Alex Figge (pronounced "figgy", born January 29, 1981) is an American race car driver born in Davenport, IA. He started racing professionally in the Star Mazda Championship, capturing one victory at Portland International Raceway in 2000 while driving for World Speed Motorsports.
In 2005, Figge made seven starts in the GT1 class of the American Le Mans Series where he earned one podium and six top-five finishes with teammate Ryan Dalziel. In 2005, he also made his Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class debut with Dalziel, where they earned a 6th place finish in their only race of the season. GRAND-AM Results , GRANDAM Road Racing In 2006, he drove a full Daytona Prototype schedule and earned three top-five finishes and finished sixteenth in driver points for Pacific Coast Motorsports, which was owned by Tyler Tedevic, Shelly Tedevic and Tom Figge. Pacific Coast Motorsports Website, Pacific Coast Motorsports,
On September 2, 2006, Pacific Coast Motorsports announced that it would enter two cars in the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, one of which was driven by Figge with teammate Dalziel. The team struggled a bit with the new equipment and series but they were generally on race pace. Dalziel was let go from the team with two races remaining in the season. Figge's best finish was eighth place in the first race of the season at Las Vegas, which was fraught with attrition. Figge's struggles continued throughout the season, finishing towards the back of the field in most races.
In 2011, Figge made his Pirelli World Challenge Debut as a Volvo Factory driver, signing for a partial season with K-Pax Racing alongside co driver Randy Pobst. In his three seasons with K-PAX Racing, Figge has celebrated five pole positions, five wins, and twelve top-five finishes. In February 2014, K-PAX Racing announced the return of Alex Figge with the addition of new teammate Robert Thorne. K-PAX to Run McLaren MP4-12Cs in PWC, SportsCar 365, February 17, 2014 The Pirelli World Challenge team also announced the switch from racing Volvos to McLaren MP4-12Cs in the new season.
1999 ! | SEB | Road Atlanta | PPI 14 | SON 13 | POR 34 | LV 28 | N.C. | N.C. | |||
2000 ! nowrap | World Speed Motorsports | AMS 23 | Sonoma Raceway 7 | Mosport Park 13 | TEX 7 | POR 1 | Road Atlanta 4 | LAG 32 | LV 30 | 7th | 189 |
2001 ! nowrap | Lightspeed Motorsports | HMS1 10 | HMS2 15 | HMS3 9 | WGI1 19 | WGI2 22 | IRP 10 | MOH1 23 | MOH2 27 | Road America 12 | Road America 11 | MOH3 11 | SEB1 6 | SEB2 15 | 16th | 88 |
2002 ! nowrap | World Speed Motorsports | MTY | LBH | MIL | LS | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | TRR | ROA | MTL | DEN | 18th | 30 |
2003 ! nowrap | Pacific Coast Motorsports | MTY | LBH | MIL | LS | POR | CLE | TOR | TRR | MOH | MTL | DEN | MIA | 9th | 87 |
2004 ! nowrap | Pacific Coast Motorsports | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR1 | POR2 | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LS | 7th | 201 |
2007 ! nowrap | Pacific Coast Motorsports ! 29 | LVS | LBH | HOU | POR | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM | SJO | ROA | ZOL | ASN | SRF | MXC | 17th | 95 ! |
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