Steven Johnson (racing driver)

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Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson at Albert Park in 2007
Nationality Australian
Born (1974-09-06) 6 September 1974 (age 49)
Brisbane, Queensland
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races419
Wins3
Podiums16
Pole positions2

Steven Johnson (born 6 September 1974) is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of former racer and now team-owner Dick Johnson.[1] He competed full-time for Dick Johnson Racing from 2000–2012. Johnson is married and has two children.

Johnson's best season result was in 2001, where he led the championship for two rounds and took two round wins, including the Canberra round win, where he recorded 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 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, 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.[2]

In early 2013, it was announced that Steven Johnson would step down from competing in the V8 Supercars championship and instead become general manager of Dick Johnson Racing.[3] He currently competes in the Touring Car Masters. In the endurance events in the 2013 season, Johnson teamed up with Erebus Motorsport, as a co-driver in car No. 9 SP Tools Racing's Maro Engel.

Career results[edit]

The Ford Falcon AU which Johnson and Paul Radisich drove to victory in the 2001 Queensland 500. The car is pictured in 2018
#17 Ford Falcon of Steven Johnson at the 2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300
Johnson won the 2017 Touring Car Masters driving a Ford Mustang
Season Series Position Car Team
1993 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 12th Datsun 1600-Mazda
1995 Australian Thundersports series 2nd Ford Mustang
Ford EF Falcon
1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 33rd Holden VS Commodore Alcair Racing
1997 Australian Super Touring Championship 16th BMW 318i CPW Motorsport
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 17th Ford EL Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
1999 Shell Championship Series 23rd Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2000 Shell Championship Series 11th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series 5th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 14th Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 16th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 10th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 12th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 9th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 12th Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 10th Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 6th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 10th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 15th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 17th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 23rd Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R Hunter Sports Group
International V8 Supercars Championship 49th Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport
2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 29th Ford FG Falcon Matt Stone Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 47th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2015 Touring Car Masters (Pro Masters Class) 6th Ford Mustang Dunlop Super Dealers / Wilson Security
2016 Touring Car Masters (Pro Masters Class) 4th Ford XY Falcon GTHO TIFS - Warehousing & Distribution
2017 Touring Car Masters 1st Ford Mustang WM Waste / Illusion Gas Log Fires
2018 Touring Car Masters 1st Ford Mustang WM Waste / Herrod Performance
2019 Touring Car Masters 1st Ford Mustang WM Waste / Kubota

Complete Touring Car Masters Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 DC Points
2020 Team Johnson Ford XD Falcon ADE
R16

8
ADE
R16

5
ADE
R16

5
3rd 152
2021 Team Johnson Ford XD Falcon SYM
R1

7
SYM
R2

4
SYM
R3

C
SYM
R4

3
BAT
R5

12
BAT
R6

2
BAT
R7

DSQ
BAT
R8

16
SMP
R9

9
SMP
R10

2
SMP
R11

7
SMP
R12

1
BAT
R13

7
BAT
R14

1
BAT
R15

1
BAT
R16

Ret
3rd 497
2022 Team Johnson Ford XD Falcon SMP
R1

8
SMP
R2

4
SMP
R3

3
SMP
R4

C
5th 612
Hancock Racing Ford Mustang GT BAT
R13

1
BAT
R14

1
BAT
R15

1
BAT
R16

1
ADE
R16

7
ADE
R16

1
ADE
R16

1
ADE
R16

1
2023 Hancock Racing Ford Mustang GT SYM
R1

5
SYM
R2

1
SYM
R3

1
SYM
R4

2
NEW
R5

NEW
R6

1
NEW
R7

1
NEW
R8

1
WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

WIN
R12

BEN
R13

BEN
R14

BEN
R15

BEN
R16

BAT
R17

BAT
R18

BAT
R19

BAT
R20

ADE
R21

ADE
R22

ADE
R23

ADE
R24

3rd 497

Bathurst 1000 results[edit]

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1994 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EB Australia Allan Grice 7th 160
1995 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF Australia Charlie O'Brien 7th 158
1996 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF United States Tommy Kendall 8th 158
1997 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF New Zealand Craig Baird 4th 158
1998 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EL Australia Dick Johnson DNF 60
1999 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AU Australia Dick Johnson 4th 161
2000 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AU Australia Cameron McLean 4th 161
2001 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AU New Zealand Paul Radisich DNF 63
2002 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AU New Zealand Paul Radisich DNF 29
2003 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Warren Luff 13th 156
2004 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Warren Luff 7th 161
2005 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Will Davison 19th 133
2006 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Will Davison DNF 27
2007 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BF Australia Will Davison 3rd 161
2008 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BF Australia Will Davison 6th 161
2009 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia James Courtney 24th 131
2010 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Marcus Marshall 12th 161
2011 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia David Besnard DNF 112
2012 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Denmark Allan Simonsen 17th 161
2013 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 Germany Maro Engel 20th 160
2014 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia David Wall DNF 64

References[edit]

  1. ^ Johnson Jr a driving force
  2. ^ Lynch, Michael (8 October 2007) Defending champions win a desperate dash
  3. ^ "Steven Johnson out of driver's seat at DJR". speedcafe.com. 24 February 2013.

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