Randy Tolsma

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Randy Tolsma
Born (1966-05-04) May 4, 1966 (age 55)
Meridian, Idaho
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
13 races run over 2 years
Best finish45th (2001)
First race2000 MBNA.com 200 (Dover)
Last race2001 Sam's Club 200 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
107 races run over 7 years
Best finish8th (2000)
First race1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix)
Last race2002 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)
First win1997 Dodge California Truckstop 300 (Mesa Marin)
Last win2000 Federated Auto Parts 250 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 46 2

Randy Tolsma (born May 4, 1966) is an American former stock car racing driver. Tolsma began his racing career in go-karts at the age of nine, before moving into sprint cars, running as high as USAC, where he won four track championships. He failed to qualify for the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and then shifted his focus to NASCAR and made his first start in the Craftsman Truck Series later that year. From then until 2002, he made 107 starts in the Truck Series. He also made 13 Busch Series starts in 2000 and 2001.

Tolsma made his NASCAR debut in 1996 at Phoenix International Raceway. Driving the #61 Chevrolet Silverado for Steve Coulter's Xpress Motorsports team, he started 16th but finished 29th after wrecking early in the race. Tolsma returned to the team in 1997, running a limited schedule for Coulter. Running 15 races, he had 5 top-tens, including his first career win at Mesa Marin Raceway, where he held off fellow rookie Stacy Compton for the final twelve laps. Tolsma teamed with Coulter to run full-time in 1998, grabbing his first career pole at Indianapolis Raceway Park, and had ten top-ten finishes. Late in the season, Coulter shut down his Truck team, and Tolsma split the year driving for Liberty Racing, Phil Bonifield, and Dominic Dobson. He ran 26 races total and finished 14th in points.

For 1999, Tolsma signed to drive the new #25 Dodge Ram for Impact Motorsports. He sat on the pole in the season-opening race at Homestead and posted ten top-ten finishes throughout the course of the season, finishing eleventh in points. In 2000, Tolsma grabbed fifteen top-tens and a win at Nashville. He finished eighth in points. He also made his Busch Series debut at Dover, driving the #25 Lance Snacks Chevy for Team Rensi Motorsports. He started 38th and finishing 28th.

After Impact began running into financial problems, Tolsma left to drive for Rensi's truck team. Unfortunately, their #16 was unsponsored, and despite Tolsma being in the top-ten in points, the team folded after the Power Stroke Diesel 200. He finished out the year driving twelve races for Rensi's Busch team, his best finish an 18th at Memphis. He was unable to keep his ride for the 2002 season, and ran one Truck race at Martinsville, where he finished 18th. He has not raced in NASCAR since.

Motorsports career results[]

IRL IndyCar Series[]

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 Rank Points
1996 Zunne Group Racing Lola T93 24 Buick WDW
 PHX
 INDY
DNQ 		- 0

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series[]

NASCAR Busch Series results
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 NBSC Pts Ref
2000 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
28 		CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 100th 79 [1]
2001 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR
23 		IRP
33 		MCH
33 		BRI
22 		DAR
29 		RCH
38 		DOV
26 		KAN
40 		CLT
25 		MEM
18 		PHO
25 		CAR
31 		HOM 45th 924 [2]

Craftsman Truck Series[]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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 NCTC Pts Ref
1996 Xpress Motorsports 61 Chevy HOM PHO POR TUS CNS HPT BRI MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS MMR PHO
29 		LVS
DNQ 		115th 77 [3]
1997 WDW
DNQ 		TUS
19 		HOM
DNQ 		PHO
DNQ 		POR EVG
26 		I70
DNQ 		NHA TEX
8 		BRI NZH MLW
31 		LVL CNS HPT
15 		IRP
6 		FLM NSV
32 		GLN
32 		RCH
9 		MAR
14 		SON
18 		MMR
1 		CAL
5 		PHO
33 		LVS
30 		22nd 1802 [4]
1998 WDW
20 		HOM
37 		PHO
10 		POR
2 		EVG
3
17 		GLN
9 		TEX
25 		BRI
5 		MLW
12 		NZH
18 		CAL
6
9 		IRP
6 		NHA
25
26 		NSV
6 		HPT
25 		LVL
22 		RCH
7 		MEM
13 		GTY
16 		14th 3121 [5]
Liberty Racing 84 Ford MAR
14
Team Racing 11 Chevy SON
19
78 Dodge MMR
34 		PHO
34 		LVS
25
1999 Impact Motorsports 25 Dodge HOM
17* 		PHO
15 		EVG
11 		MMR
13 		MAR
7 		MEM
8
26 		I70
8 		BRI
16 		TEX
17
6 		GLN
13 		MLW
8 		NSV
21 		NZH
5 		MCH
15 		NHA
10 		IRP
9 		GTY
16 		HPT
13 		RCH
8 		LVS
16 		LVL
25 		TEX
5 		CAL
12 		11th 3173 [6]
2000 DAY
15 		HOM
6 		PHO
31 		MMR
25* 		MAR
7
29 		GTY
3 		MEM
7
12
2* 		TEX
3 		KEN
6 		GLN
10 		MLW
2 		NHA
3
31 		MCH
10 		IRP
10 		NSV
1 		CIC
10 		RCH
34 		DOV
16 		CAL
20 		8th 3157 [7]
Chevy TEX
7
2001 Team Rensi Motorsports 61 Chevy DAY
5 		HOM
6 		MMR
10 		MAR
5 		GTY
11 		DAR
13
28 		DOV
28 		TEX
8 		MEM
13 		MLW
30 		KAN
13 		KEN
8 		NHA
12 		IRP
19 		NSH CIC RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 18th 1859 [8]
2002 DAY DAR MAR
18 		GTY DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 81st 109 [9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  8. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "Randy Tolsma – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.

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