Alex Guenette (born April 25, 1996) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 39 for JASS Racing with XEMIS Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 92 Chevrolet Camaro SS for DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports. He has also competed in other series, most notably the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series.

Racing career

Early years Guenette began his racing career at the age of seven, his father and grandfather being professional race car drivers. Before stock cars, Guenette raced go-karts, motocross and four-wheelers. He tested stock cars in 2011 at the age of fifteen, was rookie of the year in the 2012 Quebec Super Truck Series and finished second in the 2013 World Series of Asphalt. A longstanding tradition of Guenette's is to eat Tim Hortons on race mornings.

ARCA Racing Series Guenette ran one ARCA race, at Talladega Superspeedway in 2014 for Mario Gosselin, a fellow Canadian. He finished 20th, two laps down.

NASCAR Canada Series Guenette ran the entire Canadian Tire Series schedule in 2013. Running Dodges for Jacombs Racing, he posted two top-fives and another three top-tens in the No. 39, compared to two did not finishes. Of the top-fives, the best finish was a second place at Autodrome St. Eustache. He received major funding from Motos Illimitees, DLGL, and Kawasaki. Guenette was the series' most popular driver in 2013. In 2014, he ran four races in the No. 39, but with grandfather Jacques Guenette as the owner. He posted a best finish of second, which he accomplished twice, once at St. Eustache and once at Circuit ICAR.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Guenette's first Truck start came for Gosselin, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, driving the No. 39 Chevrolet Silverado, running double duty with the NASCAR Pinty's Series race that weekend. He was running near the top ten until oil line issues hampered Guenette's effort, and he finished 25th. In 2014, both of his starts came at Martinsville Speedway. In the spring race, he start and parked for Gosselin, finishing last after running only 32 laps. For the fall, Guenette was picked to drive the No. 32 Chevrolet Silverado for Turner Motorsports. In final practice, he posted the fastest ten-lap average. He qualified twelfth and finished ninth after a flat tire dropped him from sixth.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Guenette made his Xfinity debut on May 14, 2016 in the Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200. Driving the No. 97 for Obaika Racing, he finished fifteenth in his heat and twenty-seventh in the main race. Returning to the No. 97 at Pocono Raceway a few weeks later, Guenette posted his best career finish and only lead lap finish, a 24th. Running a third race for Obaika at Daytona International Speedway, an early wreck eliminated him from contention. For the series' next race at Kentucky Speedway, Guenette signed with fellow Canadian team King Autosport, finishing 26th. Guenette did not return to NASCAR competition in 2017.

In 2023, Guenette returned to NASCAR competition in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at the Chicago Street Course driving the No. 36 Chevrolet for DGM Racing.

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

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2016 Obaika Racing 97 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV27 CLT POC24 MCH IOW DAY38 49th 49 King Autosport 90 KEN26 NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 2023 DGM Racing 36 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC15 ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN 53rd 27 91 DAY38 DAR KAN BRI TEX Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Toyota ROV33 LVS HOM MAR PHO 2026 DGM Racing withJesse Iwuji Motorsports 92 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN28 DOV CLT NSS POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

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 Pts Ref 2013 DGM Racing 39 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP25 IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 70th 19 2014 74 DAY MAR36 KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL 54th 43 Turner Scott Motorsports 32 MAR9 TEX PHO HOM

Canada Series NASCAR Canada Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1314 Pts Ref 2013 Jacombs Racing 39 Dodge MSP DEL MSP ICAR MPS SAS ASE CTR RIS MSP BAR KWA 10th 368 2014 Guenette Racing MSP ACD ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR RIS MSP BAR KWA 17th 161 2019 Guenette Racing 39 Dodge MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS MSP ASE 23rd 107 22 Racing 18 Chevy NHA JUK 2021 Rick Ware Racing 52 Dodge SUN SUN CTR ICAR5 MSP11 MSP10 FLA8 DEL7 DEL4 DEL18 7th 347 2022 Dave Jacombs Racing 39 Ford SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EDM SAS SAS CTR OSK ICAR MSP DEL 23rd 144 2023 Ed Hakonson Racing 3Chevy SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EIR SAS SAS CTR OSK OSK ICAR MSP DEL 7th 493 2024 22 Racing 39 MSP ACD AVE RIS RIS OSK SAS EIR CTR ICAR MSP DEL AMS 13th 214 2025 JASS Racing MSP RIS EDM SAS CMP ACD CTR ICAR MSP DEL DEL AMS 10th 259 2026JASS Racing with XEMIS Racing MSP ACD ACD RIS AMS AMS CMPEIREIR CTR MAR ICAR* MSPDEL9th412

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2014 DGM Racing 17 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL20 TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 113th 130

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2016 David Gilliland Racing 98 Toyota SNM ROU HCY16 TCM GRE ROU CON MYB HCY SNM 56th 17

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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