Danny began his racing career at the age of 5 in Mini Wedges (a form of GoKarts) at Columbia Speedway in South Carolina.

 From 1999 to 2002, Danny won 6 South Carolina State Championships and 5 NationalWorldKartingAssociation(WKA) Championships on both asphalt and pavement. He has competed from New York to Florida and has been one of Go Kart's most prolific winners. Along the way he was awarded WKA's Triple Crown and Holly's Future Star award. All of this was accomplished while maintaining honor standing at school. In December of 1999, The State Newspaper, featured Danny in an article. Click here to read the article.

 Danny also raced Bandolero and Legends Cars and gained considerable TV time in the shoot outs at Charlotte's Lowes Motor Speedway. In 2001, Danny competed in a mustang in the Mini Stock class at Florence Motor Speedway, winning 2 races and finishing 3rd in the point’s championship in spite of missing several races due to Go Kart commitments. The 2002 schedule is entirely stock cars and Danny hopes to race Late Models starting next year.

 In 2002 Danny competed successfully in the Pro 4 Mod class at Florence Motor Speedway winning the Track Championship by beating many seasoned drivers. Needless to say he captured the "Rookie of the Year" title as well.

 During 2003 Danny competed in the UARA STARS touring series. Great Late Model experience was gained on some of the most fabled tracks in the South against the top Late Model drivers in the country. Danny completed the year with an 8th place points finish - as a 14 year old!

Danny has continued to run Late Models, finally breaking in the winners circle in 2005 and winning 8 times during 2006. He also won the John Newsome Performance Parts Jamaica Championship in 2006.

During 2007, while adding to the Late Model win tally, Danny had the opportunity to start 3 races in the NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) series. He out qualified the team’s regular driver all three times in the back up car but only attempted the entire race one time. That was on the Monster Mile in Dover where a cut tire ended the day prematurely.2007 also saw Danny graduate with Honors from High School and begin college as an Engineering major.

In 2008 Danny was back in the Nationwide series competing in 18 of the 35 races that year.  The best finishing position for Danny was 23rd at the now Charlotte Motor Speedway driving for Johnny Davis.  Closing out the season at Homestead with a 25th place finish.  Danny gained good experience on the speedways around America.


2009 was a rough year for Danny.  With no ride in the Nationwide series, Danny went back to running the late model he built in his home race shop, running at Florence and Dillon Motor Speedway in South Carolina.  Late in 2009, Danny got a call from Corrie Stott Racing to run his #02 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Nashville Superspeedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In 2010, Danny is starting his own team, Danny Efland Racing, and will compete full time on the NASCAR Nationwide Series.  At the first race driving for Corrie Stott Racing, Danny was running in the top 20 most of the race until a final lap wreck dropped him just outside of the top 20 to 21st.