Tanner Delbert Thorson (born May 7, 1996 in Minden, Nevada) is an American professional dirt track racing driver. He competes in the United States Auto Club (USAC) and High Limit Racing. Thorson has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, last driving the Nos. 12 and 20 Chevrolet Silverados for Young's Motorsports in 2018.
Racing career USAC racing
Thorson raced in the USAC Midget National Tour for many years. He won the 2016 USAC National Midget Series championship on the strength of 17 wins. A highlight of the season was winning the Gold Crown Midget Nationals at Tri-City Speedway. He also made some starts in asphalt Late Models and an ARCA start on the dirt at the Springfield Mile. Thorson began USAC Sprint Car 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. 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 win.
Camping World Truck Series In 2018, it was announced that Thorson would drive the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports in conjunction with Team Dillon Racing for the majority of the 2018 NCWTS schedule.
Personal life Thorson married Shaylee Smith in 2022. Smith’s father, Stevie Smith, a former World of Outlaws racer.
The couple have two children and reside in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
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 NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 Pts Ref 2018 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV16 KAN CLT TEX IOW13 GTW CHI KEN ELD19 POC15 MCH BRI14 MSP LVS32 MAR31 TEX21 PHO18 HOM29 25th 172 12 TAL31
K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2018 Young's Motorsports 28 Chevy NSM BRI23 LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM TMP NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 59th 21
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.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2016 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF12 DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 108th 170 2017 25 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD10 IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA 63rd 320 15 DSF19 SLM CHI KEN KAN
CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2016 David Gilliland Racing 97T Toyota SNM ROU HCY TCM GRE ROU3 CON5 MYB HCY SNM 27th 58
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