Alex Gurney (born September 4, 1974 in Newport Beach, California) is an American professional auto racing driver, currently driving for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Gurney drives the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley, pairing with Jon Fogarty. He and Fogarty won the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Series Daytona Prototype drivers' championship.

2007 championship campaign

Gurney won the pole for the 2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona, and won his first Grand-Am race, the 2007 Mexico City 400k, in March 2007. Along with his co-driver, Jon Fogarty, the pair went on to capture seven wins and 10 poles, setting a new series record for most victories in a single season en route to the driver and team championships. Among his most spectacular drives to victory were an hour-long, wheel-to-wheel duel with Colin Braun at Barber Motorsports Park, and a textbook penultimate-lap pass on David Donohue for the win at Infineon Raceway.

The youngest son of former Formula 1 driver Dan Gurney, Alex previously competed in the Midwest Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series, Barber Dodge Pro Series, Toyota Atlantic Championship, and British Formula 3 Championship. He is happily married to his wife, Colleen, with whom he welcomed his first child, a girl named Natalie, in 2007.

Rolex Series career

(WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing/Driver results legend) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2005	GAINSCO/Blackhawk	R24 DNP	MIA DNP	FON DNP	LAG 6	MTT DNP	WG6 DNP	DAY 9	BAR 8	WGI 2	MDO 11	PHX Ret	WGI 11	VIR DNS	MEX 11	11th	175
2006	GAINSCO/Blackhawk	R24 13	MEX 13	MIA 6	LBH DNS	VIR 14	LAG 2	PHX 8	WG6 2	MDO 3	DAY 5	BAR 4	WGI 13	SON DNS	SLC 9	6th	289
2007	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings	R24 Ret	MEX 1	MIA 11	VIR 5	LAG 6	WG6 1	MDO 1	DAY 1	IOW 3	BAR 1	MON 3	WGI 1	SON 1	SLC 8	1st	408

References

• Official biography at GAINSCOracing.com