About the Driver / Owner

Dan Henning Racing was formed in 2007 as a business means to bring affordable and quality racing graphics to his friends, family and the racing / business community.

grampsndanA life long passion Dan Henning’s introduction to life in 1984 had racing written all over it starting at a young age. His grandfather (shown Left) Jerry Witt had owned stock cars in the 1970’s while owning and operating his own Automotive parts Business and Machine Shop for over 20 years in Chariton, Iowa.dan43

As Dan grew a little older so did his introduction to racing as seen here in this photo at Petty Enterprizes in 1988 along side the famed 43 Pontiac the King drove at the time. As a young child it was almost tradition to sit down and watch the Daytona 500 as it was around the time of his birthday and a child never forgets that. As his family’s enthusiasm for motorsports grew so did Dan’s.  At the age of 8 his grandfather had purchased a yard kart for him to drive in the back yard. At age 12 he was in the stands watching Stock car races and dh41bikewinged Sprint cars.    The saying goes the more things change the more they remain the same, and at age 14 (1999) he was racing of all things a flattrack motorcycle, but never looking back from there.   Dan loved the racing as he was always getting to play, active in sports at games it required some bench time but as always the racing did not.  At the age of 18 (2001) Dan had finally found something he really enjoyed racing with four wheels, and the introduction to Karting was a new experience in all it’s own.    Some how your passion for speed grows as you get older and things start to change.  While  racing karts Dan graduated high school and attended a Community College learning a life long skill in the Machinists program and landing a job in the field of  CNC and Manual machining operations.  This later formed what is now Dan Henning Racing where we specialize in Racing Graphics -Sign work for Business and fleet vehicles, and in 2009 expanding his services to building racing wings for – QRC box stocks – QRC intermediate and 125/500 karts and our most popular, henningkartingMicro Sprint nose wings and top wings for all classes of racing.  In 2013 he also branched out to offer custom part fabrication for micro sprints and other vehicles.  Maybe you are looking for a set of new wing rails for your Box stock kart, or a new and affordable motor mounting system for your micro sprint.  With our manual lathe and Large Manual Vertical milling machine and nearly 10 years Experience in fabrication and Machine technology your dream can become a reality and at an economical price.   Dan has owned 10 different micro sprints and had the privledge of racing 9 different micro sprint chassis’s due to this he’s seen alot of different configurations you might like to see on your own car.   We also stock a small assortment of micro sprint parts such as chains, heims and Racing sprockets that fit both Hyper and Factor one Style bolt patterns.  If you own an open wheel QRC winningKart to a full blown Multi Micro and feel you maybe in need of a service keep us in mind.  The secret to winning isn’t just how good of a driver you are, it’s also the caliber of your equipment and the people who are behind you that help with your success.

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Email Address – Lndracing41L at yahoo.com



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