Alex Lloyd (racing driver)
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Alex Stewart Lloyd (born December 28, 1984) is a former British
Junior racing career
Lloyd was born in Manchester, England. At the age of nine, he began kart racing in the British Super One Championship and the European championship. In 1999, at age 14, he became the British Open Champion in kart racing. In 2000, he began testing Formula Ford cars.
In 2001, he moved into Formula Ford racing, placing second at a European Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps. He also finished in 13th place in the prestigious Formula Ford Festival. During the winter, he raced in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, placing third in the championship. He graduated to the main Formula Renault series in 2002, finishing ninth in the championship.
During 2003 Lloyd earned the
Formula One and IndyCar
In 2004, Lloyd conducted his first
Lloyd continued to struggle to find financial backing in 2005, only taking in 2 races in
Move to the United States
For the
For the
On the basis of this dominating performance, and following an Indycar test, on 17 October 2007, Lloyd was signed as a driver in
On 10 April 2008, it was announced that
In 2010 Lloyd teamed with Dale Coyne Racing to drive the number 19 car sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. He finished fourth for the team in the 2010 Indianapolis 500, his best performance to date in an IndyCar race. Lloyd would also win the Firestone tire-ific Move of the Race for his performance at Texas, and finished the year as the best of all rookies, thereby winning the Rookie of the Year award.
Still without funding, Lloyd started 2011 without a full-time drive. However, leading up to the
In 2014, Lloyd competed in three races in the
Other ventures
Since 2012, Lloyd has reviewed production cars for outlets including as the Editor-at-Large of Yahoo Autos.
Personal life
Lloyd and his wife Samantha live in California with their four children. Their second daughter, Bethany, was due to be born on May 24, 2009, the same day Lloyd was scheduled to race in the Indianapolis 500, generating significant media attention.
Motorsports career results
American open–wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Indy Lights
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
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2006
|
AFS Racing | HMS
|
STP1 10 |
STP2 3 |
INDY 5 |
WGL 17 |
IMS 1 |
NSH DNS |
MIL | KTY 16 |
SNM1 2 |
SNM2 1 |
CHI 4 |
7th | 294 | ||||
2007
|
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
|
HMS 1 |
STP1 1 |
STP2 1 |
INDY 1 |
MIL 1 |
IMS1 2 |
IMS2 2 |
IOW 1 |
WGL1 3 |
WGL2 1 |
NSH 11 |
MDO 22 |
KTY 2 |
SNM1 1 |
SNM2 DNS |
CHI 2 |
1st | 652 |
IndyCar
Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008
|
Rahal Letterman Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Dallara IR-05 | 16 | HI7R V8
|
HMS
|
STP | MOT1 | LBH1 | KAN | INDY 25 |
MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | SRF2 | 38th | 10 | [3] |
2009
|
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Chip Ganassi Racing |
99 | STP | LBH | KAN | INDY 13 |
MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | TOR | EDM | KTY | MDO | SNM | CHI | MOT | 30th | 41 | [4] | |||||
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 40202 | HMS 8 |
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2010
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 19 | SAO 18 |
STP 23 |
ALA 23 |
LBH 19 |
KAN 19 |
INDY 4 |
TXS 8 |
IOW 13 |
WGL 25 |
TOR 23 |
EDM 18 |
MDO 13 |
SNM 10 |
CHI 21 |
KTY 13 |
MOT 21 |
HMS 12 |
16th | 266 | [5] | ||||
2011
|
STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY 19 |
TXS1 14 |
TXS2 24 |
MIL 22 |
IOW 13 |
TOR | EDM | MDO | NHM 13 |
SNM | BAL | MOT | KTY 26 |
LVS3 C |
27th | 85 | [6] |
- 1 Run on same day.
- 2 Non-points race.
- 3 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldondied from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Dallara | Honda | 19 | 25 | Rahal
|
Retired (contact) |
2009 | Dallara | Honda | 11 | 13 | Schmidt
|
Completed every lap |
2010 | Dallara | Honda | 26 | 4 | Coyne | Completed every lap |
2011 | Dallara | Honda | 30 | 19 | Coyne | 198 laps completed |
Pirelli World Challenge
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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2014 | CRP Racing | STP | LBH | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | DET 1 | DET 2 | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | TOR 1 | TOR 2 | MDO 1 11 |
MDO 2 22 |
SNM 1 DNS |
SNM 2 17 |
UTA 1 14 |
UTA 2 22 |
References
- ^ "How to go rallying on a budget".
- ^ "Conquering America's longest, toughest endurance race | Yahoo Autos Videos - Yahoo Screen". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015.
- ^ "Alex Lloyd – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Alex Lloyd – 2009 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Alex Lloyd – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Alex Lloyd – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.