NAME: T.J. Herndon
DATE OF BIRTH: September 14, 1980
HOMETOWN: Atwood, TennesseeNICKNAME: "Atwood Outlaw"
MARITAL STATUS: Married
HOBBIES: Racing, Hunting, and Golf
YEARS RACING: Started Racing Stock Cars in 2001
FAVORITE TRACK: Thunder Ridge Speedway
FAVORITE RACES: Batesville Street Stock Championship and the $50,000 to win Modified Madness at the Batesville (AR) Speedway
MOST WANTED WIN: $50,000 to win Modified Madness
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Being allowed to run with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in my grandfather's Super Street car at the Milan (TN) Speedway. By the way, Scott Bloomquist won the race...
CAREER GOAL: To give the fan in the stands a hundred dollar show for a ten dollar ticket!
1) Winning Two (2) Track Championships in Karting2) Winning Nine (9) Track Championships at Five (5) Different Tracks in Street Stock and Open Wheel Modified Divisions over the Span of Six (6) Years
3) Winning One (1) USCS Outlaw Modified Traveling Series Championship in 2006
4) Fan Voted Most Popular Driver Among the Top Modified Drivers in the Nation by Virtue of Bucky Doren's 1st Annual Virtual Dirt Track Classic in 2006
5) Set the Modified track record of 14.029 at West Tennessee Motor Speedway on July 6th, 2007
6) Winning the Mississippi / Alabama Four Crown Series Championship in 2007
7) Winning the Rebel Challenge Series Championship in 2007
8) Fan Voted Most Popular Driver Among the Top Modified Drivers in the Mid-South by Virtue of the Comp Cams / Mid-South Racing Scene's Forum Poll in 2007
9) Broke his previous Modified track record at West Tennesseee Motor Speedway with a 13.986 on April 19th, 2008
10) Winning One (1) SMP Outlaw Modified Touring Series Championship in 2008
11) Winning the Competition Cams Three Crown Series Championship in 2008
12) Winning the Mississippi / Alabama Four Crown Series Championship in 2008
13) Winning the USCS Modified Touring Series Speedweek Championship in 2009
14) Winning back-to-back SMP Outlaw Modified Touring Series Championship in 2009
15) Winning the Bad Boy Mowers Street Stock Series Tennessee State Championship in 2017
16) Won the Durrence Layne Street Stock World Championship in 2018
17) Set the Street Stock track record of 17.235 at the Inaugural DIRTcar Clash at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in 2019
18) Won the prestigious Inaugural DIRTcar Clash at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in 2019
19) Set the Street Stock Track Record of 18.515 at Cherokee (SC) Speedway on July 18, 2020
20) Won the 2022 Bristol Dirt Nationals Championship on April 1st, 2022 by sweeping all four feature events of the week in the Street Stock class
21) Set the Street Stock Track Record of 17.892 at Paducah (KY) International Raceway on July 21, 2023
22) Won the CRUSA Street Stock Track Championship at Camden (TN) Speedway in 2023
23) Won the $10,000 to win 28th Annual Schoenfeld Headers Mid-America IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Championship at Batesville (AR) Motor Speedway in 2023
24) Recorded his 300th career feature win on September 20th, 2025 at Clayhill Motorsports Park in Atwood, TN
24) Career Stats (as of December 31, 2024)
Starts: 860 --- Wins: 293 --- Top 5’s: 567 --- Top 10’s: 683
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