(born
July 31 ,
1957 ) was a
NASCAR Winston Cup driver.
Alexander was the
1978 and
1991 track champion at the historic
Nashville Speedway USA .
Mike began his NASCAR racing career in the
Winston Cup series. He finished 10th in his first career Cup race at the
1980 Nashville Speedway USA . He ran part of the 1981 season for
Bob Rogers . Most of his finishes in 1981 were in the Top 15 (if he was running). He ran most of the first 22 races in
1984 for car owner
Dave Marcis with limited success. In
1985 he ran a partial schedule for
Sims Brothers and
Sadler Brothers . He returned to the
Sadler Brothers for the final 16 races in
1988 . He had his greatest success in 1988, with 6 Top 10s including a career best 3rd place finish at the season finale at the
Atlanta Motor Speedway . His final stint in Cup was the first 7 races for
Bobby Allison in
1990 .
He ran a partial season in the
Busch Series in
1986 . He ran full-time in
1987 and
1988 , and had a win in both seasons (
1987 Langley Speedway (Virginia) ) and (
1988 Hickory Motor Speedway ). He had three career poles. He had 31 Top 10 finishes in his 71 Busch starts.
