Know Your Driver: Alex Bowman

Alex Bowman

Name: Alex Bowman

            Nickname: N/A

Date of Birth: April 25, 1993 (age 21)

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Family: N/A

First Career Start: February 23, 2014 (Daytona)

Car Number and Make: #7 Chevrolet SS

Primary Sponsors:

• Nikko (Toy State)
• Golden Corral

Team: Tommy Baldwin Racing

           

Teammates: N/A

Best Career Points Finish: 35th (2014)

Career Victories: 0

           

Notable Wins: N/A

Description: Despite only one year of Sprint Cup racing under his belt and no eye-popping statistics to show for it, you'd be surprised to hear anyone in the garage say that Bowman is lacking in talent.

The 21-year-old from Arizona has already shown promise in NASCAR's second tier XFinity (formerly Nationwide) Series, running a full season for RAB Racing in 2013 and winning the pole at both Texas races while notching six top 10 finishes over the course of the season. 

A lack of sponsorship was going to keep Bowman from racing for RAB again in 2014, so he took a shot with the relatively new BK Racing team in the Sprint Cup Series with no prior experience at NASCAR's top level. Bowman, as well as his BK Racing teammates, struggled to compete, with Bowman only scoring just one top 20 finish, that one coming at the July Daytona race.

However, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took notice of Bowman's talent and let him run two races for his XFinity team, finishing 12th at Charlotte and 17th at Phoenix. Bowman made a move over to Tommy Baldwin Racing before the 2015 season began in hopes of running better cars and there is a possibility that Bowman could run more races for Earnhardt's XFinity team this season. Don't sleep on this driver, given the right opportunity, Bowman could really turn some heads.

Fun Facts: Bowman is a big fan of drift cars and the television series "The Walking Dead", stating it more than a few times on social media.