| Tanner Thorson | |
| Birth Name: | Tanner Delbert Thorson |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Minden, Nevada, U.S. |
| Achievements: | 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals Winner 2016 USAC National Midget Champion 2015 Turkey Night Grand Prix Winner |
| Total Truck Races: | 11 |
| Years In Truck: | 1 |
| Prev Truck Pos: | 25th |
| Prev Truck Year: | 2018 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 25th (2018) |
| First Truck Race: | 2018 JEGS 200 (Dover) |
| Last Truck Race: | 2018 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | September 4, 2019 |
Tanner Delbert Thorson (born May 7, 1996) is an American professional dirt track racing driver. He competes in the United States Auto Club (USAC) and World of Outlaws. 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.
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] [6]
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.
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | DOV 16 | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW 13 | GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD 19 | POC 15 | MCH | BRI 14 | MSP | LVS 32 | MAR 31 | TEX 21 | PHO 18 | HOM 29 | 25th | 172 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | TAL 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ISF 12 | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 108th | 170 | [9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 25 | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | MAD 10 | IOW | IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | 63rd | 320 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | DSF 19 | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||