Alex Bowman
Alex Bowman | |||||||
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Born | Alexander Michael Bowman April 25, 1993 Tucson, Arizona | ||||||
Awards | 2011 K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year 2012 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year 2018 Daytona 500 Pole Winner | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
111 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 88 (Hendrick Motorsports) | ||||||
2016 position | 52nd | ||||||
Best finish | 33rd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
53 races run over 7 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 23 (GMS Racing) | ||||||
2017 position | 92nd | ||||||
Best finish | 11th (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2012 Dollar General 300 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 LTi Printing 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
First win | 2017 Drive for the Cure 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2017 position | 79th | ||||||
Best finish | 79th (2017) | ||||||
First race | 2015 Careers for Veterans 200 (Michigan) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Active Pest Control 200 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 7, 2018. |
Alexander Michael Bowman, nicknamed, "Bowman the Showman", (born April 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro for GMS Racing. He has competed in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series, finishing 11th in the latter series' 2013 standings.
Racing career
Beginnings
A native of Tucson, Arizona, Bowman started his racing career on short tracks in Arizona and California in 2000 at the age of 7,[1] driving quarter midget cars in United States Auto Club (USAC) competition. By 2006, he had won nine national championships and 165 feature wins.[2]
Midget Racing
In 2008, he won the USAC National Focus Midget championship with 11 wins, as well as the California Dirt Focus Midget championship.[3] In 2009, he was named USAC National Midget Rookie of the Year. In February 2010, Bowman was injured in an accident during a USAC race, suffering a fractured clavicle and rib.[4] Bowman continues to field a midget in select races, competing himself at the 2016 Chili Bowl and fielding a car for driver Ryan Smith in 2017.
K&N Pro Series
In 2010, at the age of 17, he moved to full-bodied stock car racing, making two Rev-Oil Pro Cup starts and a late model start.[5] Bowman moved to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East with X Team Racing for 2011.[5] Bowman finished sixth in series points, winning Rookie of the Year.[6] In 2018, Bowman made his return to the west series at Sonoma Raceway driving the No. 24 for Bill McAnally Racing
ARCA Racing Series
Bowman also competed in two ARCA Racing Series events during 2011 for Venturini Motorsports, at Madison International Speedway and Kansas Speedway, winning both events.[7]
He moved full-time to ARCA for 2012 for Cunningham Motorsports as a development driver for Penske Racing,[1] winning races at Salem Speedway, Winchester Speedway, Iowa Speedway, and Kansas Speedway over the course of the year.[8] Alex also won the pole for the inaugural Arca Mobile 200 at Mobile International Speedway in Mobile Alabama 3/11/2012
Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series
Also in 2012, Bowman made his debut at the national level of NASCAR competition, driving for Turner Motorsports in the Nationwide Series at Chicagoland Speedway.[9] He finished 17th in his debut race;[10] he also drove for RAB Racing in the Nationwide Series at Kentucky Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway,[11] and for Turner at Dover International Speedway, towards the end of 2012.[12]
In January 2013, it was announced that Bowman would be running the full Nationwide Series season for RAB in 2013, competing for Rookie of the Year honors.[13] He would win his first career Nationwide pole at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas.[14] Bowman would win another pole at Texas later in the season, but was released by the team prior to the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.[15] Bowman ended the season with six top-tens in 32 starts.[16]
Bowman returned to the Nationwide Series in 2014, driving the No. 80 for Hattori Racing Enterprises at Dover,[17] while driving the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevy at Charlotte[18] and Phoenix.[19]
During the 2015 season, Bowman made starts in the Xfinity (formerly Nationwide) Series with Athenian Motorsports and a Camping World Truck Series race with JRM.
