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Alex Barron: Years
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Barron, 35, has raced in both the Champ Car World Series and the IRL since capturing the '97 Atlantic crown. The homecoming for the Menifee, California native represents a reunion with Jim Griffith, the engineer who helped guide Barron to his Atlantic title with Lynx Racing. Griffith now owns the Polestar team along with his wife Pam and engineer Bruce Potter. Barron not only becomes an instant contender for the '06 Atlantic championship with the experienced Polestar squad, he will ... help serve as a guiding force for rookie and new 17-year-old teammate Alan Sciuto, one of America's brightest rising racing stars.
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Karting was the way Barron started – 25 years ago at the age of 9. A year later, he was racing in the San Diego Karting Association on the defunct circuit that was adjacent to Highway 94 in Jamul.
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On December 28, 2007, Bloomberg conducted a radio interview with Alex Barron, senior research analyst at Agency Trading Group on his outlook for the housing industry for 2008. Mr. Barron expressed his view that 2008 would be a very difficult year for the builders, and unless the market improved soon, some builders could potentially be facing bankruptcy. During this interview, Mr. Barron did not identify any specific names as potential bankruptcy candidates. Later in the day, Bloomberg ran a print story claiming that Mr. Barron said Beazer (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Standard Pacific (SPF), TOUSA (TOUS.PK) and WCI Communities (WCI) were the "most vulnerable" builders who "may face bankruptcy". Mr. Barron did NOT make the statement Bloomberg attributed to him. Mr. Barron made it clear to the reporter that it was not his opinion any specific builders faced bankruptcy.
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"We're happy to be sponsoring Alex in this year's championship," said Selznick, who's worked closely with Barron over the last few years to refine his own driving style. "He's going to be great for the series because of his immense talent and his efforts over the last few years have really helped me become a much better racer."
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Alex was the Co Rookie of the Year in the Indianapolis 500 in 2002. He has two indycar series wins, one at Nashville Speedway and one at Michigan International Speedway. In 2004 and 2005 he drove for Eddie Cheever's Red Bull Cheever Racing. Red Bull sponsorship of the team ended for 2006, leaving Alex unable to remain with the team - he instead took a step backward, returning to the Champ Car Atlantic Championship for 2006 with Polestar Racing Group where he finished 14th in points.
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Barron attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and was a two-sport star in football and basketball. In football, he was named an All-American by both PrepStar and Football News, ranked the Number 3 lineman in the nation by PrepStar, named to the All-South team by the Orlando Sentinel, and selected as Jeff Whittaker's Deep South Recruiting Guide South Carolina Player of the Year.
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