Alon Day

Alon Day (Hebrew: אלון דאי, born November 4, 1991) is an Israeli professional stock car racing driver. He is the first Israeli driver to compete in an IndyCar-sanctioned series.^[1] He is also the first Israeli to compete in one of NASCAR's top three touring series. He currently competes part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 40 and No. 13 Dodge Challengers for MBM Motorsports.

Racing career

Day in his Xfinity Series car at Road America in 2016.

Day won the Asian Formula Renault Challenge championship in 2009.^[2] He then drove in the German Formula Three Championship in 2010, racing with the Performance Racing team. He finished ninth in points with a best finish of fourth (twice). He returned to the series in 2011 driving for HS Engineering. He improved to fourth in points and captured two podium finished of third place. He also won the pole for the second race at Sachsenring. He made six starts in Formula Three Euroseries (two race meets – Norisring and Silverstone Circuit) and drove in two races in Austria Formula 3 Cup, good enough for eighth in that championship. In 2012 Day's career transitioned to North America where he signed to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights series with Belardi Auto Racing. Day made six starts for the team before they amicably parted ways in June after qualifying at the Iowa Speedway.^[3]

In 2016, Day was named a member of the 2016–17 NASCAR Next program.^[4] In August, he joined MBM Motorsports for his Xfinity Series debut at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, making Day the first Israeli to compete in a major NASCAR touring series.^[5] The effort was supported by Jewish environmental/waterfront property lawyer David Levin, who provided Day with $60,000 from his retirement account to fund the car.^[6] After qualifying 22nd,^[7] Day capitalized on the rainy conditions to enter the top ten, where he ran for most of the race before finishing 13th.^[8] Day returned at Road America, driving the No. 13 for MBM and finishing 30th^[9] after he was forced off course late in the race. In September, Contreras Motorsports hired Day to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.^[10]

Personal life

Day was born in Ashdod and currently lives in Tel Aviv.^[10]

Racing record

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
2009	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	March 3 Racing (1–4) Top Speed Racing Team (5–12)	14	6	4	7	13	293	1st
2010	German Formula Three Championship	Performance Racing	18	0	0	0	0	26	9th
2011	German Formula Three Championship	HS Technik Motorsport	18	0	1	2	2	62	4th
	Formula 3 Euro Series	Team HS-Engineering	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Austrian Formula Three Series	Team HS-Engineering	2	2	0	0	2	40	8th
2012	Firestone Indy Lights	Belardi Auto Racing	6	0	0	0	0	147	12th
2013	FIA GT Series	HTP Gravity Charouz	12	1	0	1	5	80	5th
2014	FIA GT Series	BKK Mobil Oil Racing Team Zakspeed	14	0	0	1	2	60	15th
2015	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	12	3	2	3	4	627	2nd
2016	NASCAR Xfinity Series	MBM Motorsports	1	0	0	0	N/A	-†	N/A

† Guest driver - Ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	D.C.	Points
2011	HS Engineering	Volkswagen	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 7	NOR 3 12	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 7	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	NC†	0†

† As Day was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2012	Belardi Auto Racing	STP 12	ALA 6	LBH 11	INDY 8	DET 8	MIL 7	IOW DNS	TOR	EDM	TRO	BAL	FON	12th	147

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	HTP Gravity Charouz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Pro	NOG QR 3	NOG CR 3	ZOL QR 7	ZOL CR Ret	ZAN QR 2	ZAN CR 1	SVK QR 10	SVK CR Ret	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 7	BAK QR 12	BAK CR 4	5th	80

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts
2016	MBM Motorsports	40	Dodge	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH 13	BRI												109th	0¹
2016	MBM Motorsports	13	Dodge																							ROA 30	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	109th	0¹

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts
2016	Contreras Motorsports	71	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA 24	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM 26	62nd	16

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NWES	Points
2015	CAAL Racing	54	Chevrolet	VAL 9	VAL 19	VEN 11	VEN 9	BRH 10	BRH 3	TOU 4	TOU 8	UMB 1	UMB 16	ZOL 1	ZOL 1	2nd	627
2016	CAAL Racing	54	Chevrolet	VAL 6	VAL 1	VEN 16	VEN 13	BRH 3	BRH 1	TOU 16	TOU 4	ADR 2	ADR 1	ZOL 7	ZOL 3	3rd	614

¹ Ineligible for series points

References

↑ Belardi signs Israeli driver for Indy Lights campaign, Racer, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-21
↑ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/19970/
↑ Belardi Auto Racing and Alon Day part ways, IndyCar, June 27, 2012, Retrieved 2012-06-27
↑ "FUTURE STARS UNVEILED IN NASCAR NEXT 2016-17 CLASS". NASCAR. May 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ Knight, Chris (July 23, 2016). "NASCAR Next's Alon Day To Make XFINITY Series Debut At Mid-Ohio". Catchfence. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
↑ Gluck, Jeff (August 13, 2016). "Alon Day poised to make NASCAR history as first Israeli driver". USA Today. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
↑ "2016 Mid-Ohio Challenge". Retrieved August 17, 2016.
↑ Kraft, RJ (August 13, 2016). "NASCAR NEXT'S ALON DAY HAS STRONG SHOWING AT MID-OHIO". NASCAR. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
↑ "2016 Road America 180". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
1 2 Levin, David (September 21, 2016). "NASCAR's First Israeli Driver to Compete in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series". Florida Waterfront. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

External links

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MBM Motorsports

Personnel

Drivers

Xfinity Series	(13) Mark Thompson / Josh Reaume / D. J. Kennington / Matt DiBenedetto / Timmy Hill / John Jackson / Carl Long / T. J. Bell / Harrison Rhodes / Stanton Barrett / Alon Day / Brandon Hightower (40) Derek White / Carl Long / Josh Wise / T. J. Bell / John Jackson / Timmy Hill / Chris Cook / Alon Day (72) John Jackson

Former drivers

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