Mike Alexander (racing driver)

Michael Clay Alexander
Born	(1957-07-31) July 31, 1957 (age 67) Franklin, Tennessee
Achievements	1984 All-American Challenge Series Champion 1983 Grand Am Stock Car Series Champion 2-time Nashville Speedway USA Track Champion
Awards	Nashville Speedway USA Hall of Fame
NASCAR Cup Series career
74 races run over 7 years
Best finish	28th (1984)
First race	1980 Music City 420 (Nashville)
Last race	1990 First Union 400 North Wilkesboro)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 11 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
71 races run over 6 years
Best finish	4th (1988)
First race	1983 Miller Time 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	1988 Winston Classic (Martinsville)
First win	1987 Hampton 200 (Langley)
Last win	1988 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 31 3
Statistics current as of November 2, 2013.

Mike Alexander (born July 31, 1957) is a retired American racing driver. He won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 1983.^[1] He also raced in Winston Cup and in the Busch Series.

Career before national racing

Alexander was the 1978 and 1992 track champion at the historic Nashville International Raceway, now known as Fairgrounds Speedway.

In 1983, driving Late Models on paved tracks for car owner Bobby Ray Jones, he won the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series national championship, and won the NASCAR Grand American Stock Car championship in its final year. Alexander won 31 of the 56 races that he entered. Most were at Nashville, Tennessee or Birmingham, Alabama (where he won the track championship), but some ranged as far as South Carolina or Florida. He was born to a family well-known in the Nashville automotive scene who operated several area franchised dealerships.^[1]

2020 Brought Alexander back to the fairgrounds with ARCA driver Mason Mingus behind the wheel of the famed 84 throwback to the BRJ days in the 80’s. The two paired up with longtime Fairgrounds member Ben Pruitt and Mark Lawson. 2021 plans are the same as 2020 with Mingus driving and Alexander on top of the box.

NASCAR career

Winston Cup Series

Alexander began his national-level racing career in the Winston Cup Series. He made the field in the Music City 420 in 1980 and performed fairly well, finishing tenth. He ran part of the 1981 season for Bob Rogers. Most of his finishes in 1981 were in the Top 15 (if he was running). He ran most of the first 22 races in 1984 for car owner Dave Marcis with limited success. In 1985 he ran a partial schedule for Sims Brothers and Sadler Brothers. He drove for the Stavola Brothers for the final 16 races in 1988, substituting for the injured Bobby Allison.^[1] He had his greatest success in 1988, with six top-ten finishes in 18 starts, including a career best 3rd-place finish at the season finale at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. In 1989, Alexander drove the Stavola Brothers car at Daytona, but he was hampered by the effects of an injury in the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL the previous December, and resigned from the ride.^[1] His final stint in Cup was the first seven races for Bobby Allison Motorsports in 1990.

Busch Series

Alexander ran a partial season in the Busch Series in 1986. He ran full-time in 1987 and 1988, and had a win in both seasons (1987 Langley Speedway) and (1988 Hickory Motor Speedway). He had three career poles. He had 31 Top 10 finishes in his 71 Busch starts.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston 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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1980	Ulrich Racing	40	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV 10	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT	NA	0	[2]
1981	Rogers Racing	37	Olds	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR 13		BRI 12	NWS 11		MAR 10			DOV 21											DAR 20									29th	1784	[3]
			Buick					ATL 33			DAR 36		TAL 21	NSV 11		CLT 27	TWS	RSD	MCH 32	DAY 7	NSV 27	POC 17	TAL 35	MCH 10	BRI 25		RCH 32	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR
	Gordon Racing	24	Buick																														ATL DNQ	RSD
1983	Zervakis Enterprises	01	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	BRI	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR Wth	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD		NA	-	[4]
1984	Marcis Auto Racing	71	Olds	DAY 21	RCH 21	CAR 11	ATL 31	BRI 29	NWS 21	DAR 32	MAR 31	TAL 17	NSV 13	DOV	CLT 16	RSD 31	POC	MCH 23	DAY 22	NSV 12	POC	TAL 17	MCH 24	BRI 7	DAR 34	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	RSD		28th	1862	[5]
1985	Sims Brothers Racing	84	Chevy	DAY 12	RCH	CAR	ATL 34	BRI	DAR 23	NWS	MAR 29	TAL 31	DOV	CLT 24	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY 13	POC	TAL															35th	1046	[6]
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Chevy																		MCH 13	BRI 26	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS 26	CLT 18	CAR	ATL	RSD
1988	Stavola Brothers Racing	12	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH 10	DAY 15	POC 15	TAL 25	GLN 5	MCH 23	BRI 18	DAR 14	RCH 17	DOV 7	MAR 29	CLT 21	NWS 9	CAR 6	PHO 27	ATL 3			32nd	1931	[7]
1989		84		DAY 27	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL			81st	82	[8]
1990	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12	Buick	DAY 41	RCH 14	CAR 16	ATL 23	DAR 19	BRI 23	NWS 17	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			38th	682	[9]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1984	Marcis Auto Racing	Oldsmobile	42	21
1985	Sims Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	29	12
1989	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	22	27
1990	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	15	41

