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Alan Johnson
By Gregg Leary
DOB 10-03-57
Category:Auto Racing
Nickname: A.J. Slideways
Has raced Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
Favorite Race Track: Canandaigua…room to race with two grooves
DIRT…Drivers Independent Race Tracks…established 1976…President Glenn Donnelly
1981: AJ wins 1st Mr. DIRT title
1983: Alan Johnson first driver to win DIRT Triple Crown: Super DIRT Series Point Title, the Schaefer 200 Race at Syracuse, Overall Mr. DIRT points title…in the same season
1988: Alan Johnson won the Texas Tour
AJ won his 200th career DIRT Modified feature race…at Canandaigua Speedway on September 3rd.
1989: AJ earns Florida Winter Tour title
NASCAR drivers Geoffrey Bodine and Ken Schrader win 2 of 3 DIRT-Asphalt Challenge races
1997: Bob McCreadie tied Alan Johnson’s career record of 265 DIRT big-block modified feature wins.
1998: AJ wins his 2nd straight Mr. DIRT 358 Championship
2001: AJ wins 3rd 358 Modified Championship
2002: AJ wins third overall Mr. DIRT Modified Crown
Won four track titles…big-block modified at Cayuga, Rolling Wheels and Brewerton and small-block at Fulton…
Named” Little Trees Driver of the Year” for second straight year.