.
Kennedy made his Sprint Cup Series debut in the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway for Humphrey Smith Racing. Kennedy is the first New Mexico native to compete in a Sprint Cup race since Al Unser Jr. qualified for the 1993 Daytona 500. 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
* 2011 Nationwide car
* Kennedy at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
* 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Circle Sport | 33 | Chevy | 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 |
| 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 |

#### 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 |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Baker Curb Racing | 27 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TEX 31 | PHO | HOM 24 | 67th | 531 |
| 2011 | R3 Motorsports | 03 | Dodge | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL 40 | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 50th | 71 |
| 2011 | R3 Motorsports | 23 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 32 | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA 21 | DAY | KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 50th | 71 |
| 2011 | R3 Motorsports | 23 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 23 | CGV 33 | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | | 50th | 71 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
| 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 | 0$^1$ |
$^*$ 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 |
| 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 |
| 2009 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | GRE 17 | TRI 14 | IOW 6 | SBO 20 | GLN 8 | NHA 15 | TMP 22 | ADI 20 | LRP 4 | NHA 13 | DOV 23 | | | | 10th | 1324 |
| 2010 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | GRE | SBO | IOW | MAR | NHA | LRP | LEE | JFC | NHA | DOV 11 | | | | | 61st | 130 |
| 2012 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Toyota | BRI | GRE | RCH | IOW | BGS | JFC | LGY | CNB | COL | IOW 19 | NHA | DOV | GRE | CAR | 68th | 25 |
| 2013 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | BRI | GRE | FIF | RCH | BGS | IOW | LGY | COL | IOW | VIR 10 | GRE | NHA | DOV | RAL 13 | 37th | 65 |

#### 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 |
| 2008 | Tom Clark | 23 | Ford | AAS | PHO | CTS | IOW | CNS | SON 11 | IRW | DCS | EVG | MMP | IRW | AMP | AAS | | 56th | 130 |
| 2009 | Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | CTS | AAS | PHO | MAD | IOW | DCS | SON 30 | IRW | PIR | MMP | CNS | IOW | AAS | | 68th | 73 |
| 2011 | GSR Racing | 07 | Ford | PHO 32 | AAS | MMP | IOW | LVS | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | CNS | MRP | SPO | AAS | PHO | 89th | 67 |

### 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 | |
| 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 | |