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Alex Bowman Joins Forces with Cunningham Motorsports

Filed under ARCA, Press Releases

January 19, 2012 – (Mooresville, NC) – Cunningham Motorsports and Alex Bowman will tackle the high banks of Daytona International Speedway together, when the ARCA Racing Series begins their 60th anniversary season, February 18th. With sponsorship from eBay Motors and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the first race for this combo will be the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, which is an 80 lap race that is the prelim for the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout later that evening.

The 18 year old, from Tucson, Arizona competed in two ARCA Racing Series races in the 2011 season, where he certainly got a good feel for the stock cars, when he won both of those races in his first two starts. He is the first ARCA driver to accomplish this feat, winning at Madison International Speedway in Madison, Wisconsin and Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. In addition, Bowman earned the 2011 Sunoco Rookie of the Year award in the K&N Pro Series East, finishing the season with seven top-10 finishes in 12 races. With more than 170 main event wins, 14 track titles and six national titles in Quarter Midgets, Bowman has an abundance of experience to go along with Cunningham Motorsports ARCA expertise.

An excited Bowman said, “I am really excited to join Cunningham Motorsports. This is a great opportunity for me to work with an organization that has performed so well in the ARCA Racing Series. The chance to work with Paul Andrews is the chance of a lifetime. I am going to make the best of this experience. While I am really looking forward to my first race at the famed Daytona International Speedway, we are still searching for funding to be able to run the whole season.”

As a warm up for Daytona, the team will be testing at Talladega Superspeedway in a few weeks. This season, renowned championship NASCAR crew chief, Paul Andrews will be guiding Bowman’s efforts. The #22 Dodge driver will begin his quest to visit the ARCA Racing Series victory lane for the third time, when the four hour practice begins at 1 pm EST on Thursday, February 16. Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell will take place Friday at 2 pm EST, with a final practice session on Saturday, prior to the race, at 10:00. The garage will be open for fans for a 90 minute autograph session, beginning at 12:00. The 49th ARCA event at Daytona, the 200 mile race, will follow at 4:30. SPEED will cover the race live, with all on-track events also available at arcaracing.com. Follow Cunningham Motorsports on twitter at Cunningham_race.

- Cunningham Motorsports Press Release