Steven Thomas (racing driver)

Steven Thomas
Thomas at the 2022 24H Series Spa round
Nationality	American
Born	(1967-07-12) July 12, 1967 (age 57) East Point, Georgia
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	45
Starts	5
Wins	2 (LMP2 Pro/Am)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0

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.

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

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
2017	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Spec Racer	Ford	Spec Racer Ford	30	42	Running

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points	Ref
2021	WIN Autosport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 5†	SEB 4	WGI 1	WGL 2	ELK 5	LGA 3	ATL 3	2nd	2026	[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	3rd	1882	[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	3rd	1942	[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	4th	2104	[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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
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	2nd	154
Sources:[10][11]

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen René Binder	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2 Pro-Am	363	19th	1st
2023	Tower Motorsports	René Rast Ricky Taylor	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	19	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am
Sources:[10][12]

References

1. David Bristol (January 7, 2021). "Tristan Nunez en LMP2 avec WIN Autosport". www.endurance-info.com (in French). Retrieved March 28, 2022.
2. Laurent Mercier (December 24, 2021). "Le second équipage PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports officialisé". www.endurance-info.com (in French). Retrieved March 28, 2022.
3. Laurent Mercier (March 9, 2022). "Algarve Pro Racing au départ des 1000 miles de Sebring". www.endurance-info.com (in French). Retrieved March 28, 2022.
4. John Dagys (March 11, 2022). "Thomas Hopes APR Entry Can Promote "Force of Good"". sportscar365.com. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
5. "Algarve's Masterful Recovery". Autosport: 40. June 16, 2022. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via PressReader.
6. "Steven Thomas – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
7. "Steven Thomas – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
8. "Steven Thomas – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
9. "Steven Thomas – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
10. "Steven Thomas Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
11. "Steven Thomas". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
12. "Steven Thomas". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

External links

• Steven Thomas career summary at DriverDB.com