STEVEN JOHNSON

#17 JIM BEAM RACING FORD FALCON FG

Date of Birth:	6/09/1974
Born:	Brisbane
Lives:	Gold Coast
Married to:	Bree
Children:	Jett & Lacy
Height:	189cm
Nickname:	Junior
Hobbies	Golf, Boating, Jet Skiing, Dirt Bikes
First Car:	Ford XE Fairmont
First Job:	Washing Cars
Heroes:	Senna/Clark

ATCC/V8SC STATISTICS

Debut	1994, Oran Park, Fuddruckers/DJR Falcon EB
Event Starts	164
Race Starts	366
Race Wins	3
Podiums	11 (1st:2, 2nd:1, 3rd:7)
Poles	2
Front Row Qualifying	5

2011 V8 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS

Race Starts	9
Best Race Finish	5th (Hamilton Race 5 and Barbagallo Race 7)
Best Qualifying	2nd (Hamilton Race 5)
Championship Position	10th

*As at completion of the Trading Post Perth Challenge

YEAR BY YEAR ...

2010

Johnson celebrates his 150th event at the ITM400 in New Zealand making him one of only ten drivers to achieve the feat. Finishes 10th place in the Drivers Championship.

2009

Finishes sixth in the V8 Supercar Championship Series, his best finish since finishing fifth in 2001 ... scores three podium finishes at Hamilton, Symmons Plains and Barbagallo ... takes second career pole position on streets of Hamilton in New Zealand.

2008

Enjoys another strong year ... finishes third alongside Will Davison at the L&H 500 at Phillip Island ... records six top-10 results for the season, finishing sixth at both Bathurst and the Gold Coast ... placed 10th in the championship, the fourth time he has finished in the overall top 10.

2007

Switches to the colours of Jim Beam and enjoys an improved year …finishes on the podium for the first time in his career with a third-place alongside Will Davison … records another third place result in the Desert 400 in Bahrain and five other top-10 results for the season …finishes 12th in the championship.

2006

Competes in the orange and black colours of First Rock Home Loans … places fourth with Will Davison at Sandown 500 and also fourth at Oran Park sprint round … finishes ninth in the championship.

2005

Switches to the blue and white of new sponsor Westpoint … scores a season-best result of fourth at Barbagallo in addition to a fifth at Hidden Valley …finishes 12th in the championship.

2004

Scores a third place in the Sandown 500 alongside Warren Luff … finishes sixth at Eastern Creek and eighth in Pukekohe in addition to seventh at Bathurst with Luff … finishes 10th in the championship.

2003

Moves to the new BA Falcon for Shell Helix Racing … only scores one top-10 result all year with a sixth place on the Gold Coast … qualifies in the top 10 for both endurance events at Sandown and Bathurst but finishes 15th and 13th in each ... overall 16th in the championship.

2002

A difficult season with a best result of seventh at the Canberra 400 … records three top-10 round results for the year with a best qualifying performance of seventh in Canberra … finishes 14th in the championship.

2001

Enjoys a break-out season with his very first V8 Supercar Series round pole position and round win at the Canberra 400 street race … backs it up later in the year to win the Queensland 500 alongside Paul Radisich … finishes fifth in the championship and the best Ford Falcon driver in the final pointscore.

2000

Signs with Shell Helix Racing to take over the famous #17 Falcon AU from his father on a full-time basis … records a season-high fourth place in the final round at Bathurst alongside Cameron McLean after starting on the front row of the grid. Records five other top-10 results over the course of the year.

1999

Makes an appearance at Calder to fill in for his father and returns to the Shell Helix Racing line-up for the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000 … he and Dick finish seventh in the inaugural Queensland 500 and narrowly miss the podium at Bathurst in fourth place in Dick’s farewell to Mount Panorama as a driver. Finishes 23rd in the championship from three starts in the 13-round championship.

1998

Drives a Dick Johnson Racing-prepared EL Falcon under the Racing For Life banner in six rounds of the ATCC with a best finish of fourth at Mallala …finishes 16th in the championship … drives with father Dick for the first time at the Sandown and Bathurst endurance events, however the pair retire from both events … makes a start in the #17 Shell Helix Falcon to fill-in for his father in the non-championship Gold Coast Indy support races.

1997

Makes two starts in the ATCC/V8SCS in a privateer Alcair Airconditioning Commodore at Phillip Island and Sandown, as well as the non-championship Gold Coast Indy event … finishes 37th in the ATCC pointscore from the two starts … competes with Craig Baird in the #18 Shell Helix EL Falcon at Sandown and Bathurst. The duo finish seventh at Sandown and fourth at Bathurst … makes a one-off start in a round of the Australian Super Touring Championship in a BMW at Lakeside.

1996

Makes no starts in the ATCC/V8SCS, only appearing in the endurance events … finishes eighth in the Sandown 500 with Charlie O’Brien and eighth at Bathurst with American Tommy Kendall.

1995

Makes a one-off championship start at Oran Park in a third DJR-run Falcon in preparation for the endurance events …also competes in the Australian Thundersports Series in a highly-modified Mustang. Finishes third in the Sandown 500 with Charlie O’Brien and seventh at Bathurst.

1994

Makes Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series debut in final round at Oran Park in a third Dick Johnson Racing EB Falcon in preparation for the endurance events …qualifies 12th and finishes 14th on debut. Combines with veteran Allan Grice in the non-championship Sandown and Bathurst endurance events in the second Shell-FAI Racing Falcon …finishes eighth at the Sandown 500 and seventh in the Bathurst 1000.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

(Competing in more than two rounds in a season)
Year	Team	Car	Result
1998	Racing For Life	Ford Falcon EL	16th
1999	Shell Helix Racing	Ford Falcon AU	34rd
2000	Shell Helix Racing	Ford Falcon AU	11th
2001	Shell Helix Racing	Ford Falcon AU	5th
2002	Shell Helix Racing	Ford Falcon AU	14th
2003	Shell Helix Racing	Ford Falcon BA	16th
2004	Shell Helix Racing	Ford Falcon BA	10th
2005	Westpoint Racing	Ford Falcon BA	12th
2006	Jim Beam Racing	Ford Falcon BA	9th
2007	Jim Beam Racing	Ford Falcon BF	12th
2008	Jim Beam Racing	Ford Falcon BFr	10th
2009	Jim Beam Racing	Ford Falcon FG	6th
2010	Jim Beam Racing	Ford Falcon FG	8th

Dean Fiore

#12 JIM BEAM RACING FORD FALCON FG

Date of Birth:	1/12/1983
Born:	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Lives:	Perth, Western Australia
Marital Status:	Married
Occupation:	Professional Race Car Driver / Director of Triple F Racing
Hobbies	Cycling, renovating, spending time with family, fishing
Racing career:	Go Karts / Formula Ford / Carrera Cup (Porsche) / GT Championship Enduro/ Bathurst 12 Hour/ V8 Supercars

YEAR BY YEAR ...

2011

V8 Supercar Championship Series

2010

V8 Supercar Championship Series. / 1st year running own team.

2009

V8 Supercar Championship Series Debut / Acquired V8 Supercar Championship Series REC (Racing Entitlement Contract)

2008

Porsche Carrera Cup Championship - Runner Up

2007

Porsche Carrera Cup Championship - 5th outright

2006

Porsche Carrera Cup Championship Debut - 8th outright

2005

Formula Ford Australian Championship - 4th outright

2004

Formula Ford Australian Championship Debut - Rookie of the year

2003

Formula Ford - WA State Champion

2002

Formula Ford Debut - WA State Champion

1994-2001

Go Karts