Sergei Thompson

Sergiusz "Sergei" Thompson (born March 16th, 1981) is a ShopRite Series racer who competes in the number 21 for Tom Sloan Racing. His teammates are be Tom Sloan and Rhys Brown. Sergei was actually originally Northern Irish/Polish continuing TSR's theme of having 3 European drivers.
== Career ==
He started his career off with a bang, winning the Preseason 50. Then he won the Subway 400 to become the first rookie to win. He became a huge title contender after this, getting top 10s day in and day out, staying inside the top 5 in points. He edged his way to the points lead after his second win at Watkins Glen and a top 5 at Michigan the next week. He then extended his points lead by maximizing points in his third win at Kansas. He was the holder of the points lead for every race after the second Michigan race (except Atlanta when Winford Bradford Rutherford won), but had five championship contenders right on his heels heading into Homestead with a tiny 2 point lead, but got too aggressive and wrecked early on and dipped to fourth in the standings after a 39th place finish. Just to cap off a great rookie season, he won the 2004 All Star Race 2, giving him some momentum to take into 2005.
== List Of Wins (ShopRite) ==
# 2004 Subway 400
# 2004 Sirius At The Glen
# 2004 Kansas 400
== Records ==
* First rookie winner ever (2004 Subway 400)
* Tied for shortest amount of starts before a signup's first win (won in second start) (tied with Eric Drew)
* First rookie to lead the ShopRite points standings (after race 23 of 2004)