Chris Alajajian

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**Chris Alajajian**
Born:	October 31, 1986 (age 20) Sydney, NSW, Australia
Occupation:	Racecar driver
Website:	http://www.thechris.com.au

Chris Alajajian (October 31, 1986) is an Australian race car driver.

In 2004 he won the Australian Production Car Championship (Australian Procar Series), becoming the youngest ever driver to win an Australian championship and contested some Australian Formula Three races with Piccola Scuderia. He also raced in the Australian Performance Car Championship.

Continuing in Australian Formula 3 in 2005, Alajajian started the year with Astuti Competition, before moving to Protecnica Racing. He finished 3rd in the championship. Chris also won a number of races in the Australian Performance Car Championship with Protecnica Racing.

Chris will continue his association with Protecnica Racing when he makes his debut in the V8 Supercar Development Series at Queensland Raceway in July.

At Bathurst on Friday 6 October 2006 Alajajian was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of New Zealand racing driver Mark Porter. Porter's car spun in a section at the top of the mountain and was hit from behind by Alajajian and stalled, sitting sideways on the track. As fellow driver David Clark came around a blind corner he swerved to try and avoid Porter's car but slid sideways into the drivers door. Porter was airlifted to hospital with serious head and chest injuries but passed away in late afternoon of Sunday 8th October as the feature race was concluding. The incident was completely unavoidable as it occurred in a section of track that is blind to following drivers.