Don Thomson Jr.

Don Thomson Jr. (born August 24, 1962) is a Canadian former racing driver in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He drove the No. 4 Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Fitzpatrick Motorsports for more than two decades before moving over in 2011 to the drive the No. 8 Dodge becoming teammates with Jason Hathaway. He retired after the 2011 season after winning multiple championships.

Don Thomson Jr.
Born(1962-08-24)August 24, 1962
Ayr, Ontario
Achievements2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 CASCAR Super Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish144th (2008)
First race2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
134 races run over 11 years
2011 position5th
Best finish1st (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
First race2001 Mopar 250 (Delaware)
Last race2011 Kawartha 250 Kawartha)
First win2001 Budweiser 150 (Kawartha)
Last win2011 Keystone Light 200 (Delaware)
Wins Top tens Poles
14 105 30
Statistics current as of July 11, 2012.

Racing career

Thomson was the 2001 to 2005 champion in the CASCAR Super Series, the premiere stockcar series in Canada picking up many wins. He moved to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series when CASCAR was purchased by NASCAR in 2007.

He won the first race in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series history at Cayuga International Speedway on May 26, 2007[1] as well as Mosport Speedway (2007); SunValley (2008), Riverside (2008). Thomson has 9 poles which include SunValley (2007), Cayuga-2 (2007); Cayuga-1 (2008), Barrie-1 (2008), Saint-Eustache (2008), SunValley (2008), Cayuga-2 (2008), Barrie-2 (2008), Kawartha (2008). He also finished second in points in 2008 finishing 24 points behind Scott Steckly.

In 2009 he picked up one win at Barrie Speedway while in 2010 his performance improved getting one win at Mosport International Raceway.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts
2008 MSRP Motorsports 90 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
40		 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 144th 43
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References
  1. "Thomson wins inaugural NASCAR Canadian Tire race", Joe Duarte, Retrieved July 4, 2007


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