Alex Guenette

Alex Guenette
Born	(1996-04-25) April 25, 1996 (age 25) Terrebonne, Quebec
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Achievements	2012 Quebec Super Truck Series Rookie of the Year
Awards	2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 1 year
2016 position	49th
Best finish	49th (2016)
First race	2016 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 (Dover)
Last race	2016 Alsco 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2014 position	54th
Best finish	54th (2014)
First race	2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Last race	2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
23 races run over 4 years
Car no., team	No. 52 (Rick Ware Racing)
Best finish	10th (2013)
First race	2013 Pinty's Presents the Vortex 200 (Mosport)
Last race	2021 Clarington 200 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 14 0

Alex Guenette (born April 25, 1996) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. The Quebec currently competes in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving the No. 52 for Rick Ware Racing. He has also competed in other series, most notably the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series.^[1]

Racing career[]

Early years[]

Guenette began his racing career at the age of seven, his father and grandfather being professional race car drivers. Before stock cars, Guenette raced go-karts, motocross and four-wheelers. He tested stock cars in 2011 at age fifteen, was rookie of the year in the 2012 Quebec Super Truck Series^[2] and finished second in the 2013 World Series of Asphalt.^[3] A longstanding tradition of Guenette's is to eat Tim Hortons on race mornings.^[4]

ARCA Racing Series[]

Guenette ran one ARCA race, at Talladega Superspeedway in 2014 for Mario Gosselin, a fellow Canadian. He finished 20th, two laps down.^[5]

NASCAR Pinty's Series[]

Guenette ran the entire Canadian Tire Series schedule in 2013.^[2] Running Dodges for , he posted two top fives and another three top tens in the No. 39, compared to two did not finishes. Of the top fives, the best finish was a second place at Autodrome St. Eustache. He received major funding from , , and Kawasaki.^[6] Guenette was the series' most popular driver in 2013.^[7] In 2014, he ran four races in the 39, but with grandfather Jacques Guenette as the owner. He posted a best finish of second, which he accomplished twice, once at St. Eustache and once at Circuit ICAR.^[8]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series[]

Guenette's first Truck start came for Gosselin, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, driving the No. 39 Chevrolet Silverado, running double duty with the NASCAR Pinty's Series race that weekend.^[4] He was running near the top ten until oil line issues hampered Guenette's effort, and he finished 25th.^[9] In 2014, both of his starts came at Martinsville Speedway.^[10] In the spring race, he start and parked for Gosselin, finishing last after running only 32 laps.^[11] For the fall, Guenette was picked to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado for Turner Motorsports. In final practice, he posted the fastest 10-lap average.^[12] He qualified twelfth and finished ninth^[13] after a flat tire dropped him from sixth.^[14]

NASCAR Xfinity Series[]

Guenette made his Xfinity debut on May 14, 2016 in the Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200. Driving the No. 97 for Obaika Racing, he finished fifteenth in his heat and twenty-seventh in the main race. Returning to the No. 97 at Pocono Raceway a few weeks later, Guenette posted his best career finish and only lead lap finish, a 24th. Running a third race for Obaika at Daytona International Speedway, an early wreck eliminated him from contention. For the series' next race at Kentucky Speedway, Guenette signed with fellow Canadian team King Autosport, finishing 26th.^[15] Guenette did not return to NASCAR competition in 2017.^[16]

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.)

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	NXSC	Pts
2016	Obaika Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV 27	CLT	POC 24	MCH	IOW	DAY 38																			49th	49
	King Autosport	90	Chevy																KEN 26	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM

Camping World Truck Series[]

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	NCWTC	Pts
2013	DGM Racing	39	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 25	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	70th	19
2014		74	Chevy	DAY	MAR 36	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL					54th	43
	Turner Scott Motorsports	32	Chevy																			MAR 9	TEX	PHO	HOM

Pinty's Series[]

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NPSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Jacombs Racing	39	Dodge	MSP 26	DEL 20	MSP 17	ICAR 10	MPS 10	SAS 11	ASE 2	CTR 20	RIS 6	MSP 18	BAR 5	KWA 17		10th	368	[17]
2014	Guenette Racing	39	Dodge	MSP	ACD 6	ICAR 2	EIR	SAS	ASE 2	CTR 7	RIS	MSP	BAR	KWA			17th	161	[18]
2019	Guenette Racing	39	Dodge	MSP	JUK	ACD	TOR	SAS	SAS	EIR	CTR 11	RIS	MSP	ASE			23rd	107	[19]
	22 Racing	18	Chevy												NHA 7	JUK 7
2021	Rick Ware Racing	52	Dodge	SUN 8	SUN 6	CTR 16	ICAR 5	ACD	ACD	MSP	MSP	FLA	FLA	DEL			-*	-*	[20]

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
2014	DGM Racing	17	Chevy	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL 20	TOL	NJE		MCH	ELK		CHI			BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF		KEN	KAN	113th	130

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References[]

External links[]

• Alex Guenette driver statistics at Racing-Reference