Mac Hill Motorsports NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver

Danny O'Quinn

Born: May 7, 1985
Hometown: Coeburn, Va.
Residence: Huntersville, N.C.
Marital Status: Single

At the age of 12 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.

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

In the fall of 2005, O'Quinn was a contestant on Roush Racing: Driver X. He was ultimately runner-up in the competition, and proceeded directly to the Busch Series being inked to the Roush contract.

In 2006, he is racing 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. His 2007 plans are to run a limited schedule with Mac Hill Motorsports