Steven Thomas (born July 12, 1967) is an American racing driver and attorney at the TAFS law firm. As a gentleman driver, Thomas has competed in endurance events such as the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, IMSA Prototype Challenge and Michelin Le Mans Cup.

Career

In 2021, Thomas had entered the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with his team, WIN Autosport, using an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with Tristan Nunez as his team-mate. Thomas Merrill had competed with the crew during endurance races and Matthew Bell for the

24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layou ...

. In 2022, Thomas continued his commitment to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship but for that season, he joined the American team PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports to compete in an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with team-mate Jonathan Bomarito.

Josh Pierson Joshua Pierson (born February 14, 2006) is an American racing driver. He currently competes in Indy NXT for HMD Motorsports, the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosport, and in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for TDS ...

had competed with the crew during endurance races and Harry Tincknell for the 24 Hours of Daytona. At the same time, Thomas was in discussion with various teams to participate in the

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance r ...

. One of them, Algarve Pro Racing, who were in a very difficult situation because following the withdrawal of G-Drive Racing from the FIA World Endurance Championship, which it had to support technically, it found itself without a program and its existence was threatened. It was then that Algarve offered Thomas to participate in the WEC instead of only participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In view of the situation and after consulting his partners, Thomas committed himself and participated in the WEC with drivers James Allen and René Binder as teammates. At the

2022 24 Hours of Le Mans The 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 90e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hour endurance racing (motorsport), automobile endurance event for Le Mans Hypercar (Hypercar), Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and LM GTE, Le Mans Grand Touring Enduranc ...

, Allen, Binder and Thomas finished first in the LMP2 Pro/Am subclass.

Racing record

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Steven 1967 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers California lawyers People from East Point, Georgia Sportspeople from Fulton County, Georgia Racing drivers from Atlanta 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 24H Series drivers SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants Le Mans Cup drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers TDS Racing drivers Algarve Pro Racing drivers