Don Thomson Jr. (born August 24, 1962) is a Canadian former racing driver in the

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. He drove the No. 4

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Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Fitzpatrick Motorsports for more than two decades before moving over in 2011 to the drive the No. 8

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becoming teammates with

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. He retired after the 2011 season after winning multiple championships.

Racing career

Thomson was the 2001 to 2005 champion in the

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, the premiere stockcar series in

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picking up many wins. He moved to the

when

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was purchased by

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in 2007. He won the first race in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series history at

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on May 26, 2007"Thomson wins inaugural NASCAR Canadian Tire race"
Joe Duarte, Retrieved July 4, 2007 as well as Mosport Speedway (2007); SunValley (2008), Riverside (2008). Thomson has 9 poles which include SunValley (2007), Cayuga-2 (2007); Cayuga-1 (2008), Barrie-1 (2008), Saint-Eustache (2008), SunValley (2008), Cayuga-2 (2008), Barrie-2 (2008), Kawartha (2008). He also finished second in points in 2008 finishing 24 points behind

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. In 2009 he picked up one win at

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while in 2010 his performance improved getting one win at

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

References

External links

Driver profile
* 1962 births Living people Racing drivers from Ontario NASCAR drivers People from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo CASCAR Super Series drivers {{NASCAR-bio-stub