Danny Johnson (born March 3, 1960) is an American Dirt Modified racing driver who has earned over 600 feature event victories at 55 different speedways in 13 states and two Canadian provinces.

Racing career

Danny Johnson began his racing career in 1979 with a win at the Canandaigua Speedway NY, and claimed his 200th victory in 2022 at the Outlaw Speedway in

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. He has also competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Lebanon Valley Speedway NY,

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NY, Ransomville Speedway NY, and

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NY. Johnson captured the 1997

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300 on the

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and won the companion 358 modified title twice, first in 1997, and then in 2006. He was crowned the overall Mr. DIRT champion in 1989, 1992, 1997 and again in 1999, and was inducted into the

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in 2019.

Personal life

Johnson comes from a racing family. As he was growing up, his father, Milt, was racing at Central New York tracks and building race engines. Eventually his older brother

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got into the driver's seat, and in 2018, Daniel Johnson, Danny's son, began the third generation in racing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Danny Living people 1960 births Racing drivers from New York (state)