Derek Thorn is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the SRL Southwest Tour. He won the championship in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West with Sunrise Ford Racing in 2013 and again in 2018 in a one-off season with SFR. In 2022, Thorn won the 55th Annual Snowball Derby.
Thorn's car on pit road at Sonoma Raceway in 2018
The ARCA Menards Series West, formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR AutoZone West Series, NASCAR Winston West Series and NASCAR Camping World West Series, is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series was first formed in 1954 as a proving ground for drivers from the western United States who could not travel to race in the more traditional stock car racing regions like North Carolina and the rest of the southern United States.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick in the then-Winston West Series in 1997.
Jim Inglebright competing in the 2015 Carneros 200 in a Chevrolet SS
A Gen-4 Chevrolet Impala (left) and Gen-6 Chevrolet SS at Sonoma Raceway in 2015.