Don Thomson Jr.

Don Thomson Jr. (born August 24, 1962) is a former Canadian racing driver in the NASCAR Canada 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 drive the No. 8 Dodge, becoming teammates with Jason Hathaway. He retired after the 2011 season after winning multiple championships.

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.[citation needed]

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

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

External links

• driver statistics at Racing-Reference