Steven Johnson (racing driver)
Supercars Championship career | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Car number | 17 |
Current team | Dick Johnson Racing |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 136 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 10 |
Pole positions | 2 |
Steven Johnson (born 6 September 1974 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian V8 Supercar racing driver. He is the son of former racer and now team-owner Dick Johnson. He has competed full-time for Dick Johnson Racing since 2000. Johnson is married and has two children.
Johnson's best season result so far was in 2001, where he led the championship for two rounds and took two round wins, including the last-ever Canberra round win, where he victory from pole position in the first race, before finishing the rest of the races in the top five. Near season's end, he dropped to fifth, still his best ever effort. Then came a period he would rather forget, finishing the 2002 and 2003 seasons well outside of the top ten. He improved to tenth in the 2004 season. He was looking for a top five in 2005, but had a poor Bathurst 1000 to place him outside the top ten.
In 2007, Steven Johnson recorded his best Bathurst 1000 result with a podium finish in third after leading late in the drama-charged closing laps as intermittent rain swept across the Mountain in an entertaining scrap with Craig Lowndes, James Courtney and Greg Murphy.
After many years out-performing his various team-mates, Johnson played support to Will Davison during 2008 in which the team reclaimed some of past form, finishing third in the teams title, taking third from the Holden Racing Team at the final round and it was speculated he might leave his father's team to pursue his own opportunities, but in the end Davison left after the team signed Courtney for the 2009 season and Johnson stayed on and ranks alongside Lowndes, Davison and Steven Richards as being amongst the most capable backup drivers in the series.
Career results
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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1995 | Australian Thundersports series | 2nd | Ford Mustang Ford EF Falcon |
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1997 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 33rd | Holden VS Commodore | Alcair Racing |
1998 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 17th | Ford EL Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
1999 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 23rd | Ford AU Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2000 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 11th | Ford AU Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2001 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 5th | Ford AU Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2002 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 14th | Ford AU Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2003 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 16th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2004 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 10th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2005 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 12th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2006 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 9th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2007 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 12th | Ford BF Falcon | Jim Beam Racing |
2008 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 10th | Ford BF Falcon | Jim Beam Racing |