Alex Healy (racing driver)

{{short description|Canadian Touring Car racing driver (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Alex Healy

| image = AlexMosport 1.jpg

| caption = Alex Healy 5

| nationality = {{flagicon|Canada}} Canadian |

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|15}}

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| current series = Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC)

| first year = 2009

| current team = Alex Healy Racing

| car number = 5

| former teams = Lombardi Honda Racing

| starts = 20

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| best finish = 2nd

| year = 2009 2011 2012 2013

| awards = Inside Track Magazine Up and Coming Canadian Road Racer of the Year (2009)

}}

Image:AlexHealy2009.jpg

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Alex Healy (born January 15, 1989) is a Canadian Touring Car racing driver.

Career

After a successful stint in karting in Ottawa (NCKC), Montreal (SRA) and in the Florida Winter Tour (SRA, 2005–2008) Healy began car racing in the Canadian Touring Car Championship in 2008 in a shared car, a 2003 Honda Civic coupe, in the Touring Car class. At the end of the 2008 season, Healy purchased, with help from family and friends, a much faster 2003 Acura RSX from CTCC Super Touring Champions (2008) Krikorian Motorsports, originally built by King Motorsports as a World Speed Challenge car.See the External Link to King Motorsports below. You may need to click on the tab World Speed Challenge 2004 to see the pictures. In 2009, Healy moved up to the Super Touring Class. He finished the eight-event season in the RSX with 2 second-place finishes, and earning 7th overall in the Championship.

Inside Track Motorsports News named Alex Healy, as voted by readers in its annual Readers' Choice Awards, as Up and Coming Canadian Road Racer of the Year for 2009.Volume 13, Issue 12 – visit the Inside Track website below

In 2010, Healy signed with Lombardi Racing of Montreal and raced in the Super Touring class in a four-door Honda SI for the first two events at Mosport finishing 7th in both events. In June 2010, Alex Healy Racing announced that Healy was parting company with Lombardi on a friendly basis to return to compete in his RSX for the remaining 2010 CTCC events.

Healy returned to CTCC series in 2011 in his redesigned and upgraded RSX, and completed six of the seven scheduled events. The RSX encountered many mechanical issues throughout the 2011 season, including two transmissions and an engine failure. This resulted in a high number of DNFs. He finished the series in 8th place overall.

In 2012, Healy appointed a new crew and received increased support from his main sponsor. The RSX had a significant power train upgrade with major improvement to aerodynamics, expecting to see improved handling, performance and reliability. Healy returned to the CTCC series with sufficient funding to compete for the entire season of 8 events (16 races).

In 2013, Healy spent the pre-season doing a complete re-build of his RSX- including a new power train and revamped support systems. He completed 6 of 7 race weekends and reached the podium on five of the weekends, resulting in an overall 4th in the CTCC Super Touring championship. 2013 was his most successful season in touring car racing.

In 2014, Alex Healy tested a car for the Porche Cup series and competed in the Canadian National Karting Championships in Mont Tremblant, QC. Starting 5th on the grid of the Briggs & Stratton senior class final, he had to settle for a 14th-place finish after being hit from behind early in the race.

In 2015 Healy sold his Acura RSX to an American former pro racer based in Pennsylvania. He is taking a break from competitive racing by competing with the GASTops Chumps for Charity team and doing selected Karting events.

In 2015-2019 Alex Healy Racing (Alex Healy, Pierre Clavet, Jean-Mi Isabelle and Tyler Givogue) competed in the annual Pole Position 4-Hour Enduro at Kart-O-Mania in Montreal, winning the event in 2019 and reaching the podium in three previous events.{{CN|date=October 2024}}

Healy is the co-founder and President of RH Precision Unmanned, a Aerial Mapping & Surveying, Thermographic Inspections, and Building Sciences firm. RH Precision employs drones for engineering projects throughout Ontario and Quebec.

2013 CTCC Super Touring results

class="wikitable"
Event

! Track

! Date

! Qualifying

! Race 1

! Race 2

! Report

Canadian Tire Victoria Day Speedfest

| Mosport

| May 18, 19

| 15th

| 11th

| 6th

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220707/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/alex_healy_says_its_time_for_a_reboot_at_canadian_tire_mosport_park Report]

Formula One Weekend

| Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve

| June 7,8,9

| 7th/3rd

| 5th

| DNF

| Report

Circuit ICar

| Mirabel

| July 6,7

| 11th/6th

| 3rd

| 5th

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131210224406/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/intense_battles_and_close_racing_for_ctcc_drivers_at_circuit_icar Report]

Circuit Mont Tremblant

| Mont Tremblant

| July 26, 27, 28

| 6th

| DNF

| DNS

|Report

Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres

| Circuit Trois-Rivières

| August 9, 10, 11

| 4th

| 3rd

| 8th

|[https://archive.today/20130818114047/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/two_wins_for_karl_wittmer_and_a_first_podium_for_nick_wittmer_in_2013_at_th Report]

Canadian Tire Mosport Park

| Mosport

| August 31, Sept 1

| 5th/5th

| 4th

| 2nd

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20130913125159/http://www.touringcar.ca/news/entry/karl_wittmer_declared_b_spec_2013_champion_for_sallenbach_and_nicol_two_rac Report]

