Alexander "Alx" Danielsson (born 1 April 1981) is a

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racing driver and the 2006 champion of the

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. He currently competes in the Swedish V8 Thundercar Series and as a fill-in driver on the

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circuit.

Career

Danielsson's career started in karting in 1998, where he stayed until 1999 before moving up to

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. In 2004 Danielsson progressed to

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in Europe and Asia before moving onto the

in Europe. In 2006 he was racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the British team

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and doing exceptionally well. After suffering two hard crashes that could have ended his season at the Spa circuit in Belgium, he managed to take a double win at Donington on September 9 and 10 2006. He was then able to follow up the victories with a third straight victory at Le Mans on September 30 and a fourth victory in Barcelona on October 28. The following day he clinched the FR3.5 Series title via a fifth place in the last race of the season. In May 2012 Danielsson Motorsport announced that they would be shutting down their race team. This allowed Alx to put full focus on his own racing career. In 2013 he competed in the Swedish V8 Thundercar Series, and in March he attempted to make his

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debut in

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, but he failed to qualify. So in August Danielsson made his

debut in America, driving No. 73

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for Creation-Cope Racing in the

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at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Danielsson also competed in

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between 2014 and 2016. He's also drive monster trucks in

. In 2017 he won his first Racing and Freestyle title.

Motorsports career results

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

ARCA Racing Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

References

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Alx Danielsson career statistics
at Driver Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Danielsson, Alx 1981 births Living people Swedish racing drivers Formula Renault V6 Eurocup drivers Formula Ford drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Porsche Supercup drivers World Rallycross Championship drivers NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers People from Östersund Sportspeople from Jämtland County DAMS drivers Comtec Racing drivers