BLAKE ALEXANDER HEADS INTO SECOND SEASON PARTNERED WITH JIM HEAD RACING

by Bobby Bennett    Fri, 2021-03-12 08:40

 

If there's one thing Blake Alexander has learned in a year of driving for Jim Head, it's that attention to detail is paramount. It's not that Alexander, a talented driver who has won in Top Fuel dragster but still seeking his first in Funny Car, didn't exercise this approach.

It's just when you work with Head; the level is pretty high.

"Never scared to try new things and learn a lot about how to do business operationally, from a racing perspective, and it parlays over from his other business," Alexander added. "We're business partners. We operate together, but separately. At the end of the day, we both have responsibility to each other to do well and we always are striving for that."

Alexander has raced on his own, but now that he's officially a business partner in the venture with Jim Head Racing. Still, Alexander races as if he's a hired driver in analyzing every move he makes while behind the wheel.

"Quite a bit more than when I just owned the car and drove it," Alexander admitted. "Obviously that's not a bad thing to try to always seek perfection, even though it's kind of impossible."

He may not concede to being perfect, but Alexander believes he's developed into a much better driver.

"Certainly there's different things that you do over here and it's made me more diverse, I guess you could say," Alexander explained. "I've enjoyed getting to learn from all the guys over here."

Alexander brings to the game a strong lineup of sponsors for 2021.

"This is my sixth or seventh year with Pronto now, and Monroe Gates Champion, Fel-Pro, Timken," Alexander said. "A lot of these guys have been sponsoring me since I was 17 years old, so now 16 years or something like that. So I have the good fortune of being aligned with people who have supported my dream and it's turned into a reality. Sometimes a harsh reality out here, but I'm very blessed that I get to continue doing it."

While Alexander enjoyed his time racing in Top Fuel, being back in a Funny Car is home.

"Personally, I don't miss driving a Top Fuel car," Alexander said. "These [Funny Cars] are a lot more fun to drive. Once you've driven one of these and then you drive a car that you don't steer, it doesn't interest me as much.

"Every run is an adventure, and you get to see more action upfront. Top fuel cars, sometimes you got to check and see if it blew up, even though you heard it. These things you don't ever have to check."

 

 

 

 
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