Danny O'Brien (racing driver)
{{short description|Canadian Dirt Modified racing driver (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Danny O’Brien
| image =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|12|27}}
| birth_place = Kingston, Ontario, Canada
| last series = Modified racing career
| first year = 1987 Brockville Speedway
| car number =17D
| championships = 18
| wins = 226
| last finish = 2023
| titles = 2009 Mr. Dirt 358 Northern Region Champion Lucas Oil Canadian Dirt Series, Ogilvie Triple Crown Series, Doiron Engineering Cup, Mohawk Memorial Cup
| awards=
| updated= July 7, 2023
}}
Danny O’Brien (born December 24, 1967) is a Canadian Dirt Modified racing driver. Currently credited with 226 career wins at 11 tracks in two countries, he has captured 14 track titles at Brockville Speedway, ON.{{cite news|title=Fuller, O’Brien and Cameron to be inducted into NE Dirt Modified Hall of Fame | url= https://auburnpub.com/sports/auto_racing/fuller-o-brien-and-cameron-to-be-inducted-into-ne-dirt-modified-hall-of-fame/article_912033b6-9f34-5241-ab11-f7bb22baa265.html |newspaper=The Citizen (Auburn, New York) |date=May 7, 2023 |access-date=July 7, 2023}}
Racing career
Danny O’Brien began racing in 1987 in the 358 Modified division at Brockville, and centered his career at the racetracks in southeastern Canada and northern New York, including Autodrome Edelweiss QC, Can-Am Speedway NY, Cornwall Motor Speedway ON, Fonda Speedway NY, and Mohawk International Raceway NY.{{cite news|title= O’Brien wins at Fonda | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MsBKAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=danny+o%27brien+stock+car&article_id=4059,440688 |newspaper=The Daily Gazette |date=August 2, 1992 |page=F3 |via=Google Books|access-date=July 13, 2023}}{{cite news|last=Petttibone| first=Steve|title= O’Brien wins third Sportsman feature of season | url= https://www.recorder.ca/2013/07/08/obrien-wins-third-sportsman-feature-of-season |newspaper= Brockville Recorder & Times |date=July 8, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2023}}{{cite news|title= Thrills and spills on the DIRT track | url= https://www.standard-freeholder.com/2013/07/15/thrills-and-spills-on-the-dirt-track |newspaper= Cornwall Standard-Freeholder |date=July 15, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2023}}{{cite news|title= DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals Coming To BOS | url= https://www.nny360.com/sports/dirtcar-northeast-fall-nationals-coming-to-bos/article_698dd79e-865f-54f6-93be-3f151606cf0f.html |newspaper= Watertown Daily Times |date=October 1, 2015|access-date=July 13, 2023}}{{cite news|title= O’Brien gets second straight 358 win at Can-Am | url=https://www.nny360.com/sports/local-auto-racing-o-brien-gets-second-straight-358-win-at-can-am/article_0aec7f6a-ebe8-5d49-8305-365b533c23b4.html|newspaper= Watertown Daily Times |date=June 4, 2018|access-date=July 13, 2023}}
O’Brien was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2023.
Personal life
O’Brien comes from a racing family, as father Pat O’Brien Sr. was a regular at the Watertown Speedway and Kingston Speedway in the 1950s, 1960's and early 1970's, and brothers Pat Jr. and Tim eventually became regular competitors.
In 1996 Danny was injured in a serious crash at Can-Am, which required multiple surgeries to save his eyesight and reconstruct his face.{{cite news|last=Swanson| first=Buffy|title=Danny O'Brien adds 100th Brockville win to hall of fame resume | url= https://www.thewhig.com/sports/danny-obrien-adds-100th-brockville-win-to-hall-of-fame-resume |newspaper= The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=June 13, 2023|access-date=July 13, 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSYSngq-tDI/ Danny O'Brien Interview 8-31-1996 – YouTube]
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