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🇻🇪 Alex Popow
Racing driver from Venezuela. USF Juniors. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Alex Popow
Born
9 November 1975(b. 1975)
Nationality
Venezuela
Current team
Series
USF Juniors
Status
Retired
Championships
12016
Career wins
4
Career podiums
5
Career starts
30
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
3,463
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,463Rank 5886 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Alex Popow is a racing driver from Venezuela who last raced in USF Juniors. Popow is a one-time champion (2016), with 4 wins and 5 podiums from 30 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,463 ranks Popow 5886th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2024 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2024-04-07 | NOLA | P22 | −190 |
| 2024-04-07 | NOLA | P17 | −131 |
| 2024-04-06 | NOLA | P25 | −238 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +147 | 6 Hours of the Glen 2015 | IMSA WeatherTech | P4 |
| +145 | Petit Le Mans 2014 | IMSA WeatherTech | P5 |
| +125 | Watkins Glen International 2016 | IMSA WeatherTech | P1 |
| +124 | Belle Isle Street Circuit 2016 | IMSA WeatherTech | P1 |
| +112 | Lime Rock 2016 | IMSA WeatherTech | P1 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸USF Juniors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −560 | 3,463 | |
| 2022 | ▸IMSA Prototype Challenge | Muehlner Motorsports America | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −17 | 4,023 |
| 2019 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −692 | 4,041 |
| 2017 | ▸Road to Le Mans | Eurointernational | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −300 | 4,732 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Starworks Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −116 | ||
| 2016 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Starworks Motorsport | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +289 | 4,732 |
| 2015 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Starworks Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +71 | 4,983 |
| 2014 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Starworks Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | ↑675−10 | 4,815 |
| 2012 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | TriStar Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | +2,773 | 4,123 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Popow finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Stephen SimpsonFIA Silver | 4,148 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Kimber-SmithFIA Gold | 5,193 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Colin BraunFIA Gold | 5,027 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 James FrenchFIA Silver | 2,731 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% |
| 🇧🇷 Bruno JunqueiraFIA Silver | 4,078 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% |
| 🇬🇧 Johnny MowlemFIA Gold | 3,820 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark KvammeFIA Bronze | 3,509 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% |
| 🇺🇸 Eric CurranFIA Gold | 5,371 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Ben KeatingFIA Bronze | 4,655 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🇨🇦 Christopher CummingFIA Bronze | 4,523 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🇫🇷 Kevin EstreFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,141 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇳🇿 Brendon HartleyFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇵🇹 Timo BernhardFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,942 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,876 | 🇧🇷 Suellio Almeida | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,466 |
| 5,877 | 🇫🇷 Dimitri Enjalbert | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,465 |
| 5,878 | 🇳🇱 Maurizio Basso | FIA GT Championship | 3,465 |
| 5,879 | 🇺🇸 Michael Christopher Jr. | NASCAR Truck | 3,465 |
| 5,880 | 🇺🇸 Pedro Torres | Michelin 992 Endurance Cup | 3,465 |
| 5,881 | 🇮🇹 Riccardo Cinti | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,465 |
| 5,882 | 🇧🇪 Edi Gay | FIA GT Championship | 3,464 |
| 5,883 | 🇩🇪 Lorenz Stegmann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,464 |
| 5,884 | 🇫🇷 Stephane Perrin | 24H Series | 3,464 |
| 5,885 | 🇺🇸 Wally Lambert | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,464 |
| 5,886 | 🇻🇪 Alex Popow | USF Juniors | 3,463 |
| 5,887 | 🇺🇸 Doug Taylor | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,463 |
| 5,888 | 🇬🇧 John Melsom | Le Mans Cup | 3,463 |
| 5,889 | 🇺🇸 Mark Day | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,463 |
| 5,890 | 🇩🇪 Maximilian Hackländer | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,463 |
| 5,891 | 🇺🇸 Michael Schein | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,463 |
| 5,892 | 🇺🇸 Dale Quarterley | ARCA Menards Series | 3,462 |
| 5,893 | 🇺🇸 Garrett Lowe | Racing Prodigy | 3,462 |
| 5,894 | 🇮🇹 Giovanni Gulinelli | FIA GT Championship | 3,462 |
| 5,895 | 🏳️ Olivier Piatek | Zenith Racing Series | 3,462 |
| 5,896 | 🇨🇦 Ty Fisher | Spanish F4 | 3,462 |
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