Derek Griffith

Derek P. Griffith (born February 9, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Griffith has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series and super late model racing, winning the 2018 Pro All Stars Series national championship.

Racing career

In his early years, Griffith raced at Hudson Speedway in New Hampshire, running four-cylinder cars. While in the kids' division at Hudson, Griffith was nicknamed "The Rock Star" for his long-haired appearance.

Griffith moved up from four-cylinders to super late models (SLMs) in 2012 and ran full-time in the Granite State Pro Stock Series in 2014. He won the 2015 GSPSS championship. In 2016, Griffith returned to the GSPSS, won the DAV Fall Classic at Seekonk Speedway and claimed his first career Pro All Stars Series (PASS) win. Griffith claimed two PASS North victories in 2017.

In 2018, Griffith won the PASS North Icebreaker at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, and claimed the PASS national championship. The majority of the title run was contested with a Lefthander chassis more than a decade old. He also started racing more outside of New Hampshire, venturing to South Carolina and Florida.

In 2019, Griffith held on to the PASS North points lead until the final race, when DJ Shaw overtook Griffith. He also acquired a new Fury Race Cars SLM chassis to race at the Snowball Derby, as Griffith's main chassis was not well suited for Florida rules variations. Griffith also took part in the Kulwicki Driver Development Program in 2019, and won Oktoberfest at Lee USA Speedway.

Griffith scored the cumulative title at the 2020 World Series of Asphalt. Chad Bryant Racing later signed Griffith to make his ARCA Menards Series East debut in the season-opening Skip's Western Outfitters 175. The drive came after Griffith meeting with CBR crew chief Paul Andrews through the Kulwicki Driver Development Program. He won the pole for the race. After finishing second in his debut race, Griffith and CBR secured enough funding to run a full East schedule in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBR and Griffith discontinued their full-season East effort after one race and started running part-time in the national ARCA Menards Series. He continued racing super late models in 2020, winning Granite State Nationals at Claremont Motorsports Park in September. A weekend after that, Griffith won the Freedom 300 and associated $10,000 paycheck at Lee USA Speedway. He also continued to make appearances in the Granite State Pro Stock Series.

For 2021, Griffith remained in ARCA for another part-time schedule and moved from Chad Bryant Racing (which closed down and merged their ARCA operations into GMS Racing for 2021) to Venturini Motorsports. He drove their No. 55 Toyota in two races, which were the season-opener at Daytona as well as Kansas in May. Griffith would also drive for the team in ARCA's Daytona test session in January before the start of the season.

On July 1, 2021, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Griffith would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at World Wide Technology Raceway driving the No. 51.

On September 21, 2025, Griffith took victory of the GSPSS Keen Parts 150 at Lee USA Speedway ahead of Corey Bubar and Joey Doiron. Griffith won his 8th career GSPSS series race. He plans to go onto the national level and participate in the Snowball Derby and World Series at New Smyrna Speedway.

Personal life Griffith attended Alvirne High School.

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.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 Pts Ref 2022 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH26 MAR21 TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA18 POC IND MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN27 BRI TEX TAL23 CLT LVS HOM MAR15 PHO 44th 92

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 Pts Ref 2021 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW26 DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 79th 11

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 2020 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford DAY PHO TAL POC8 IRP12 KEN7 IOW KAN8 TOL7 TOL5 MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI9 WIN MEM ISF KAN3 13th 293 2021 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY30 PHO TAL 66th 54 25 KAN5 TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Ref 2020 Chad Bryant Racing 2 Ford NSM2* TOL DOV TOL 10th 161 22 BRI9 FIF13

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2021 John Griffith 12G Chevy HCY GPS NSH JEN11 HCY MMS TCM SBO 33rd 22

ASA STARS National Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2023 John Griffith 12 Toyota FIF MAD NWS25 HCY MLW AND WIR TOL WIN NSV 95th 27 2024 NSM28 FIF HCY MAD MLW AND OWO TOL WIN NSV 95th 24 2025 12G Chevy NSM8 FIF DOM HCY NPS MAD SLG AND OWO TOL WIN NSV 50th 47 2026 12 NSMDNQ FIF HCY SLG MAD NPS OWO TRI TOL WIN NSV NSM -* -*