Billy Ray Smith-Thompson

Billy Ray Smith-Thompson (born September 4, 1972 in Tampa, Florida) is an American stock car driver.

Smith-Thompson emerged on the national stock car scene in 2012, when he was hired as a development driver for Matthews Motorsports in the RROL Elite Series, later renamed the National Racing Championship. In 2014, he moved to the FARC LoBo Truck Tour on a part-time schedule, where he became famous for winning at the Albuquerque Speedbowl despite flipping his truck early in the race.

After spending 2015 in the FARC Super Series, Smith-Thompson received the biggest opportunity of his career yet when he was hired by Pearson-Sweeney Motorsports to drive the legendary #2 Smash Beer Lenard of Andy Pearson. Smith-Thompson went winless in 2016, but broke through in 2017 with two wins, including the double points Lowe Dollar High Stakes 150, and charged through the field in the season-ending Rockford 200 to clinch the championship by two points over Lev Azarov.