Alex Figge

Alexander 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.

Career in racing Figge competed in the US Formula Ford 2000 championship in 2001, running with Lightspeed Motorsports and Cape Motorsports, then moved up to the Toyota Atlantic series where he finished eighteenth (partial season), ninth, and seventh in the standings during his three year stay from 2002 to 2004.

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 sixth place finish in their only race of the season. 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.

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.

Transition to Tafel Racing With the early 2008 merger of Champ Car with the Indy Racing League, Figge left open wheel racing in the U.S and transitioned to Sports Cars by joining Tafel Racing's No. 73 Ferrari F430 team in the American Le Mans Series' GT2 class, co-driving with team owner Jim Tafel, earning two top-6 finishes.

In 2011, Figge made his Pirelli World Challenge Debut as a Volvo Factory driver, signing for a partial season with KPAX 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 Figge with the addition of new teammate Robert Thorne. The Pirelli World Challenge team also announced the switch from racing Volvos to McLaren MP4-12Cs in the new season.

Motorsports Career Results

American open–wheel racing results (key)

Star Mazda Championship YearTeam12345678RankPoints 1999 SEB ATL PPI14 SON13 POR34 LV28 N.C. N.C. 2000 World Speed Motorsports AMS23 SON7 MOS13 TEX7 POR1 ATL4 LAG32 LV30 7th 189

USF2000 National Championship Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points 2001 Lightspeed Motorsports HMS110 HMS215 HMS39 WGI119 WGI222 IRP10 MOH123 MOH227 ROA112 ROA211 MOH311 SEB16 SEB215 16th 88

Atlantic Championship

Champ Car Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2007 Pacific Coast Motorsports 29LVSLBHHOUPORCLEMTTTOREDMSJOROAZOLASNSRFMXC 17th 95

IndyCar Series

1 Run on same day. 2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.