Derek Griffith
Griffith atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2022
Born	Derek P. Griffith (1997-02-09)February 9, 1997 (age 29) Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S.
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
6 races run over 1 year
Best finish	44th (2022)
First race	2022ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2022Dead On Tools 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2021 position	79th
Best finish	79th (2021)
First race	2021Toyota 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of July 16, 2022.

Derek P. Griffith (born February 9, 1997) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26Toyota Supra forSam Hunt Racing. Griffith has also competed in theARCA Menards Series andsuper late model racing, winning the 2018 Pro All Stars Series national championship.

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In his early years, Griffith raced at Hudson Speedway in New Hampshire, running four-cylinder cars.^[1] While in the kids' division at Hudson, Griffith was nicknamed "The Rock Star" for his long-haired appearance.^[2]

Griffith moved up from four-cylinders to super late models (SLMs) in 2012 and ran full-time in the Granite State Pro Stock Series in 2014.^[3] He won the 2015 GSPSS championship.^[4][5] In 2016, Griffith returned to the GSPSS, won the DAV Fall Classic atSeekonk Speedway and claimed his first career Pro All Stars Series (PASS) win.^[6][7][8] Griffith claimed two PASS North victories in 2017.^[9]

In 2018, Griffith won the PASS North Icebreaker atThompson Speedway Motorsports Park, and claimed the PASS national championship.^[10][11] The majority of the title run was contested with a Lefthander chassis more than a decade old.^[12] He also started racing more outside of New Hampshire, venturing toSouth Carolina andFlorida.^[13]

In 2019, Griffith held on to the PASS North points lead until the final race, when DJ Shaw overtook Griffith.^[14] He also acquired a newFury Race Cars SLM chassis to race at theSnowball Derby, as Griffith's main chassis was not well suited for Florida rules variations.^[15] Griffith also took part in the Kulwicki Driver Development Program in 2019,^[16] and won Oktoberfest atLee USA Speedway.^[17]

Griffith scored the cumulative title at the 2020World Series of Asphalt.^[18]Chad Bryant Racing later signed Griffith to make hisARCA Menards Series East debut in the season-openingSkip's Western Outfitters 175.^[19] The drive came after Griffith meeting with CBR crew chiefPaul Andrews through the Kulwicki Driver Development Program.^[20] He won the pole for the race.^[21] After finishing second in his debut race, Griffith and CBR secured enough funding to run a full East schedule in 2020.^[22] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, CBR and Griffith discontinued their full-season East effort after one race and started running part-time in the nationalARCA Menards Series.^[23] He continued racing super late models in 2020, winning Granite State Nationals atClaremont Motorsports Park in September.^[24] A weekend after that, Griffith won the Freedom 300 and associated $10,000 paycheck at Lee USA Speedway.^[25] He also continued to make appearances in the Granite State Pro Stock Series.^[26]

For 2021, Griffith remained in ARCA for another part-time schedule and moved from Chad Bryant Racing (which closed down and merged their ARCA operations intoGMS Racing for 2021) toVenturini Motorsports. He drove their No. 55 Toyota in two races, which were the season-opener at Daytona as well as Kansas in May. Griffith would also drive for the team in ARCA's Daytona test session in January before the start of the season.

On July 1, 2021,Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Griffith would make hisNASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut atWorld Wide Technology Raceway driving the No. 51.^[27]

On September 21, 2025, Griffith took victory of the GSPSS Keen Parts 150 atLee USA Speedway ahead of Corey Bubar and Joey Doiron.^[28] Griffith won his 8th career GSPSS series race. He plans to go onto the national level and participate in theSnowball Derby and World Series atNew Smyrna Speedway.^[29]

Griffith attendedAlvirne High School.^[30]

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^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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• Derek Griffith driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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