Randy Tolsma

Randy Tolsma
Born	May 4, 1966 Meridian, Idaho
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
107 races run over 7 years
First race	1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix)
Last race	2002 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)
First win	1997 Dodge California Truckstop 300 (Mesa Marin)
Last win	2000 Federated Auto Parts 250 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 46 2

Randy Tolsma (born May 4, 1966 in Meridian, Idaho) is a former race car 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.

Motorsports career results

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	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	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	I70 17	GLN 9	TEX 25	BRI 5	MLW 12	NZH 18	CAL 6	PPR 9	IRP 6	NHA 25	FLM 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
	PacWest S/T Motorsports	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	PPR 26	I70 8	BRI 16	TEX 17	PIR 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	PIR 29	GTY 3	MEM 7	PPR 12	EVG 2*	TEX 3	KEN 6	GLN 10	MLW 2	NHA 3	NZH 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	PPR 28	DOV 28	TEX 8	MEM 13	MLW 30	KAN 13	KEN 8	NHA 12	IRP 19	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL				18th	1859	[8]
2002				DAY	DAR	MAR 18	GTY	PPR	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.

External links

• Archived version of Randy Tolsma's home page
• Career statistics at racing-reference.info