Alx Danielsson | |||||||
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Nationality | Swedish | ||||||
Born | Östersund, Sweden | 1 April 1981||||||
Swedish V8 Thundercar Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2013 | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2000 2001–2003 2002 2004 2005–2007 2005–2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2013 2014, 2016 | Swedish Formula Ford Zetec British Formula Ford British Formula Ford Winter Series Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula 3000 Euroseries Ferrari Scandinavia Challenge Swedish Touring Car Championship Camaro Cup NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Nationwide Series ARCA Racing Series | ||||||
Championship titles | |||||||
2000 2002 2006 2009 | Swedish Formula Ford Zetec British Formula Ford Winter Formula Renault 3.5 Series Ferrari Scandinavia Challenge | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2013 position | 86th | ||||||
Best finish | 86th (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2013 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of 16 November 2013. |
Dennis Mikael Alexander "Alx" Danielsson [1] (born 1 April 1981) is a Swedish racing driver and the 2006 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He currently competes in the Swedish V8 Thundercar Series and as a fill-in driver on the Monster Jam circuit.
Danielsson's career started in karting in 1998, where he stayed until 1999 before moving up to Formula Ford. In 2004 Danielsson progressed to Formula Renault V6 in Europe and Asia before moving onto the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in Europe.
In 2006 he was racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the British team Comtec Racing and doing exceptionally well. After suffering two hard crashes that could have ended his season at the Spa circuit in Belgium, he managed to take a double win at Donington on September 9 and 10 2006. He was then able to follow up the victories with a third straight victory at Le Mans on September 30 and a fourth victory in Barcelona on October 28. The following day he clinched the FR3.5 Series title via a fifth place in the last race of the season.
In May 2012 Danielsson Motorsport announced that they would be shutting down their race team. This allowed Alx to put full focus on his own racing career.
In 2013 he competed in the Swedish V8 Thundercar Series, and in March he attempted to make his NASCAR debut in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he failed to qualify. [2] So in August Danielsson made his NASCAR debut in America, driving No. 73 Chevrolet Camaro for Creation-Cope Racing in the Nationwide Series at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. [3]
Danielsson also competed in ARCA Racing Series between 2014 and 2016.
He's also drive monster trucks in Monster Jam. [4] In 2017 he won his first Racing and Freestyle title.
As a prize for winning the 2006 World Series by Renault, Alx was given a Formula 1 test. On May 18th, 2007 he drove the 2006 Renault R26 on the Stowe configuration of the Silverstone circuit. He did 50 laps on the 31 sec configuration. A few months later in August, he did demo runs with the same car at the Race Salon in Rotterdam.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Formula Renault 3.5 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | DAMS | ZOL 1 DNS | ZOL 2 DNS | MON 1 | VAL 1 8 | VAL 2 Ret | LMS 1 DNS | LMS 2 14 | BIL 1 8 | BIL 2 2 | OSC 1 4 | OSC 2 Ret | DON 1 7 | DON 2 9 | EST 1 | EST 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 15th | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Comtec Racing | ZOL 1 4 | ZOL 2 10 | MON 1 Ret | IST 1 6 | IST 2 Ret | MIS 1 6 | MIS 2 7 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 Ret | NUR 1 5 | NUR 2 2 | DON 1 1 | DON 2 1 | LMS 1 1 | LMS 2 NC | CAT 1 1 | CAT 2 5 | 1st | 112 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Nationwide 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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref | |||||
2013 | Creation-Cope Racing | 73 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH 37 | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 86th | 7 | [5] |
(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 | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Carter 2 Motorsports | 40 | Dodge | DAY 21 | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJM | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 117th | 125 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Carter 2 Motorsports | 97 | Ford | DAY Wth | 121st | 125 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Dodge | NSH 21 | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJM | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Position | Points |
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2015 | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | POR 21 | HOC 16 | BEL 18 | GBR 29 | GER 16 | SWE 20 | CAN | NOR 4 | FRA 15 | BAR 17 | TUR 19 | ITA | ARG | 21st | 17 |
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