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Danny O'Quinn Jr.
O'Quinn in the No. 01 in 2009.
Born	(1985-05-07) May 7, 1985 (age 39) Coeburn, Virginia
Achievements	2002 UARA-Stars Champion Innagural UARA-Stars Champion (2002)
Awards	2003 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 position	63rd
Best finish	19th (2006, 2009)
First race	2006 Hershey's Kissables 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2011 Dollar General 300 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	65th (2007)
First race	2007 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
Last race	2007 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0

Daniel O'Quinn Jr. (born May 7, 1985) 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

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. 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.

NASCAR career

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. 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.

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

Craftsman Truck Series

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.)

References

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.

External links

• Official website
• Danny O'Quinn Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• Living people
• 1985 births
• People from Coeburn, Virginia
• Racing drivers from Virginia
• NASCAR drivers
• CARS Tour drivers
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• RFK Racing drivers