Alex Barron (driver)

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Alex Barron
Nationality	American
Date of Birth	June 11, 1970 (1970-06-11) (age 37)
Place of Birth	San Diego, California
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	2001-2005, 2007
Teams	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Blair Racing Penske Racing Mo Nunn Racing Team Cheever CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports
Starts	62
Wins	2
Poles	0
Best finish	5th in 2002

CART Championship Car
Years active	1998-2001
Teams	All American Racers Penske Racing Dale Coyne Racing Arciero-Blair Racing
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	26th in 2000
Previous series
1997 1996	Toyota Atlantic U.S. Formula Ford 2000
Championship titles
1997	Toyota Atlantic Championship

Alex Barron (born June 11, 1970) in San Diego, California) is a race car driver. He began racing in CART in 1998 and made his first Indy Racing League IndyCar Series start in 2001.

In December 2006, Barron married a local native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Kate Kerns, an Indiana University swimmer and co-chair of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. They currently reside in San Vejo, California.

Barron succeeded in the American Toyota Atlantic series, winning that championship in 1997 under the watchful eye of Lynx Racing which has re-organized as Polestar Racing Group. In 1998, he moved up to drive for Dan Gurney's Champ Car team and stayed there in 1999 before moving to Roger Penske's team following a tragic accident that claimed the life of Uruguay's first Champ Car driver, Gonzalo Rodriguez. He drove a few events in that series in 2000 and 2001, coming close to upset victories on a couple of occasions.

Alex was the Co Rookie of the Year in the Indianapolis 500 in 2002. He has two IndyCar Series wins, one at Nashville Speedway and one at Michigan International Speedway. In 2004 and 2005 he drove for Eddie Cheever's Red Bull Cheever Racing. Red Bull sponsorship of the team ended for 2006, leaving Alex unable to remain with the team - he instead took a step backward, returning to the Champ Car Atlantic Championship for 2006 with Polestar Racing Group where he finished 14th in points.

Greg Beck signed him to run races part-time in the IndyCar Series for the 2007 season for CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports. He competed in three races, including the Indy 500.

Contents 1 Career Summary 1.1 American open wheel racing 1.1.1 CART Champ Car 1.1.2 IndyCar Series 1.1.3 Indy 500 results 2 External links

[edit] Career Summary

[edit] American open wheel racing

[edit] CART Champ Car

[edit] IndyCar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2001	Sam Schmidt	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL Ret	CHI	TX2					44th	9
2002	Blair	HMS 8	PHX Ret	CAL 12	NZR 6	INDY 4	TXS 10	PPI 10	RIR 10	KAN 8	NSH 1	MIS 12	KTY 9	STL 3	CHI 12	TX2 5			5th	366
2003	Penske/Mo Nunn/Cheever	HMS	PHX	JPN Ret	INDY 6	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH 5	MIS 1	STL Ret	KTY Ret	NZR Ret	CHI 7	CAL 10	TX2 Ret		17th	216
2004	Cheever	HMS Ret	PHX 4	JPN 12	INDY 12	TXS 3	RIR Ret	KAN 10	NSH Ret	MIL 7	MIS 11	KTY 11	PPI 10	NZR 12	CHI 12	CAL Ret			12th	310
2005	Cheever	HMS 8	PHX 13	STP 10	JPN Ret	INDY 13	TXS 14	RIR 6	KAN 13	NSH Ret	MIL 8	MIS 11	KTY 4	PPI Ret	SNM 3	CHI Ret	WGL 17	CAL 14	11th	329
2007	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	HMS Ret	STP	JPN	KAN 16	INDY 15	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	22nd	41

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
6	6	62	0	2	3	22	0	0

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	26th	4th
2003	G-Force	Toyota	25th	6th
2004	Dallara	Chevrolet	24th	12th
2005	Dallara	Toyota	22nd	13th
2007	Dallara	Honda	26th	15th

[edit] External links

• Photo sequence of astonishing 2005 Chicagoland crash with Ryan Briscoe.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patrick Carpentier	Toyota Atlantic Champion 1997	Succeeded by Lee Bentham