Derek Thorn

Derek Thorn (born April 25, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the SRL Southwest Tour.^[1] He won the championship in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West with Sunrise Ford Racing in 2013^[2] and again in 2018 in a one-off season with SFR.^[3] In 2022, Thorn won the 55th Annual Snowball Derby.^[4]

Derek Thorn
Thorn's car on pit road at Sonoma Raceway in 2018
Nationality	American
Born	(1986-04-25) April 25, 1986 (age 39)
K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season	2008
Current team	Sunrise Ford Racing
Car number	6
Engine	Ford
Former teams	Shawn Keep Racing, Byron Campbell Motorsports, Bill McAnally Racing
Starts	51
Championships	2
Wins	7
Poles	5
Best finish	1st in 2013, 2018
Finished last season	1st (2018)
Championship titles
2022 2019 2013, 2018 2012–13, 2017 2017	Snowball Derby Snowflake 100 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown
Awards
36 (as of 2019)	Winningest SRL Southwest Tour driver
Statistics up to date as of December 7, 2019.

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. ** – All laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH DNQ	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	[5]

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	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2008	Shawn Keep	80	Ford	GRE 24	IOW DNQ	SBO 20	GLN	NHA 24	TMP	MCM 5	ADI	LRP	MFD 7	NHA 15	DOV	STA	23rd	797	[6]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2008	Shawn Keep	80	Ford	AAS	PHO	CTS	IOW DNQ	CNS	SON	IRW	DCS	EVG	MMP	IRW	AMP	AAS			N/A	0	[7]
2011	Byron Campbell Motorsports	44	Chevy	PHO 3	AAS	MMP	IOW	LVS 28	SON	IRW 2	EVG								16th	869	[8]
	Sunrise Ford Racing	9	Ford									PIR 3	CNS	MRP	SPO	AAS 11	PHO 5
2012		6		PHO 5	LHC 1*	MMP 12	S99 7	IOW 5	BIR 4	LVS 14	SON 2	EVG 3	CNS 2		PIR 5	SMP 1	AAS 4	PHO 27	3rd	568	[9]
		66												IOW 10
2013		6		PHO 4	S99 1**	BIR 2*	IOW 5	L44 4	SON 1	CNS 1*	IOW 4	EVG 3*	SPO 2	MMP 9	SMP 2	AAS 2*	KCR 6	PHO 15	1st	622	[10]
2017	Bill McAnally Racing	43	Toyota	TUS	KCR	IRW	IRW	SPO	OSS	CNS	SON 28	IOW	EVG	DCS	MER	AAS			31st	54	[11]
	Sunrise Ford Racing	22	Ford														KCR 6
2018		6		KCR 2	TUS 2	TUS 3	OSS 2	CNS 1*	SON 8	DCS 5	IOW 2	EVG 1	GTW 3	LVS 3	MER 4	AAS 3	KCR 5		1st	586	[12]