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1983	Alexander Racing	84	Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT 38	HCY	MAR	146th	49	[10]
1984			Pontiac	DAY 39	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	DAR	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	CLT	HCY	CAR	MAR							97th	46	[11]
1985			Buick	DAY	CAR	HCY	BRI	MAR	DAR	SBO	LGY	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT 33	HCY	CAR	MAR									100th	-	[12]
1986			Pontiac	DAY 33	CAR 11	HCY	MAR							CLT 8													DAR 11	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU	CLT 8	CAR	MAR					27th	1102	[13]
			Chevy					BRI 22	DAR	SBO 18	LGY 17	JFC	DOV		SBO 21	HCY 26	ROU	IRP 14	SBO	RAL	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI
1987			Buick	DAY 39	HCY 2	MAR 5	DAR 23	BRI 8	LGY 1*	SBO 20	CLT 25	DOV 12	IRP 13*	ROU 14	JFC 2*	OXF 44	SBO 8	HCY 2	RAL 16	LGY 6	ROU 21		JFC 3	DAR 21	RCH 6	DOV 15	MAR 4	CLT 16	CAR 40	MAR 2									6th	3367	[14]
		03	Pontiac																			BRI 15
1988		84	Buick	DAY 7	HCY 1*	CAR 2	MAR 4	DAR 11	BRI 13	LNG 9	NZH 18	SBO 2	NSV 9	CLT 9	DOV 10*	ROU 5	LAN 5	LVL 4	MYB 20	OXF 43	SBO 20	HCY 18	LNG 8	IRP 11	ROU 2	BRI 2	DAR 7	RCH 24	DOV 22	MAR 2	CLT 26	CAR 17	MAR 22						4th	3966	[15]

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	ATSS	Pts	Ref
1984	Sims Brothers Racing	96	Pontiac	DAY	ATL	TAL	CSP	SMS	FRS	MCS	LCS	IRP	TAL 33	FRS	ISF	DSF	TOL	MGR	108th	-	[16]
1985	Alexander Racing	84	Chevy	ATL	DAY	ATL	TAL	ATL 2	SSP	IRP	CSP	FRS	IRP	OEF	ISF	DSF	TOL		72nd	-	[17]

References

1. Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 11-15.
2. "Mike Alexander – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
3. "Mike Alexander – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
4. "Mike Alexander – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
5. "Mike Alexander – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
6. "Mike Alexander – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
7. "Mike Alexander – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
8. "Mike Alexander – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
9. "Mike Alexander – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
10. "Mike Alexander – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
11. "Mike Alexander – 1984 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
12. "Mike Alexander – 1985 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
13. "Mike Alexander – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
14. "Mike Alexander – 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
15. "Mike Alexander – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
16. "Mike Alexander – 1984 Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
17. "Mike Alexander – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

External links

• Mike Alexander driver statistics at Racing-Reference