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 IWX Motor Freight 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 Supergard Motor Oil 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.
^"Randy Tolsma – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
^"Randy Tolsma – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^"Randy Tolsma – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
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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 Randy TolsmaBorn 1966 05 04 May 4 1966 age 57 Meridian IdahoNASCAR Xfinity Series career13 races run over 2 yearsBest finish45th 2001 First race2000 MBNA com 200 Dover Last race2001 Sam s Club 200 Rockingham Wins Top tens Poles0 0 0NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career107 races run over 7 yearsBest 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 Poles2 46 2Tolsma made his NASCAR debut in 1996 at Phoenix International Raceway Driving the 61 IWX Motor Freight 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 Supergard Motor Oil 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 Contents 1 Motorsports career results 1 1 IRL IndyCar Series 1 2 NASCAR 1 2 1 Busch Series 1 2 2 Craftsman Truck Series 2 References 3 External linksMotorsports career results editIRL IndyCar Series edit Year Team Chassis No Engine 1 2 3 Rank Points Ref1996 Zunne Group Racing Lola T93 24 Buick WDW PHX INDYDNQ 0 1 NASCAR edit key Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time Most laps led Busch Series edit NASCAR Busch Series resultsYear 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 Ref2000 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 DOV28 CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 100th 79 2 2001 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR23 IRP33 MCH33 BRI22 DAR29 RCH38 DOV26 KAN40 CLT25 MEM18 PHO25 CAR31 HOM 45th 924 3 Craftsman Truck Series edit NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series resultsYear 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 Ref1996 Xpress Motorsports 61 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO29 LVSDNQ 115th 77 4 1997 WDWDNQ TUS19 HOMDNQ PHODNQ POR EVG26 I70DNQ NHA TEX8 BRI NZH MLW31 LVL CNS HPT15 IRP6 FLM NSV32 GLN32 RCH9 MAR14 SON18 MMR1 CAL5 PHO33 LVS30 22nd 1802 5 1998 WDW20 HOM37 PHO10 POR2 EVG3 I7017 GLN9 TEX25 BRI5 MLW12 NZH18 CAL6 PPR9 IRP6 NHA25 FLM26 NSV6 HPT25 LVL22 RCH7 MEM13 GTY16 14th 3121 6 Liberty Racing 84 Ford MAR14Team Racing 11 Chevy SON19PacWest S T Motorsports 78 Dodge MMR34 PHO34 LVS251999 Impact Motorsports 25 Dodge HOM17 PHO15 EVG11 MMR13 MAR7 MEM8 PPR26 I708 BRI16 TEX17 PIR6 GLN13 MLW8 NSV21 NZH5 MCH15 NHA10 IRP9 GTY16 HPT13 RCH8 LVS16 LVL25 TEX5 CAL12 11th 3173 7 2000 DAY15 HOM6 PHO31 MMR25 MAR7 PIR29 GTY3 MEM7 PPR12 EVG2 TEX3 KEN6 GLN10 MLW2 NHA3 NZH31 MCH10 IRP10 NSV1 CIC10 RCH34 DOV16 CAL20 8th 3157 8 Chevy TEX72001 Team Rensi Motorsports 61 Chevy DAY5 HOM6 MMR10 MAR5 GTY11 DAR13 PPR28 DOV28 TEX8 MEM13 MLW30 KAN13 KEN8 NHA12 IRP19 NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 18th 1859 9 2002 DAY DAR MAR18 GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 81st 109 10 References edit Randy Tolsma 1996 Indy Racing League Results Racing Reference Retrieved December 20 2022 Randy Tolsma 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 Randy Tolsma 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 10 2016 External links editArchived version of Randy Tolsma s home page Randy Tolsma driver statistics at Racing Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Randy Tolsma amp oldid 1170653659, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
