Steven Thomas (racing driver)

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Steven Thomas
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Thomas at the 2022 24H Series Spa round
NationalityAmerican
Born (1967-07-12) July 12, 1967 (age 57)
East Point, Georgia
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Car number45
Starts5
Wins2 (LMP2 Pro/Am)
Poles0
Fastest laps0

Steven Thomas (born July 12, 1967) is an American racing driver and attorney at the TAFS law firm. As a gentleman driver, Thomas has competed in endurance events such as the FIA World Endurance Championship, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, IMSA Prototype Challenge and Michelin Le Mans Cup.

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Career

In 2021, Thomas had entered the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with his team, WIN Autosport, using an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with Tristan Nunez as his team-mate. Thomas Merrill had competed with the crew during endurance races and Matthew Bell for the 24 Hours of Daytona. [1]

In 2022, Thomas continued his commitment to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship but for that season, he joined the American team PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports to compete in an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with team-mate Jonathan Bomarito. Josh Pierson had competed with the crew during endurance races and Harry Tincknell for the 24 Hours of Daytona. [2] At the same time, Thomas was in discussion with various teams to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. One of them, Algarve Pro Racing, who were in a very difficult situation because following the withdrawal of G-Drive Racing from the FIA World Endurance Championship, which it had to support technically, it found itself without a program and its existence was threatened. It was then that Algarve offered Thomas to participate in the WEC instead of only participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In view of the situation and after consulting his partners, Thomas committed himself and participated in the WEC with drivers James Allen and René Binder as teammates. [3] [4] At the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, Allen, Binder and Thomas finished first in the LMP2 Pro/Am subclass. [5]

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
2017 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Spec Racer Ford Spec Racer Ford 3042Running

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567Pos.PointsRef
2021 WIN AutosportLMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
5
SEB
4
WGI
1
WGL
2
ELK
5
LGA
3
ATL
3
2nd2026 [6]
2022 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
7
SEB
4
LGA
5
MDO
2
WGL
6
ELK
4
PET
3
3rd1882 [7]
2023 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
10
SEB
2
LGA
1
WGL
7
ELK
3
IMS
1
PET
8
3rd1942 [8]
2024 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
13
SEB
2
WGL
9
MOS
3
ELK
12
IMS
1
ATL
1
4th2104 [9]
Source: [10]

Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456RankPoints
2022 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
3
SPA
2
LMS
1
MNZ
1
FUJ
3
BHR
3
2nd154
Sources: [10] [11]

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2022 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen
Flag of Austria.svg René Binder
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 Pro-Am36319th1st
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tower Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP219DNFDNF
LMP2 Pro-Am
Sources: [10] [12]

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References

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