Driver - Steven Johnson

Jim Beam Racing

Driver Biography

The son of Ford icon Dick Johnson, Steven has stamped himself as one of the consistent performers in the V8 Supercar Series. After debuting as a teenager in a wild rotary powered Datsun 1600 Sports Sedan, Johnson got his first V8 shot in 1994 as an endurance driver with Dick Johnson Racing.

From there the Queenslander had to bide his time, regularly proving himself in the Sandown and Bathurst endurance events as well as competing in other forms of motorsport to keep his race miles up.

Stepping up as a full timer following his father’s retirement at the end of 1999, Johnson Jnr has become a regular at DJR and enters his 10th successive season as a full time driver for the team.

A two time round winner in 2001, Johnson and DJR have been through some tough times but podium finishes at Bathurst and Bahrain in 2007 as well as a string of other top 10 results helped save DJR from the brink of extinction and provide a solid base to build upon.

Last year saw Johnson again visit the podium in the L&H 500 at Phillip Island in addition to strong top 10 results at Bathurst, the Gold Coast and Symmons Plains.

In 2009 he will have a new team mate in James Courtney and a new FG Falcon built by Triple Eight Race Engineering with DJR engines.