Alan Johnson (racing driver)

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 NY, and claimed at least one feature event victory annually over the next 48 years. He has competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Black Rock Speedway NY, Fulton Speedway NY, Orange County Fair Speedway NY, Ransomville Speedway NY, and Weedsport Speedway NY.

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 Motorport Press Association as driver of the year in 2007, and was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2017.

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 Danny got into the driver's seat, and in 2018, Daniel Johnson, Danny's son, began the third generation in racing.