On November 11, Bowman joined JRM for nine races in the No. 88 for the 2016 Xfinity season.[20] He won a pole at Michigan and finished in the top-ten in all but two races.[21] Despite the success, Bowman struggled to find sponsorship that would grant him the opportunity to race full-time for JRM.[22]
In 2017, Bowman joined GMS Racing to run the Truck Series race at Atlanta in the No. 24 as a fill-in driver for Justin Haley, who was too young to race at the track.[23] In October and November, Bowman drove the No. 42 Xfinity car of Chip Ganassi Racing at Charlotte and Phoenix.[24] At Charlotte, Bowman dominated the final portion of the race following a late restart to win his first NASCAR national series race.[25]
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
In January 2014, Bowman tested for BK Racing as part of Preseason Thunder before the 2014 Daytona 500 in the No. 83.[26] On January 20, the team announced his hiring for the No. 23 car for 2014, running the full 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season for Rookie of the Year.[27] During the season, the success of Josh Wise's Dogecoin-sponsored car prompted a sponsorship effort[28] to fund a bitcoin-sponsored car at Atlanta for Bowman with a goal of raising $100,000.[29] The goal was subsequently dropped to $25,000,[30] but failed to raise enough funding.[31]
On January 30, 2015, it was announced that Bowman would drive the full 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in the No. 7 car for Tommy Baldwin Racing. He failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 after he was caught up in a multi-car wreck in his duel race. At New Hampshire his car erupted in flames after rubber from a blown tire got into the engine. He was able to return to the track.[32] On January 21, 2016, Bowman parted ways with Tommy Baldwin Racing, losing his Sprint Cup ride.[33]
Bowman returned to the Cup Series at Loudon in the New Hampshire 301, driving the No. 88 for Hendrick Motorsports as an interim driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who would miss the remainder of the 2016 season because of concussion issues.[34] Despite running in the top ten, including as high as eighth, Bowman blew a tire and hit the wall in turn one on lap 272, relegating him to a 26th-place finish.[35]
Bowman and Jeff Gordon would alternate the No. 88 car for the balance of the 2016 season. Bowman won his first career pole at Phoenix.[36] The Phoenix event turned out to be his best race of his career. Bowman led the most laps with 197 and tried to make what would have been the winning pass on Matt Kenseth with 6 laps to go. While passing Kenseth, Bowman got tapped from behind by Kyle Busch, spinning Kenseth out; Bowman recovered to finish 6th.[37] In December 2016, Rick Hendrick announced that Bowman would run the No. 88 in place of Earnhardt for the 2017 Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona; while Earnhardt was also eligible for the event, he elected to allow Bowman drive the car out of appreciation for substituting in 2016.[38] Bowman finished third after losing out in a side-by-side battle for second with Kyle Busch.[39] When Earnhardt announced his retirement in the spring, he expressed support for Bowman to replace him in the No. 88 for the 2018 season.[40] On July 20, Hendrick Motorsports formally named Bowman as the driver of the No. 88 car in 2018.[41] Bowman opened up the 2018 season on February 11 by winning the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500.[42]
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.)
Monster Energy Cup Series
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2014 | BK Racing | Toyota | 29 | 23 |
2015 | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
2018 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 | 17 |
Xfinity Series
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 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | JR Motorsports | 00 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH 11 |
BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 95th | 01 | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | GMS Racing | 24 | Chevy | DAY | ATL 6 |
MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 79th | 01 |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | KNPSE | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | X Team Racing | 16 | Toyota | GRE 3 |
SBO 8 |
RCH 5 |
BGS 12 |
6th | 1642 | [43] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | IOW 27 |
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Gaunt Brothers Racing | 75 | Toyota | GRE 24 |
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Robert Huffman | 16 | Toyota | LGY 6 |
GRE 4 |
DOV 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenneth Presnell | 59 | Toyota | NHA 6 |
COL 2 |
NHA 12 |
K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts | Ref | ||
2011 | Robert Huffman | 59 | Toyota | PHO | AAS | MMP | IOW | LVS | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | CNS 9 |
MRP | SRP | AAS | 42nd | 318 | [44] | |||
Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | PHO 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Bill McAnally Racing | 24 | Chevy | KCR | TUS | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON 24 |
DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | LVS | MER | AAS | KCR | -* | -* | [45] |
* Season still in progress.
