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Aztec, NM (July 9, 2007)-The 2007 season has been a wonderful learning experience for fifteen year old Alex Kennedy. Car counts in the ASA Late Model Series Northern Division this year have averaged over 42 per event! Since only the top twenty qualify on time each week and Alex had no provisionals to fall back on you would think this talented youngster might be intimidated.

Instead Alex has gone out and qualified for each of the three events despite competing against deep, talented fields. The first two races of the season Alex was running in the top ten when freak part failures doomed his finish.

Last Saturday at Madison International Speedway Alex finished eighth against the most talented field this season in any of the three ASA Late Model Series divisions. Alex outran the Challenge Division winner from the previous race as well as the defending champion of the Northern Division. Alex and his 5K Motorsports team are in mid-season form and can’t wait for the Rockford 100 on July 28th!

Mad Summer Meltdown 100 Review

Hot and humid weather greeted the stars and cars of the ASA Late Model Series for the Mad Summer Meltdown 100 at Madison International Speedway. Once again Alex Kennedy would be attacking a racetrack he had never seen before! 5K Motorsport’s Challenge Division drivers were both on hand to coach Alex on another new track with Kris Stump handling spotting duties for Alex.

“This track is a hard place to learn,” said Alex. “It doesn’t race like you think a track with so much banking would race!” Alex faced a field of forty cars on the entry list including several 2007 winners from the Challenge series and former National Champion Robbie Pyle.

This fifteen year old from Aztec, NM impressed the veterans qualifying tenth. Alex raced clean all night and came home with an eighth place finish. “The car was real tight so I had to hook it down in the dirt to get it to turn,” said Alex. “We have had some strong runs this season that came up a little short, but tonight was awesome!” About Dream Factory INC The Dream Factory, Inc. (a 501(c)(3) organization) was founded in 1980 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, by Charles Henault, a South Central Bell employee, who wanted to create a volunteer organization dedicated to granting the dreams of children with critical or chronic illnesses. Currently, there are more than 30 chapters across the United States with over 5,000 volunteers who work to produce and deliver dreams, visit children and their families in the hospital and their homes, arrange special celebrations and conduct fundraising events for individual children. This volunteer support ensures that the maximum percentage of donations are used for the procurement and distribution of dreams. “I feel so proud to represent Dream Factory Inc and bring racing to these kids that don’t get to do the fun stuff I get to do,” said Alex Kennedy.

For more information on Dream Factory Inc please check out their official website at www.dreamfactoryinc.com

Meet Alex Kennedy

Aztec, New Mexico’s Alex Kennedy had an adventurous 2006 season. Starting the year in Legends cars at the Las Vegas Road Course in January, he would have never guessed that he would end the season making his debut in the ASA Late Model Series in Nashville.

ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” show would even feature Alex during a special about young drivers! Nicknamed the “New Mexico Rising Star” at his home track of Sandia Motorsports Park, Alex lived up to that moniker with more firsts last season. Alex was named a National Ambassador for Dream Factory Inc in the off-season and will be racing in the ASA Late Model Series Northern division for 5K Motorsports in 2007. Alex has finished eighth at Madison International Speedway in just his third career start!

ESPN’s Behind the Lines

This past summer ESPN’s Mike Massaro interviewed Alex and his parents for a special “Outside the Lines” special about young drivers. “I can’t drive to Sonic to get a cheeseburger but I can drive a racecar,” said Alex. Copies of the “Outside the Lines” show are available on request and can be viewed on Alex Kennedy’s website at http://www.alexkennedyracing.com.

License to Read 2006

When he is not busy testing or racing his Late Model stock car you can find Alex giving back to his community. The 2006 License to Read Summer Reading Program was a huge success! Alex enjoyed being on the receiving end for this event, getting the kid’s autographs and pictures of the kids in the driver’s seat of his racecar.

Alex also encouraged the kids to use the library as a tool in life just as his crew uses tools to make his car go faster! This story would even make the pages of Dick Berggren’s Speedway Illustrated last year.

For more information on Alex Kennedy please check out his official website at http://www.alexkennedyracing.com/

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