Don Thomson, Jr.

Don Thomson Jr. (born August 24, 1962) is a Canadian former 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.

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.

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 Pts Ref 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 CGV40 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 144th 43