Alex Ellis

Alexander Ellis (born September 25, 1991) is a Canadian racing driver from St. Catherines, Ontario.

Alex Ellis began racing 2005 in karts at the age of 14. After karting, Ellis participated in a 1.2L formula car (Formula Vee)series in Canada in 2008. In 2009 he drove as a BMW Junior Driver and moved to Formula BMW Americas driving for Autotecnica and finished sixth in points with a best finish of second at Road America and captured a pole at Lime Rock Park. In 2010 he won the Jim Russell "Race of Champions" title, winning a chance to make his Firestone Indy Lights debut on August 22 at Infineon Raceway driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. He was very impressive in his Firestone Indy Lights debut, running consistently in the top 10. He ran the majority of the race in P7 before retiring due to mechanical failure.

Alex has raced since the age of 14, getting involved in the industry relatively late. Though at this disadvantage, he burst onto the racing scene with a bang, winning 11 races in his inaugural racing season, which Alex spent running the CRKC in a 4-stroke Honda racing kart. He then got into an F1-K kart, a 32hp 2-stroke. Running this at the national level, picking up 5 top 5’s of 6 races, he was a quick learner. For the 06/07 season Alex was invited to join the Canadian National Racing Team – Cameron Motorsports (CRG). With them, he ran the Florida Winter Tour, consistently running as a top Canadian . Alex then ran the SRFKC Rotax Series with 5 of 6 possible top 5 finishes. He then went to the Las Vegas “Supernationals” for the North American Title. He finished 8th of 50 drivers, aged 16-32. Going into the 2008 season, Alex signed to run Formula 1200 with TLM Racing, where he found great success; collecting 5 wins and 11 podiums of 15 races.

References

www.alexellis.ca

External links

• Alex Ellis official website