1. Alon Day is an Israeli professional stock car racing driver.
24 Facts About Alon Day
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Alon Day competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 45 Chevrolet Camaro for Alpha Prime Racing.
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Alon Day was born and grew up in Ashdod, Israel, and currently resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish.
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Alon Day began his racing career with go-karts at the age of 10.
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Alon Day was recognized by the IDF as an outstanding sportsman, the only Israeli in a Formula sport to be accorded that status.
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Alon Day was accepted into the Israeli Air Force pilots' training course, but gave it up because of his career.
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Alon Day won the Asian Formula Renault Challenge championship in 2009, when he was 17 years old.
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Alon Day then drove in the German Formula Three Championship in 2010, racing with the Performance Racing team.
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Alon Day finished ninth in points, with a best finish of fourth.
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Alon Day returned to the series in 2011 driving for HS Engineering.
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Alon Day improved to fourth in points and captured two podium finishes of third place.
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Alon Day won the pole for the second race at Sachsenring.
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Alon Day made six starts in Formula 3 Euro Series and drove in two races in Austria Formula 3 Cup, good enough for eighth in that championship.
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In 2012 Alon Day's career transitioned to North America, where he signed to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights series with Belardi Auto Racing.
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Alon Day was sponsored by the Jewish Racing Drivers Association.
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Alon Day attained his first NASCAR win at Magione in the semifinals.
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Alon Day won the 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Most Popular Driver Award.
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In 2016 Alon Day won his fourth career NASCAR race in the opening weekend in Valencia, won the second race of the season at Brands Hatch, and at Zolder he won the Junior Trophy classification.
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Alon Day won the 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Most Popular Driver Award.
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Alon Day was the first driver of NASCAR's European circuit to earn the honor.
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Alon Day returned at Road America, driving the No 13 for MBM and finishing 30th after he was forced off course late in the race.
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In January 2017, Alon Day was recognized by Israel's Ministry Of Culture and Sport as Israel's Athlete Of The Year in the motorsports category.
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Alon Day became the first Israeli to compete in a Cup Series race.
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On October 4,2020, Alon Day won his first EuroNASCAR contest of the season at Zolder and assumed the points lead.