Tanner Delbert Thorson (born May 7, 1996) is an American professional

dirt track racing Dirt track racing is a form of motorsport held on clay or dirt surfaced banked oval racetracks. Dirt track racing started in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 1930s using both automobiles and motorc ...

driver. He competes in the

United States Auto Club The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the List of USAC Championship Car seasons, United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the ...

(USAC) and High Limit Racing. Thorson has also competed in the

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...

, last driving the Nos. 12 and 20

Chevrolet Silverado The Chevrolet Silverado is a range of trucks manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1999 model year, the Silverado is the successor to the long-running Chevrolet C/K model line. Taking its name from the to ...

s for

Young's Motorsports Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Xfinity Series, they field the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth gene ...

in 2018.

Racing career

USAC racing

TannerThorson2014USACMidgetAngellParkSpeedway

Thorson raced in the USAC Midget National Tour for many years. He won the 2016

USAC National Midget Series The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the organization sanctioned the Indianapol ...

championship on the strength of 17 wins. A highlight of the season was winning the Gold Crown Midget Nationals at

Tri-City Speedway Tri-City Raceway Park (formerly known as Tri-City Speedway and Franklin Speedway) is a 1/2-mile dirt oval and a 3/8-mile track for karts, located in Oakland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, near the city of Franklin to the southwest. It l ...

. He also made some starts in asphalt

Late Model Late Model stock car racing, also known as late model racing and late models, refers to a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other primarily on oval tracks. This type of racing was early-on ...

s and an ARCA start on the dirt at the Springfield Mile. Thorson began USAC

Sprint Car Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval, circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primar ...

racing in 2021 and ran for the Rookie of the Year. He won his first USAC wingless Sprint Car feature on April 23, 2021 at Big Diamond Speedway in his thirteenth start. Thorson won his fifth feature USAC Midget win of the season on August 5, 2021 at

Bridgeport Speedway Bridgeport Speedway is a dirt speedway located in the community of Bridgeport in Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, that consists of a high banked, progressive 4/10 mile and a 1/4 mile oval located within the bigger track. The Supe ...

. It was Thorson's 25th career win, which put him in 16th place on the all-time wins list. On January 16, 2022, Thorson beat Christopher Bell to claim his first

Chili Bowl Nationals The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car racing, midget car race that takes place in January on a dirt oval track at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. NASCAR calls it the "biggest Midget ra ...

win.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2018, it was announced that Thorson would drive the No. 20 truck for

in conjunction with Team Dillon Racing for the majority of the 2018 NCWTS schedule.

Personal life

Thorson is married to well known World of Outlaws Driver, Stevie Smiths daughter - Shaylee Smith (now Thorson). They reside in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma right outside of Tulsa.

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorson, Tanner Living people 1996 births NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers People from Minden, Nevada Racing drivers from Nevada CARS Tour drivers USAC Silver Crown Series drivers