Steven Johnson (racing driver)
Steven Johnson is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of former racer and now team-owner Dick Johnson. He competed full-time for Dick Johnson Racing from 2000–2012. 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 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.
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. 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
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 |
2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 49th | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport |
2014 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 29th | Ford FG Falcon | Matt Stone Racing |
2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 47th | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2015 | Touring Car Masters | 6th | Ford Mustang | Dunlop Super Dealers / Wilson Security |
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 |