Don Thomson Jr. 4
Career Highlights
• Made NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debut at Cayuga Motor Speedway in 2007 and won the series’ inaugural race for his first series and NASCAR victory
• Set a single-season series record with seven poles in 2008
• Five-time CASCAR Super Series national champion (2001-2005)
Driver Details
Sponsor: Home Hardware
Manufacturer: Chevrolet
Owner: John Fitzpatrick Sr.
Crewchief: Sandy Hamilton
Birthdate: Aug. 24, 1962
Hometown: Hamilton, Ont.
Wife: Teresa
Occupation: Race Car Builder
Don Thomson Jr.
Nascar Canadian Tire Series Statistics
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| Year | Rank | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s |
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| 2007 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| TOTALS | 38 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 |
WINS: 5 — Cayuga-1, Mosport Speedway (2007); SunValley, Riverside (2008); Barrie (2009)
POLES: 11 — SunValley, Cayuga-2 (2007); Cayuga-1, Barrie-1, St. Eustache, SunValley, Cayuga-2, Barrie-2, Kawartha (2008); Saskatoon, Mosport Speedway (2009)
Year-by-year Canadian Tire Series Recap
2008: Finished second in the point standings, just 24 points behind Scott Steckly. … Earned third career series win on July 19 at SunValley Speedway. … Fourth career win came on Sept. 20 at Riverside Int’l Speedway. … Established a single-season series record with seven poles (won pole at every oval-track event except one). … Holds series career pole record with nine. … Had a stretch of four straight top 10s from July 19 to Aug. 9. … Closed the season with four consecutive top-10 finishes, including three top fives. 2007: Finished fourth in championship point standings. … Collected first Canadian Tire Series win on May 26 at the series’ inaugural race. … Second win came on Aug. 11 at Mosport Speedway. … First series pole award came at Vernon. … Second pole came at Cayuga.
Noteworthy
Named 1991 CASCAR Super Series Rookie of the Year. … Won CASCAR Eastern Series titles in 1999 and 2000. … Won five consecutive CASCAR Super Series national championships (2001-05). … Held CASCAR career record for poles and laps led. … Collected a pair of feature wins during Speedweeks at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway.
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