Derek White (racing driver)
Derek White | |||||||
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![]() White at Road America in 2013 | |||||||
Born | Kahnawake, Quebec | December 9, 1970||||||
Awards | 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2015 position | 73rd | ||||||
Best finish | 73rd (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2015 5-hour Energy 301 (Loudon) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
22 races run over 5 years | |||||||
2016 position | 78th | ||||||
Best finish | 36th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Boyd Gaming 300 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 6 years | |||||||
2014 position | 77th | ||||||
Best finish | 71st (2009) | ||||||
First race | 2009 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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NASCAR Canada Series career | |||||||
35 races run over 6 years | |||||||
2014 position | 34th | ||||||
Best finish | 14th (2010) | ||||||
First race | 2009 Tufoil 250 (Saint-Eustache) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of March 5, 2016. |
Derek White (born December 9, 1970) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 Toyota Camry and No. 40 Dodge Challenger as an owner/driver for MBM Motorsports.
In March 2016, White was arrested and charged for smuggling tobacco from the United States into Canada. He was eventually suspended indefinitely by NASCAR. He was reinstated to compete in 2024 returning to MBM Motorsports
Racing career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Road_America_2013_Nationwide_24_Derek_White.jpg/220px-Road_America_2013_Nationwide_24_Derek_White.jpg)
Early career and regional stock car racing
[edit]White spent 30 years drag racing in Canada, before deciding to switch to stock car racing in 2009.[1] That year, he ran five races in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, with a best finish of 11th in his series debut at Autodrome Saint-Eustache.[2] The following year, he ran eleven of thirteen races, recording a top ten at the season-opener at Delaware Speedway.[3] At the end of the year, he was named Rookie of the Year.[4]
In 2014, White made a start in the American Canadian Tour, competing in the season-ending race at Airborne Speedway; he finished 22nd after starting 33rd.[5]
National series
[edit]In 2009, White made his Camping World Truck Series debut for Mario Gosselin at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 23rd after starting 34th.[6]
In 2012, White was hired by SR² Motorsports to run as a road course ringer for the Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. In the No. 24, he finished a career-high 18th. Before the 2014 Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, White formed Motorsports Business Management with driver Carl Long as principal.[1] The team made its racing debut as MBM Motorsports at the race with Matt Carter as driver of the No. 13.[7] For six more races in 2014, White fielded rides for himself, Long and Mike Wallace, failing to qualify for four and not finishing all six races they had qualified.[8][9][10]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/40_Derek_White_2015_Road_America_180.jpg/220px-40_Derek_White_2015_Road_America_180.jpg)
In 2015, White and Long were joined by team owners Rick Ware and Curtis Key as partners,[11] and the team eventually added the No. 40 team.[7] Before the Winn-Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, White was penalized 15 drivers and owners points for an unsecured ballast.[12]
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On July 13, White announced that he would make his Sprint Cup Series debut at the 5-hour Energy 301 in Loudon for Circle Sport, the first Native American to attempt a Cup Series race in series history.[13] After qualifying 42nd, he finished 39th, eleven laps down.[14]
Personal life
[edit]From Kahnawake, Quebec,[15] White is of Mohawk descent.[4]
On March 30, 2016, White turned himself in for his involvement in a tobacco smuggling ring. The circle, targeted by Sûreté du Québec's MYGALE project, began in 2014 and had smuggled at least 158 transports to Canada, including 2,294 tons of tobacco worth $530 million.[16] The tobacco was then sold to First Nations persons in the country.[17] On April 4, he was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR.[18]
In 2019, White was acquitted on one of the two charges of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. However, he was found guilty of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and profiting from organized crime for not paying excise tax on tobacco that was imported from the United States. He appealed, and on 1 November 2023, convictions against White and another accused were overturned. They had argued that Excise Tax Act tariffs on imports were not applicable to Mohawk people based on their Constitution Act Section 35 rights as well as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples rights to trade tobacco tax-free. They argued that the Mohawk nation has the right to control its economy based on based on exercise of treaty rights from 1664 through to 1764.[19]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Sprint Cup Series
[edit]NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | Ref | ||
2015 | Circle Sport | 33 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA 39 |
IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 73rd | 01 | [20] |
Xfinity Series
[edit]Camping World Truck Series
[edit]Canadian Tire Series
[edit]NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCTSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | White Motorsports | 99 | Chevy | ASE 11 |
DEL | MSP | ASE 16 |
MPS | EDM | SAS | MSP | CTR 14 |
CGV 33 |
BAR | RIS | KWA 20 |
24th | 533 | [32] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | DEL 7 |
MSP 17 |
ASE 15 |
TOR 31 |
EDM 19 |
MPS 17 |
SAS 17 |
MSP 16 |
CGV 15 |
BAR | RIS | KWA 19 |
14th | 1236 | [33] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dodge | CTR 14 |
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2011 | Chevy | MSP 12 |
ICAR 13 |
DEL 20 |
MSP | TOR 16 |
MPS | SAS | CTR 7 |
CGV 25 |
BAR | RIS 14 |
KWA 26 |
16th | 909 | [34] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 10 | MSP 14 |
ICAR 24 |
MSP | DEL | MPS | EDM | SAS | 27th | 123 | [35] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | CTR 14 |
CGV 23 |
BAR | RIS | KWA 22 |
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2013 | MSP 28 |
DEL | MSP | KWA 20 |
33rd | 68 | [36] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DJK Racing | 28 | Chevy | ICAR 16 |
MPS | SAS | ASE | CTR | RIS | MSP | BAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | White Motorsports | 00 | Chevy | MSP 20 |
ACD | MSP 25 |
BAR | KWA | 34th | 71 | [37] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | ICAR 16 |
EIR | SAS | ASE | CTR | RIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | 00 | MSP | ACD | SSS | ICAR | EIR | SAS | ASE 14 |
CTR | RIS | MSP | KWA | 43rd | 30 | [38] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Derek White to drive Grafoid Dodge in the NASCAR Xfinity Series". Flagworld. April 10, 2015. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "2010 Keystone Light 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Mohawk Driver Derek White Driving in NASCAR Race This Weekend". Indian Country Today Media Network. June 18, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Fall Foliage 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "2009 Kroger 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ a b Beard, Brock (April 19, 2015). "XFINITY: Derek White Scores First XFINITY Last-Place Run For #40 Since 1999". LASTCAR. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Carl Long: 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Mike Wallace: 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Result". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "MBM Motorsports Announces Daytona Plans". Catchfence. February 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR penalizes Xfinity team for violation discovered at Talladega". NBC Sports. May 6, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ Bearden, Aaron (July 13, 2015). "DEREK WHITE LANDS SPRINT CUP DEBUT WITH CIRCLE SPORT RACING". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "2015 5-hour Energy 301". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Rowe, Daniel J. (July 27, 2015). "Kahnawake's Derek White makes racing history". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Long, Dustin (March 30, 2016). "NASCAR driver faces seven charges in biggest tobacco-smuggling bust in North America". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ "Report: Derek White investigated in tobacco-smuggling operation". Sports Illustrated. March 30, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ Long, Dustin (April 4, 2016). "NASCAR indefinitely suspends Derek White for arrest". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ Accessed 1 November 2023, https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/judge-overturns-mohawk-pairs-tobacco-conviction-citing-centuries-old-treaties
- ^ "Derek White – 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Derek White – 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
External links
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- Derek White driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Derek White owner statistics at Racing-Reference