Daniel O'Quinn Jr.

Born:	May 7, 1985 (1985-05-07) (age 22)
Birthplace:	Coeburn, Virginia
Awards:	1999 Lonesome Pine Raceway SuperStock Rookie of the Year 2000 Lonesome Pine Raceway Late Model Series Rookie of the Year & Champion is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Coeburn is a town located in Wise County, Virginia. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 UARA National Champion For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division Rookie of the Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The USAR Hooter Pro Cup is a stock car auto racing series in the United States. ... 2006 Busch Series Rookie of the Year The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and will end on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. ...
NASCAR Busch Series Statistics
Car #, Team	#17 - Roush Fenway Racing/#56 - Mac Hill Motorsports
2006 NBS Position:	19th
Best NBS Position:	19th - (2006 (Busch Series)
First Race:	2006 Hershey's Kissables 300 (Daytona)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	5	0
All stats current as of November 23, 2006.

Danny O'Quinn, Jr. (born May 7, 1985) is a professional stock car racer from Coeburn, Virginia. He is currently a part-time driver in the NASCAR Busch Series for Roush Fenway Racing. Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... Outside Roush headquarters. ... The Busch Series is celebrating its 25th season with this special logo. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... The Busch Series is celebrating its 25th season with this special logo. ... The Busch Series is celebrating its 25th season with this special logo. ... The Hersheys Kissables 300 is the first race of the NASCAR Busch Series season. ... Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... Coeburn is a town located in Wise County, Virginia. ...

Background

He began racing go-karts at the age of 5 and won four championships. He won over 130 races, and one Tennessee state championship between 1992 and 1998. A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ...

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. The University of Virginias College at Wise, commonly called UVa-Wise, is a public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges located in Wise, Virginia. ...

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The USAR Hooter Pro Cup is a stock car auto racing series in the United States. ... Coeburn is a town located in Wise County, Virginia. ... The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States founded in 1964 (not to be confused with the sports car club of the same name founded by the Collier brothers in 1933). ...

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. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... Erik Darnell (born December 2, 1982) is a driver on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from Beach Park, Illinois. ...

In 2006, he raced the World Financial Group #50 Ford in the Busch Series. He got his first Top-10 finish at Nashville Superspeedway after starting second, and has followed it up with Top-10's at The Milwaukee Mile, O'Reilly Raceway Park, Memphis Motorsports Park and Lowe's Motor Speedway, 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. For 2007, O'Quinn will make occasional starts in #17 Dish Network Ford and also run part time with Mac Hill Motorsports in the #56 Chevy. O'Quinn is scheduled to make his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Indianapolis Raceway Park in the #50 truck. World Financial Group logo World Financial Group (WFG), is a financial services distribution and marketing organization in North America. ... The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ... Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee (though the track has a Lebanon address), United States, about 48 km (30 miles) east of Nashville. ... The Milwaukee Mile is a race track in West Allis, Wisconsin. ... OReilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, known as Indianapolis Raceway Park until the 2006 purchase of naming rights by OReilly Auto Parts, is a multipurpose racing facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... Memphis Motorsports Park is a race track located in Millington, Tennessee, approximately twenty miles north of downtown Memphis. ... Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. ... Todd Kluever from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin was born July 6, 1978. ... DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television and audio programming to households and businesses in the United States, owned by parent company EchoStar Communications Corporation. ... The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... Indianapolis Raceway Park is a short track motor racing facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. ...

External links

• Danny O'Quinn's profile on Roush Racing

References

1. ^ Food City 250 results
2. ^ ARCA Racing Driver Detail