Alexander "Alx" Danielsson (born 1 April 1981) is a Swedish racing driver and the 2006 champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He currently competes in the Swedish V8 Thundercar Series and as a fill-in driver on the Monster Jam circuit.

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Alx Danielsson
Danielsson testing in England, 2006.
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1981-04-01) 1 April 1981 (age 43) Östersund, Sweden
Swedish V8 Thundercar Series career
Debut season	2013
Previous series
2000 2001–2003 2002 2004 2005–2007 2005–2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2013 2014, 2016	Swedish Formula Ford Zetec British Formula Ford British Formula Ford Winter Series Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula 3000 Euroseries Ferrari Scandinavia Challenge Swedish Touring Car Championship Camaro Cup NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Nationwide Series ARCA Racing Series
Championship titles
2000 2002 2006 2009	Swedish Formula Ford Zetec British Formula Ford Winter Formula Renault 3.5 Series Ferrari Scandinavia Challenge
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2013 position	86th
Best finish	86th (2013)
First race	2013 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of 16 November 2013.

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Danielsson's career started in karting in 1998, where he stayed until 1999 before moving up to Formula Ford. In 2004 Danielsson progressed to Formula Renault V6 in Europe and Asia before moving onto the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in Europe.

In 2006 he was racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the British team Comtec Racing and doing exceptionally well. After suffering two hard crashes that could have ended his season at the Spa circuit in Belgium, he managed to take a double win at Donington on September 9 and 10 2006. He was then able to follow up the victories with a third straight victory at Le Mans on September 30 and a fourth victory in Barcelona on October 28. The following day he clinched the FR3.5 Series title via a fifth place in the last race of the season.

In May 2012 Danielsson Motorsport announced that they would be shutting down their race team. This allowed Alx to put full focus on his own racing career.

In 2013 he competed in the Swedish V8 Thundercar Series, and in March he attempted to make his NASCAR debut in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he failed to qualify.^[1] So in August Danielsson made his NASCAR debut in America, driving No. 73 Chevrolet Camaro for Creation-Cope Racing in the Nationwide Series at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.^[2]

Danielsson also competed in ARCA Racing Series between 2014 and 2016.

He's also drive monster trucks in Monster Jam.^[3] In 2017 he won his first Racing and Freestyle title.

As a prize for winning the 2006 World Series by Renault, Alx was given a Formula 1 test. On May 18th, 2007 he drove the 2006 Renault R26 on the Stowe configuration of the Silverstone circuit. He did 50 laps on the 31 sec configuration. A few months later in August, he did demo runs with the same car at the Race Salon in Rotterdam.