# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-kulwicki
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:12.032Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-kulwicki"
name: "Alan Kulwicki"
slug: "alan-kulwicki"
description: "Alan Dennis Kulwicki, nicknamed \"Special K\" and \"the Polish Prince\", was an American auto racing driver and team owner with Polish origin. He started racing at local short tracks in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car touring series. Kulwicki arrived at NASCAR, the highest and most expensive level of stock car racing in the United States, with no sponsor, a limited budget and only a racecar and a borrowed pickup truck. Despite starting with meager equipment and finances, he earned the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award over drivers racing for well-funded teams."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1954–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlanKulwickiSearsPoint1991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1954-12-14"
deathDate: "1993-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.29
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.60326266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "آلن کول‌ویکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kulwicki"
    title: "Alan Kulwicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump