Alexander laid to rest; Memorial set in Charlotte

By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
October 10, 2001
9:27 AM EDT (1327 GMT)

MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. -- Blaise Alexander had a short career in the upper divisions of stock car racing, but the young man made a tremendous impact on the sport.

Blaise Alexander

On a brilliantly sunlit, crisp Northeast Pennsylvania day Tuesday, about 1,000 family, friends and associates laid Alexander, 25, to rest in a cemetery close by his home, overlooking a tree-covered mountain range near Williamsport, Pa.

A memorial service for the former NASCAR Busch Series driver will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Charlotte, N.C.

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Services for Alexander, a former karting champion who was striving to develop a stock car racing career, were attended by NASCAR and ARCA car owners including Felix Sabates, Joe Falk and Bob Schacht; a number of ARCA officials including president Ron Drager; and numerous drivers, including Kerry Earnhardt.

Alexander suffered fatal head injuries in a two-car accident last Thursday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., while racing for the lead in the ARCA RE/MAX Series EasyCare 100. Earnhardt, who crashed with Alexander, was uninjured.

The Alexander family has asked that no flowers be sent, but instead that those wishing to help make a charitable donation to:

The Blaise Alexander Jr. Memorial; Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northeast Pennsylvania; 515 Sandhill Rd.; Montoursville, PA 17754 (800-489-9474).