Dean Thompson, one of Southern California’s most popular and successful sprint car drivers, died Tuesday of a ruptured aneurysm at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance. He was 53.

Richard Griffin, sprint car racing's "Gas Man" from Silver City, N.M., has retired after winning his fifth Sprint Car Racing Assn. championship in the last six years.

In the 2025 season, Dean Thompson is moving on up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Sam Hunt Racing for a full-time schedule. Thompson spent the last three seasons in the Truck Series with Niece ...

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Dean Thompson was involved in a frightening crash on Saturday, but fortunately he avoided any major injuries. Thompson got loose and hit the wall on a late ...

Dean Thompson will pilot the No. 26 Toyota GR Supra full-time for Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2025, the team announced Tuesday. Thompson, 23, raced full-time in the ...

Dean Thompson, in his 2025 Xfinity Series rookie campaign, ... “We knew he was fast, we just knew there was going to be a challenge of helping him mature as a race car driver,” Hunt said.