Calabogie Grand Prix

| Calabogie

| September 7,8

| 6th

| 2nd

| 3rd

| [https://archive.today/20130909201023/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/scott_nicol_declared_2013_ctcc_super_class_champion_damon_sharpe_crowned_to Report]

2012 CTCC Super Touring results

class="wikitable"
Event

! Track

! Date

! Qualifying

! Prefinal

! Race

! Report

Canadian Tire Victoria Day Speedfest

| Mosport

| May 19, 20

| 14th

| 7th

| 14th

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234409/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/unfinished_business_for_alex_healy_in_2012 Report]

Formula One Weekend

| Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve

| June 8,9,10

| DNS

| 9th

| DNF

| Report

Circuit ICar

| Mirabel

| June 23,24

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|Report

Circuit Mont Tremblant

| Mont Tremblant

| July 6, 7, 8

| 9th

| DNS

| DNS

|Report

Grand Prix of Mosport

| Mosport

| July 20, 21, 22

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|Report

3R Grand Prix

| Circuit Trois-Rivières

| August 3,4,5

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

| Report

Napa Auto Parts – NASCAR

| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

| August 16, 17,18

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|Report

Calabogie Grand Prix

| Calabogie

| September 1,2

| 4th

| 7th

| 3rd

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20121029084426/http://www.touringcar.ca/news/entry/sasha_anis_damon_sharpe_and_nick_wittmer_crowned_2012_champions Report]

2011 CTCC Super Touring results

class="wikitable"
Event

! Track

! Date

! Qualifying

! Prefinal

! Race

! Report

SpeedFest

| Mosport

| May 21, 22

| 6th

| DNF

| 5th

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831085532/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/alex_healy_racing_shakes_off_the_rust_to_earn_a_top_five Report]

Grand Prix of Mirabel

| Circuit ICar – Mirabel

| June 3,4,5

| 7th

| DNF

| DNF

|Report

Vortex Brake Pads 200

| Mosport

| June 25,26

| 9th

| DNF

| 6th

|Report

Honda Toronto Indy

| Honda Indy Toronto

| July 8, 9, 10

| 7th

| 4th

| 3rd

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324151951/http://touringcar.ca/news/entry/round_7_mini_teammates_win_1st_and_2nd_in_touring_boake_still_1st_in_super Report]

Grand Prix of Mosport

| Mosport

| July 25, 26, 27

| 7th

| 7th

| 5th

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/news/entry/spectacular_race_and_breathtaking_finish_allow_wojciechowski_and_lesage_to Report]

Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres

| Circuit Trois-Rivières

| August 5, 6, 7

| 3rd

| DNF

| DNF

| Report

Napa Auto Parts – NASCAR

| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

| August 18, 19

| 9th

| DNF

| no race

|Report

Continental Sundown Enduro at ICar

| Circuit ICar – Mirabel

| September 10, 11, 12

|

|

|

|Report

2010 CTCC Super Touring results

class="wikitable"
Event

! Track

! Date

! Qualifying

! Prefinal

! Race

! Report

SpeedFest

| Mosport

| May 22, 23

| 9th

| DNF

| 7th

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706205630/http://touringcar.ca/index.php/news/331-lombardi-honda-racing-weekend-report Report]

High Octane 200

| Mosport

| June 12, 13

| 7th

| 8th

| 7th

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/index.php/news/372-lombardi-honda-racing-weekend-report Report]

Grand Prix Mirabel

| Circuit ICar

| July 3, 4

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/index.php/news/401-cctcc-grand-prix-de-mirabel-race-report Report]

Honda Toronto Indy

| Honda Indy Toronto

| July 16, 17, 18

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/index.php/news/426-cctcc-honda-indy-toronto-feature-race-report Report]

Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres

| Circuit Trois-Rivières

| August 13, 14, 15

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/index.php/news/485-cctcc-gp3r-feature-race-report Report]

Grand Prix of Mosport

| Mosport

| August 27, 28, 29

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/index.php/news/513-grand-prix-of-mosport-feature-race-report Report]

Sundown Enduro at ICar

| Circuit ICar – Mirabel

| September 11, 12

| DNS

| DNS

| DNS

|[http://www.touringcar.ca/index.php/news/542-cctcc-icar-weekend-report Report]

2009 CTCC Super Touring results

class="wikitable"
Event

! Track

! Date

! Qualifying

! Prefinal

! Race

SpeedFest

| Mosport

| May 16, 17

| 16th

| DNF

| 15th

Shannonville

| Shannonville

| May 30, 31

| DNS

| 35th

| 11th

High Octane

| Mosport

| June 13, 14

| 16th

| 11th

| 5th

GP Mirabel

| Mirabel

| June 27, 28

| 13th

| DNF

| DNS

Honda Toronto Indy

| Honda Indy Toronto

| July 10, 11

| 12th

| 5th

| 4th

Ted Powell Memorial

| Calabogie

| July 25, 26

| 6th

| 6th

| 2nd

Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres

| Circuit Trois-Rivières

| August 14, 15

| 8th

| 3rd

| 2nd

iCar

| Mirabel

| September 5, 6

| 6th

| 7th

| 6th

References

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