Alx Danielsson

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Alx Danielsson
Alx Danielsson 2006.jpg
Danielsson testing in England, 2006.
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish
Born (1981-04-01) 1 April 1981 (age 43)
Östersund, Sweden
Swedish V8 Thundercar Series career
Debut season2013
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 position86th
Best finish86th (2013)
First race 2013 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
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.

Contents

Career

Danielsson racing at Donington Park, 2006. Alx Danielsson 2006 Donington.jpg
Danielsson racing at Donington Park, 2006.

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.

Formula 1

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.

Motorsports career results

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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

Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
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
15th32
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
1st112

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NNSCPtsRef
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 86th7 [5]

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
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 117th125 [6]
2016 Carter 2 Motorsports 97 Ford DAY
Wth
121st125 [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

FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213PositionPoints
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 21st17

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References

  1. "Alexander Danielsson". hitta.se. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. "Alx Danielsson - 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. "Alx Danielsson prepares for his NNS debut". Creation-Cope Racing. July 29, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  4. "Alx Danielsson Monster Jam statistics'" (in Dutch). Monster Jam. September 28, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. "Alx Danielsson – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  6. "Alx Danielsson – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. "Alx Danielsson – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Champion

2006
Succeeded by