Alex Yontz - Bright Past, Brighter Future
Look at Alex Yontz’s racing resume and you’d guess he’s a seasoned veteran with 30-plus years of racing experience under his belt. Then, you look at Alex himself and you see that he’s still just a kid.
It started in 1993 when Alex sat behind the wheel of his first go-kart and went on to win his first title just three years later. It continues today, as Alex has made a name for himself in the UARA Late Model Stock Car Series after being a serious contender for the championship each year.
Alex will run selected races in both the Late Model Stock world and the Super Late Model world in 2009. Goals are still the same, as Alex and his team hope to be competitive each week when they go to the track.
But even before Alex went on to make a name for himself in the full-bodied stock car world, his talents were forged by winning championship after championship in Go-Karts. He was the 1996 Grand National Champion, 1997 WKA National Points Champion and 1999 Dirt World Champion. Soon after, Alex moved into Legends cars and the success continued. It cumulated with Alex winning the 2001 BFGoodrich Points Series North Carolina Championship in the Semi-Pro division.
The next logical step for Alex was into the full-bodied world of Late Model Stock Cars. Alex ran his first LMSC race at the young age of 15. In 2003, he became a full-time driver in the LMSC world, racing weekly at Orange County Speedway and qualifying for both the prestigious Taco Bell 300 at Martinsville Speedway (17th out of 100 entrants) and season-ending race at Myrtle Beach.
The 2004 and 2005 seasons were huge for Yontz. In 2004, he ran a full season with the UARA division. He won the pole in the UARA’s first-ever event at Bristol Motor Speedway, then later picked up his first UARA win, coming at Lonesome Pine Speedway. Yontz also made two starts with the ASA National Tour on superspeedways, coming at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. In 2005, Alex continued to run Late Models while also competing in four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races.
2006 was one of the most memorable seasons Alex ever had. He competed in the UARA-Stars Late Model series full time and finished second in the Championship standings in only his first year of competition with the series. He claimed three wins on his way to that second-place tally in the standings and finished off the season with numerous top-five and top-10 finishes. That still wasn’t the highlight of the year for Alex, though. The biggest moment came when he claimed the grand prize of the Late Model World, the Grandfather clock at Martinsville Speedway, as he brought home victory in the Bailey's 300 event in October of 2006.
2007 saw Alex grab two victories…one at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway (TN) and the other at Ace Speedway (NC). Alex recorded six top-five finishes and seven top-ten finishes in UARA action. Alex also ran selected ARCA events. His second trip to the Kentucky Motor Speedway resulted in a fourth-place finish.
Last season Alex was a model of consistency, finishing 14 times in the top 10 with seven of those being in the top five. Alex scored his second career win at the Bristol Motor Speedway in July and finished second in the UARA-Stars point standings. He was also featured in an article on NASCAR.com, and his car and his driving were featured in the movie “Short Track.”
As he’s proven through a still-young career full of wins, championships and other accolades, it doesn’t matter where or what he drives, Alex Yontz is a contender each week at the track. 
