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Date Time Event
5.18 7 pm Rock Rapids Speedway - 410
5.19 7 pm Knoxville Raceway - 410
5.25 7 pm Lee County Speedway - 410
5.26 7 pm Knoxville Raceway - 410
5.27 7 pm 34 Raceway - 410
5.18 7 pm Rock Rapids Speedway - 410
5.19 7 pm Knoxville Raceway - 410
5.25 7 pm Lee County Speedway - 410
5.26 7 pm Knoxville Raceway - 410
5.27 7 pm 34 Raceway - 410
SPRINT CAR SPECS
Weight: 1400 lbs with driver
Horsepower: 850+
Engine: 410 cu. in.
Horsepower: 850+
Engine: 410 cu. in.
Aluminum V-8
Mechanical Fuel Injection
Fuel: Alcohol
Suspension: Torsion Bar
Wheel Base: 88½ inches
Wing: 25sq. ft top wing
Top Speed: 140 mph+
Notable Races:
2009 I-35 Speedway
Sprint 305 Winner
2009 Jackson Nationals
Sprint 305 2nd Place
2010 Knoxville Raceway
Sprint 305 Winner
2010 I-35 Speedway
Sprint 305 Winner
2010 Jackson Nationals
Sprint 305 2nd Place
2011 Cresco Speedway
Sprint 305 Winner
2011 Jackson Nationals
Sprint 305 3rd Place
Sprint 305 Winner
2009 Jackson Nationals
Sprint 305 2nd Place
2010 Knoxville Raceway
Sprint 305 Winner
2010 I-35 Speedway
Sprint 305 Winner
2010 Jackson Nationals
Sprint 305 2nd Place
2011 Cresco Speedway
Sprint 305 Winner
2011 Jackson Nationals
Sprint 305 3rd Place
welcome to
Austin Johnson Racing!
::RECENT NEWS::
Out of the Park
05/08/2012 We were fast on Saturday night, timing in 5th quick out of 30 highly
competitive cars, and I left some time on the track not getting a smooth
exit off of 4, (we were a little tight). The heat races were locked
down, no passing, so I needed to get a good start...
Let's race already!
04/19/2012 Austin is anxious to get out on that dirt track and do some racing! Hotlaps start at 6pm tomorrow night at Elko Speedway and the show starts at 7pm. Please come and see us in the pits before or after the 360 race! Saturday we will be heading to Knoxville to race the 410. Hot laps are at 6:45pm and time trials start at 7:15pm every week at Knoxville. Let's go racing!
Ready to race 2012
02/29/2012 We
are ready to get this 2012 season underway! This year we will be
racing the 410 and the 360 engines. We sold the 305 over the summer and
bought a 360 in anticipation to race a little closer to home every once
and a while when we aren't at Knoxville. The new 360 is a yellow and red car, while the 410 will still be race-car blue. For our first race of the
season we are headed to Elko, MN on April 20th with the 360 for the
Spring Dirt Nationals and we will be headed down for the Knoxville
Season Opener on April 21st to race the 410. Check out the pre-season pictures here.
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DRIVER BIO
Austin Johnson has been involved with racing his entire life. His dad, Marty Johnson, owns the 81 sprint car that has raced all over the Midwest for over thirty years. Austin was raised into a racing family and loves every minute of it. Ever since he was able to pick up wrenches he has put them to work on the family sprint car, always having dreams of being behind the wheel of it one day. As he got older he transitioned from being on the family crew, to doing what he loved as a job, first with John Sernett Motorsports, then with Sitzman Motorsports, and also a short stint on the WoO tour with Karavan Dollanski Motorsports. During which he always found time to work on the 81. At the end of 2007 Austin packed his things, and took a job opportunity outside Minneapolis for a new form of racing, roadracing.
He was the car chief for the Derhaag Motorsports TransAM entry for three years traveling all across the country. During this time Austin realized his dream, finally convincing his dad to let him drive his sprint car after 25 years of trying. Prior to the 2009 race season they built a 305 out of used parts from the 410 effort and found immediate success, winning their fourth time out. In 2010 he realized another dream, finally finding victory lane at Knoxville Raceway in the 305 powered 81. In 2011 Austin saw another dream come to light with the chance to race Marty Johnson Racing's 410 effort against some of the best in the world, at Knoxville Raceway. In 2012 both the 410 and 360 engines will be racing around the Midwest and we are excited to see success!
Austin currently lives in Shakopee MN, with his beautiful wife Danielle. They married in 2009 and built a new home together outside the twin cities. They enjoy going to rock shows in the city, watching movies, and all the good times with their great friends. Danielle and Austin have two cats, Kylie, and Lexi, and a dog named Bear. Danielle and Bear travel to as many races as they can in support of Austin. So if you are able to make it to a race, please be sure to make it down to the 81 pit. Austin, Danielle, and Bear enjoy hearing from all the fans, after all he could have never seen his dream come true if it wasn't for them. Besides, he started out as a race fan!