Danny O'Quinn Jr.

Daniel O'Quinn Jr. (born May 7, 1985)[1] is an American professional stock car racer from Coeburn, Virginia. Now retired, he competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and was a winner of the Roush Racing: Driver X competition.

Danny O'Quinn Jr.
O'Quinn in the No. 01 in 2009.
Born (1985-05-07) May 7, 1985
Coeburn, Virginia
Achievements2002 UARA-Stars Champion
Innagural UARA-Stars Champion (2002)
Awards2003 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division Rookie of the Year
2006 Busch Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
106 races run over 6 years
2011 position63rd
Best finish19th (2006, 2009)
First race2006 Hershey's Kissables 300 (Daytona)
Last race2011 Dollar General 300 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish65th (2007)
First race2007 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
Last race2007 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0

Background

O'Quinn began racing go-karts at the age of 7 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.[2] 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.[3]

NASCAR career
Quinn racing in the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2007

In the fall of 2005, O'Quinn was a contestant on Roush Racing: Driver X. 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 No. 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-10s 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. In 2007, O'Quinn made occasional starts in No. 17 Dish Network Ford and also ran part-time with Mac Hill Motorsports in the No. 56 Chevy.

After driving part-time in 2007 in selected races with Roush Fenway Racing. O'Quinn announced his departure from the team, due to a lack of sponsorship which prohibited from landing a full-time ride with the team. He then signed on to drive the No. 56 Chevy for Mac Hill Motorsports part-time for the remainder of the year. He made only one start in 2008 for Mac Hill, where he finished 28th at Richmond. He ended the year driving the No. 35 Team Rensi Motorsports Ford on a part-time basis, with a best finish of 40th. He signed with JD Motorsports in 2009, and drove the No. 01 Sun Drop Chevrolet Impala. Following the Food City 250 on August 21, 2009, O'Quinn left the JD Motorsports team.[4] He finished the year by start and parking for K-Automotive Motorsports and Fitz Racing. In 2011, O'Quinn joined Go Green Racing, where he ran five races.

After O'Quinn's NASCAR career stalled, he moved back to Virginia to help run the family trailer business. O'Quinn also occasionally raced at the Lonesome Pine Raceway.[5]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2006 Roush Fenway Racing 50 Ford DAY
18		 CAL
31		 MXC
26		 LVS
25		 ATL
25		 BRI
11		 TEX
32		 NSH
14		 PHO
14		 TAL
38		 RCH
20		 DAR
38		 CLT
22		 DOV
24		 NSH
10		 KEN
23		 MLW
7		 DAY
41		 CHI
31		 NHA
29		 MAR
22		 GTY
24		 IRP
6		 GLN
25		 MCH
20		 BRI
26		 CAL RCH
14		 DOV KAN
18		 CLT
5		 MEM
9		 TEX
30		 PHO
32		 HOM
35		 19th 3163 [6]
2007 Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI
21		 NSH
23		 TEX PHO NSH
29		 BRI
18		 CAL RCH
27		 DOV KAN CLT MEM
15		 TEX PHO HOM 48th 952 [7]
Roush Fenway Racing 17 Ford TAL
11		 RCH DAR CLT DOV KEN
38		 MLW
26 NHA
22		 DAY CHI GTY
Stanton Barrett Motorsports 30 Chevy IRP
22		 CGV GLN MCH
2008 Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAL LVS ATL BRI
DNQ		 NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH RCH
24		 DOV KAN 91st 205 [8]
Day Enterprise Racing 05 Chevy KEN
DNQ		 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL
Team Rensi Motorsports 35 Ford CLT
40		 MEM
42		 TEX
42		 PHO
43		 HOM
DNQ
2009 JD Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY
23		 19th 2404 [9]
01 CAL
33		 LVS
18		 BRI
37		 TEX
29		 NSH
32		 PHO
21		 TAL
37		 RCH
20		 DAR
27		 CLT
24		 DOV
21		 NSH
18		 KEN
18		 MLW
27		 NHA
26		 DAY
30		 CHI
29		 GTY
18		 IRP
34		 IOW
24		 GLN
25		 MCH
31		 BRI
32		 CGV ATL RCH
Whitney Motorsports 26 Dodge DOV
34
SK Motorsports 44 Chevy KAN
43
07 CAL
34		 CLT
37		 MEM
42		 TEX
35		 PHO
35		 HOM
35
2010 D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports 90 Chevy DAY CAL
DNQ		 LVS
38		 BRI
41		 NSH
43		 PHO
42		 TEX
39		 TAL RCH
DNQ		 DAR
40		 CLT
38		 NSH
38		 KEN
41		 ROA NHA
37		 DAY CHI
41		 GTY
37		 IRP
38		 IOW
38		 GLN MCH ATL
38		 RCH DOV
37		 KAN
39		 CAL
35		 CLT GTY
42		 TEX
DNQ		 PHO
37		 HOM
DNQ		 42nd 1043 [10]
Go Green Racing 39 Ford DOV
DNQ
Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford BRI
16		 CGV
2011 Go Green Racing 39 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX
27		 TAL NSH
26		 RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA 63rd 48 [11]
04 NSH
42		 IRP
36		 IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI
39		 DOV KAN
DNQ		 CLT TEX PHO HOM

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2007 Roush Fenway Racing 50 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH
17		 BRI
10		 GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 65th 246 [12]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMC Pts Ref
2005 Bob Aiello 62 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN
37		 TOL LAN MIL POC 39th 965 [13]
Danny O'Quinn Jr. 32 Ford MCH
6		 KAN KEN
16		 BLN POC GTW
6		 LER NSH
6		 MCH
Wth		 ISF TOL DSF CHI
12		 SLM TAL
2006 Roush Fenway Racing 39 Ford DAY
37		 NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 174th 45 [14]

References
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  2. "Food City 250". USAR Pro Cup. 2004-05-01. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  4. "JD Motorsports announces that O'Quinn leaves team". Nascar.com. 2009-08-23. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  5. Bobo, Jeff (August 20, 2014). "O'Quinn running family business a stone's throw from where his stock car career began". Kingsport Times-News. Kingsport, TN. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
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