Danny O'Quinn Jr.

Danny O'Quinn Jr.
O'Quinn in the No. 01 in 2009.
Born (1985-05-07) May 7, 1985 (age 39)
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

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.

Background

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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

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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

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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

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NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

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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

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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

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(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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  1. ^ "Driver Danny O'Quinn, Jr. Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  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)
  3. ^ ARCA Racing Driver Detail Archived 2006-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  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. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  6. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  14. ^ "Danny O'Quinn Jr. – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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