Danny O'Quinn Jr.

Daniel Lee 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 seven and won four championships. He won over 130 races, and one Tennessee state championship between 1992 and 1998.

In 1999, O'Quinn 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, O'Quinn won the UARA late model touring series national championship.

Move to national driver O'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, O'Quinn raced the World Financial Group No. 50 Ford in the Busch Series. He got his first top-ten finish at Nashville Superspeedway after starting second, and followed it up with top-tens at Milwaukee, ORP, Memphis and Charlotte, where he scored a career best finish of fifth. 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 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 Pts Ref 2006 Roush Fenway Racing 50 Ford DAY18 CAL31 MXC26 LVS25 ATL25 BRI11 TEX32 NSH14 PHO14 TAL38 RCH20 DAR38 CLT22 DOV24 NSH10 KEN23 MLW7 DAY41 CHI31 NHA29 MAR22 GTY24 IRP6 GLN25 MCH20 BRI26 CAL RCH14 DOV KAN18 CLT5 MEM9 TEX30 PHO32 HOM35 19th 3163 2007 Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI21 NSH23 TEX PHO NSH29 BRI18 CAL RCH27 DOV KAN CLT MEM15 TEX PHO HOM 48th 952 Roush Fenway Racing 17 Ford TAL11 RCH DAR CLT DOV KEN38 MLW 26 NHA22 DAY CHI GTY Stanton Barrett Motorsports 30 Chevy IRP22 CGV GLN MCH 2008 Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRIDNQ NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH RCH24 DOV KAN 91st 205 Day Enterprise Racing 05 Chevy KENDNQ MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL Team Rensi Motorsports 35 Ford CLT40 MEM42 TEX42 PHO43 HOMDNQ 2009 JD Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY23 19th 2404 01 CAL33 LVS18 BRI37 TEX29 NSH32 PHO21 TAL37 RCH20 DAR27 CLT24 DOV21 NSH18 KEN18 MLW27 NHA26 DAY30 CHI29 GTY18 IRP34 IOW24 GLN25 MCH31 BRI32 CGV ATL RCH Whitney Motorsports 26 Dodge DOV34 SK Motorsports 44 Chevy KAN43 07 CAL34 CLT37 MEM42 TEX35 PHO35 HOM35 2010 D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports 90 Chevy DAY CALDNQ LVS38 BRI41 NSH43 PHO42 TEX39 TAL RCHDNQ DAR40 CLT38 NSH38 KEN41 ROA NHA37 DAY CHI41 GTY37 IRP38 IOW38 GLN MCH ATL38 RCH DOV37 KAN39 CAL35 CLT GTY42 TEXDNQ PHO37 HOMDNQ 42nd 1043 Go Green Racing 39 Ford DOVDNQ Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford BRI16 CGV 2011 Go Green Racing 39 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX27 TAL NSH26 RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA 63rd 48 04 NSH42 IRP36 IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI39 DOV KANDNQ 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 Pts Ref 2007 Roush Fenway Racing 50 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 65th 246

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 Pts Ref 2005 Bob Aiello 62 Ford DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC 39th 965 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 32 Ford MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 2006 Roush Fenway Racing 39 Ford DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 174th 45

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2017 Wade Lopez 96 Ford CON DOM DOM HCY HCY BRI25 AND ROU TCM ROU HCY7 CON21 SBO 28th 46 2018 TCM MYB ROU HCY BRI16 ACE CCS KPT21 HCY WKS OCS SBO 39th 29