1 Ineligible for series championship 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.)
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF | MAD 1 |
DSF | SLM | KAN 1 |
TOL | 55th | 445 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Cunningham Motorsports | 22 | Dodge | DAY 30 |
MOB 3 |
SLM 1* |
TAL 32 |
TOL 9 |
ELK 11 |
POC 3 |
MCH 2 |
WIN 1 |
NJE 13 |
IOW 1* |
CHI 8 |
IRP 22 |
POC 3 |
BLN 13 |
ISF 2 |
MAD 2 |
SLM 5 |
DSF C |
KAN 1* |
4th | 4725 |
References
- ^ a b Hansen, Greg (January 4, 2012). "Local teen is on the fast track to stardom". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, AZ. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ http://www.speedwaymedia.com/?p=100779
- ^ http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/ARCA/Drivers/Driver-Bio.aspx?driverID=58087&SubSeriesID=9&q=Alex+Bowman%7CARCA
- ^ "Alex Bowman Condition Update". United States Auto Club. February 27, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Racer Alex Bowman". K&N Filters. 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ "Year In Review: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East". WMGT-TV. Macon, GA. January 3, 2012. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
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- ^ Hansen, Greg (September 11, 2012). "Tucsonan Alex Bowman is living NASCAR dream at top speed". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, AZ. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ "Tucson's Bowman takes 17th in NASCAR Nationwide debut". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, AZ. September 16, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ "Alex Bowman, No. 99 Penserra Securities/ Allegiant Air Toyota Camry, Kentucky Preview". RAB Racing via SpeedwayMedia. September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Bowman wins Nationwide pole at Texas". Yahoo! Sports. April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
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- ^ "2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Spencer, Lee (January 18, 2017). "Bowman doesn't know if he'll get another chance to race Cup after Daytona". Motorsport.com. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Utter, Jim (February 28, 2017). "Alex Bowman gets a Truck ride for Atlanta". Motorsport.com. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
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(help) - ^ "SPRINT CUP DRIVER ROSTER FOR PRESEASON THUNDER". NASCAR. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
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(help) - ^ "There is Still a Chance to Support Alex Bowman and the First Bitcoin Themed Car". BK Racing. August 19, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Bitcoin23 & NASCAR". Tilt.com. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Alex Bowman joins Tommy Baldwin Racing for 2015 Sprint Cup season". Fox Sports. January 30, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Spencer, Lee (January 21, 2016). "Bowman and Baldwin part ways". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ "DALE JR. TO MISS SUNDAY'S RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE". NASCAR. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ DeCola, Pat (July 17, 2016). "BOWMAN FINDS CONFIDENCE BEHIND WHEEL OF THE NO. 88". NASCAR. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Alex Bowman wins first career Sprint Cup pole at Phoenix home track". USA Today. November 11, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ^ Bruce, Kenny (November 14, 2016). "BOWMAN NEARLY STUNS THE FIELD AT PHOENIX". NASCAR. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ^ Albert, Zack (December 9, 2016). "DALE JR.: BOWMAN 'DESERVES' TO RUN THE CLASH". NASCAR. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ Engle, Greg (February 19, 2017). "Alex Bowman stages impressive run in NASCAR's Clash". Autoweek. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
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(help) - ^ "Dale Jr. endorses Bowman for the No. 88 in 2018". NASCAR. May 21, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ Pockrass, Bob (July 20, 2017). "Alex Bowman to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. in No. 88 car for 2018 season". ESPN. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ Hembree, Mike (February 11, 2018). "Alex Bowman drives Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s former car to Daytona 500 pole". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "Alex Bowman – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Alex Bowman – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Alex Bowman – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
External links
- Alex Bowman driver statistics at Racing-Reference