DANNY O'QUINN

'Danny O'Quinn, Jr.' (born May 7, 1985) is a professional stock car racer from Coeburn, Virginia. He is currently a part-time driver in the NASCAR Busch Series for Roush Fenway Racing.

Contents

Background

Move to national driver

NASCAR career

External links

References

Background

He began racing go-karts at the age of 5 and won four championships. He won over 130 races, and one Tennessee state championship between 1992 and 1998.
In 1999 he became the street stock rookie of the year at Lonesome Pine Raceway. He moved up to a late model car in 2000 and won the track championship and the Rookie of the Year award. In 2001, he raced both at Lonesome Pine and the ARA series. He had three wins and four poles. He also attended the University of Virginia's College at Wise in 2003-2005 but put his collegiate pursuits on hold as his professional racing career took off.
In 2002, he won the UARA late model touring series national championship.

Move to national driver

Quinn moved up to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup (Southern Series) in 2003, and became the Southern Series Rookie of the Year. In 2004, he won the Food City 250 at his home race track of Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn, Virginia.^[1] He became the youngest driver to win in series history and finished seventh overall in points. In 2005, he had six starts in the ARCA series and three sixth place finishes.^[2]

NASCAR career

In the fall of 2005, O'Quinn was a contestant on . He was ultimately runner-up in the competition, but skipped the Craftsman Truck Series and proceeded directly to the Busch Series with Driver X winner Erik Darnell being inked to the Roush truck contract.
In 2006, he raced the World Financial Group #50 Ford in the Busch Series. He got his first Top-10 finish at Nashville Superspeedway after starting second, and followed it up with Top-10's at Milwaukee, ORP, Memphis and Charlotte, where he scored a career best finish of 5th.
O'Quinn was named Busch Series Rookie of the Year after the 2006 Season Finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway beating former NASCAR Winston Cup driver John Andretti and teammate Todd Kluever, among others, for the award. For 2007, O'Quinn will make occasional starts in #17 Dish Network Ford and also run part time with Mac Hill Motorsports in the #56 Chevy.

External links

★ Danny O'Quinn's profile on Roush Racing

References

1. Food City 250 results
2. ARCA Racing Driver Detail