Alon Day

Day was born and grew up in Ashdod, Israel, and currently resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish.^[4][5][6][7] His father, Avi Day, owns a geological-engineering company involved in mineral drilling, and his mother Maggi originally immigrated to Israel from France.^[8][9] He began his racing career with go-karts at the age of 10.^[10] For his bar mitzvah, his father gave him as a present a karting vehicle that cost NIS 20,000.^[8]

After high school, Day performed three years of military service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).^[5] He was recognized by the IDF as an outstanding sportsman, the only Israeli in a Formula sport to be accorded that status.^[8] He was accepted into the Israeli Air Force pilots' training course, but gave it up because of his career.^[8] If he were not a racing car driver, he would want to be a fighter pilot.^[5]

Day won the Asian Formula Renault Challenge championship in 2009, when he was seventeen years old.^[11][12] He then drove in the German Formula Three Championship in 2010, racing with the Performance Racing team. He finished ninth in points, with a best finish of fourth (twice).

Day returned to the series in 2011 driving for HS Engineering. He improved to fourth in points and captured two podium finishes in third place. He also won the pole for the second race at Sachsenring. He made six starts in Formula 3 Euro Series (two race meets – Norisring and Silverstone Circuit) and drove in two races in Austria Formula 3 Cup, good enough for eighth in that championship.

In 2012, Day's career transitioned to North America, where he signed to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights series with Belardi Auto Racing. Day made six starts for the team before they amicably parted ways in June after qualifying at the Iowa Speedway.^[13] He was sponsored by the Jewish Racing Drivers Association.^[14]

In 2015, Day made his NASCAR debut in the season opener at Valencia, posting a top-ten finish.^[15] He attained his first NASCAR win at Magione in the semifinals.^[15] At the Circuit Zolder Finals weekend, he won the Junior "Jerome Sarran" Trophy.^[15] He also won the 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Most Popular Driver Award.^[16]

In 2016, 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.^[15] He also won the 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Most Popular Driver Award.^[16]

Also in 2016, Day was named one of the eleven members of the 2016–17 NASCAR Next program, which recognizes young, successful drivers from around the world who are seeking to improve.^[17][10] Day was the first driver of NASCAR's European circuit (the Whelen Euro Series) to earn the honor.^[10] In August, he joined MBM Motorsports for his Xfinity Series debut at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, making Day the first Israeli to compete in a major NASCAR touring series.^[18] The effort was supported by Jewish Sarasota, Florida, environmental/waterfront property lawyer David Levin, who provided Day with $60,000 from his retirement account to fund the car.^[19][20][7] After qualifying 22nd, Day capitalized on the rainy conditions to enter the top-ten, where he ran for most of the race before finishing thirteenth.^[21][22] Day returned at Road America, driving the No. 13 for MBM and finishing 30th^[23] after he was forced off course late in the race. In September, Contreras Motorsports hired Day to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, in which he finished 24th.^[4][24]

In January 2017, Day was recognized by Israel's Ministry Of Culture and Sport as Israel's Athlete Of The Year in the motorsports category.^[25][20] On 11 June, Day won the NASCAR Whelen Euro race in England on 11 June at Brands Hatch.^[26] Later in June, Day joined BK Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in Sonoma Raceway's Toyota/Save Mart 350, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry.^[27] After starting 32nd, he finished in the same position.^[28] He became the first Israeli to compete in a Cup Series race.^[29] In mid-October, following a fourth-place finish at the second final of the NASCAR Whelen Euro race at Circuit Zolder, he became the first Israeli driver to win a NASCAR championship, clinching the 2017 championship title after only completing just the first lap, finishing the final standings 53 points ahead of defending and two-time series champion Anthony Kumpen.^[30]

On 17 September 2018, it was announced that Day would return to the NASCAR Cup Series driving the No. 23 Camry for BK Racing at Richmond.^[31]

In the 2019 season, Day started his season strongly after he won both races at Franciacorta and the first race at Brands Hatch.^[32][33][34] However, he would retire from both races at Most after he collided with Jacques Villeneuve in the first race and was involved in a first corner incident in the second race. Another troublesome week at Hockenheim would follow, where Day received a post-race time penalty for colliding with Stienes Longin in the first race before retiring from the lead in the second race. Day would eventually finish the season in fourth place with three wins, six podium finishes, and nine top-ten finishes.

On 4 October 2020, Day won his first EuroNASCAR contest of the season at Zolder and also assumed the points lead.^[35]

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
2009	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	March 3 Racing	6	4	2	3	5	293	1st
		Top Speed Racing Team	8	2	2	4	8
	Formula BMW Pacific	Asia Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2010	German Formula 3 Championship	Performance Racing	18	0	0	0	0	26	9th
2011	German Formula 3 Championship	HS Technik Motorsport	18	0	1	2	2	62	4th
	Formula 3 Euro Series	Team HS-Engineering	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Austria Formula 3 Cup		2	2	0	0	2	40	8th
2012	Indy Lights	Belardi Auto Racing	6	0	0	0	0	147	12th
2013	FIA GT Series	HTP Gravity Charouz	12	1	0	1	5	80	5th
2014	ADAC GT Masters	BKK Mobil Oil Racing Team Zakspeed	14	0	0	1	2	60	15th
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series	Zakspeed	2	0	0	0	0	1	28th
2015	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	12	3	4	3	4	627	2nd
2016	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	12	3	5	3	6	614	3rd
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	MBM Motorsports	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0†	109th
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Contreras Motorsports	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	16	62nd
2017	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	12	4	5	4	8	661	1st
	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series	BK Racing	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	5	44th
2018	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	12	7	6	3	9	512	1st
	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series	BK Racing	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	1	48th
2019	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	13	3	2	2	6	473	4th
2020	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	PK Carsport	10	4	5	6	6	431	1st
2021	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL Racing	12	3	3	2	5	367	6th
2022	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	PK Carsport	10	5	5	5	7	425	1st
		SpeedHouse	2	0	0	0	0
2024	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Alpha Prime Racing	1	0	0	0	0	1	76th
2025	ARCA Menards Series	Venturini Motorsports	1	0	0	0	1	43	-*
	ARCA Menards Series West		1	0	0	0	1	41	-*
Source:[36]

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Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	D.C.	Points
2011	HS Engineering	Volkswagen	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 7	NOR 3 12	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 7	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	NC†	0†
Source:[37][38]

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Complete Indy Lights results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2012	Belardi Auto Racing	STP 12	ALA 6	LBH 11	INDY 8	DET 8	MIL 7	IOW DNS	TOR	EDM	TRO	BAL	FON	12th	147	[39]

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Complete FIA GT Series results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2013	HTP Gravity Charouz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Pro	NOG QR 3	NOG CR 3	ZOL QR 7	ZOL CR Ret	ZAN QR 2	ZAN CR 1	SVK QR 10	SVK CR Ret	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 7	BAK QR 12	BAK CR 4	5th	80	[40]

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2017	BK Racing	23	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON 32	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	44th	5	[41]
2018				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH 38	ROV	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	48th	1	[42]

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Xfinity Series

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Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2016	MBM Motorsports	40	Dodge	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH 13	BRI												109th	01	[43]
		13																								ROA 30	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2024	Alpha Prime Racing	45	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC DNQ	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN 36	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	76th	1	[44]
2025	Sam Hunt Racing	24	Toyota	DAY	ATL	COA	PHO	LVS	HOM	MAR	DAR	BRI	CAR	TAL	TEX	CLT	NSH	MXC	POC	ATL	CSC	SON	DOV	IND	IOW	GLN	DAY	PIR 20	GTW	BRI	KAN	ROV	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	63rd	17	[45]

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Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2016	Contreras Motorsports	71	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA 24	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM 26	62nd	16	[46]

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Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

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NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NWES	Pts	Ref
2015	CAAL Racing	54	Chevy	VAL 9	VAL 19	VEN 11	VEN 9	BRH 10	BRH 3	TOU 4	TOU 8	UMB 1**	UMB 16	ZOL 1**	ZOL 1**		2nd	627	[47]
2016				VAL 6	VAL 1**	VEN 16	VEN 13	BRH 3	BRH 1**	TOU 16	TOU 4	ADR 2	ADR 1**	ZOL 7	ZOL 3		3rd	614	[48]
2017				VAL 20	VAL 3	BRH 3	BRH 1*	VEN 3	VEN 5	HOC 4	HOC 2	FRA 1*	FRA 1**	ZOL 1**	ZOL 4		1st	661	[49]
2018				VAL 1*	VAL 1*	FRA 1*	FRA 29										1st	512	[50]
			Toyota					BRH 21	BRH 3	TOU 2	TOU 1*	HOC 15	HOC 1*	ZOL 1*	ZOL 1*
2019			Chevy	VAL 3	VAL 4	FRA 1*	FRA 1*	BRH 1	BRH 3	MOS 20	MOS 22	VEN 8	HOC 14	HOC 26	ZOL 6	ZOL 2	4th	473	[51]
2020	PK Carsport	24		ITA 2	ITA 4	BEL 3	BEL 1*	CRO 5	CRO 1*	ESP1 6	ESP1 1	ESP2 1*	ESP2 4				1st	431	[52]
2021	CAAL Racing	88		ESP 5	ESP 19	GBR 1*	GBR 19	CZE 1*	CZE 17	CRO 5	CRO 3	BEL 17	BEL 1*	ITA 19	ITA 3		6th	367
2022	PK Carsport	24		ESP 4	ESP 1	GBR 1	GBR 16*	ITA 1*	ITA 2	CZE 4	CZE 1*			CRO 1*	CRO 3		1st	425
	SpeedHouse	40	Ford									BEL 11	BEL 27

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ARCA Menards Series

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ARCA Menards Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2025	Venturini Motorsports	25	Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	MCH	BLN	ELK	LRP 2	DOV	IRP	IOW	GLN 11	ISF	MAD	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN	TOL	59th	76	[53]

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ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	AMSWC	Pts	Ref
2025	Venturini Motorsports	25	Toyota	KER	PHO	TUC	CNS	KER	SON 3	TRI	PIR 3	AAS	MAD	LVS	PHO	26th	82	[54]

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