Alan Johnson (born October 3, 1957) is an American Dirt Modified racing driver who has earned over 560 feature event at 39 tracks in seven states and two Canadian provinces.

Racing career

Alan Johnson began his racing career in 1975 with a win at the Canandaigua Speedway, New York, and claimed at least one feature event victory annually over the next 48 years. He has competed and been victorious at the east coast racetracks from Florida to Canada, including the New York speedways: Black Rock in Dundee, Fulton, Orange County Fair in Middletown, Ransomville, and Weedsport. Johnson captured the 1983, 1989, and 2003 Super Dirt Week 300 on the Syracuse Mile and was crowned the overall Mr. DIRT champion five times. He was honored by the Eastern Motorsport Press Association as driver of the year in 2004 and again in 2007, and was inducted into the

Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame The Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame was established in 1992 to recognize individual achievements in the sport of stock car racing. It is located at 1 Speedway Dr., Weedsport, New York. History The inaugural induction ceremony was held on Ap ...

in 2017. Johnson was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 2025.

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 younger 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, Alan Living people 1957 births Racing drivers from New York (state) Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame