Impact Motorsports | |
Owners: | David Hodson Russell Kersh |
Base: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Series: | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
Drivers: | Stacy Compton, Mike Cope, Carlos Contreras, Randy Tolsma, Scott Riggs, Derrike Cope |
Sponsors: | RC Cola, Superguard |
Manufacturer: | Ford Dodge |
Opened: | 1997 |
Closed: | 2001 |
Drivers Champ: | 0 |
Wins: | 3 |
Impact Motorsports is a former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. It was owned by David Hodson and Russell Kersh from 1997 until 2001, when it was sold to Phil Bonifield.
Impact debuted in 1997 at the Chevy Trucks Challenge at Walt Disney World Speedway. Stacy Compton drove the No. 86 Valvoline Ford F-Series to a tenth-place finish. Compton and Impact ran the entire season, and finished third behind Kenny Irwin Jr. and Rick Crawford for Rookie of the Year. The next season, RC Cola jumped on board to sponsor, and Compton won twice that season, at Portland and Kansas. He also was named Most Popular Driver as the team finished seventh in points. At that time, rumors began spreading that the team might run a Winston Cup race at Martinsville Speedway that year with Compton driving, but those plans never materialized. In 1999, Impact switched to Dodge and started a new team, the No. 25 Superguard truck driven by Randy Tolsma. Compton did not win, but collected six poles and finished fourth in points, while Tolsma had ten top-tens and finished 11th in points.
In 2000, Compton left for Melling Racing, and he was replaced by Mike Cope. Despite Cope putting together three top-twenty finishes, he was released from his ride. He was originally replaced by Doug George, then by rookie Scott Riggs. Riggs immediately clicked with the team, posting eight top-ten finishes during his tenure with the team, who finished 15th in owner's points that season. Tolsma, meanwhile, picked up a win at Nashville Speedway USA and finished eighth in points. The team added a third truck to its stable, the No. 12 Dodge driven by Carlos Contreras and sponsored by Hot Wheels. In his rookie season, Contreras had a pair of top-tens and finished 17th in points.
After the season, RC Cola, Supergard, Tolsma, Contreras, and Riggs all left the team. Miccosukee Gambling Group and the National Wild Turkey Federation originally signed to sponsor the 25 and 86 respectively trucks at the beginning of the season, as well as the team switching back to Ford, with Barry Bodine and Derrike Cope driving the two trucks. Bodine had two starts, the best of which being a 12th at Homestead, and Cope finishing 16th at Daytona. After Homestead however, the 25 shut down, and Cope left the 86. Jason White took over the 86, and had a best finish of 13th, but the team was starting to suffer big financial problems, and had to switch to a part-time schedule. Randy Briggs, Dana White, Jason Thom, and Rich Woodland Jr. all ran for the team, before Phil Bonifield finished out the year. At the end of the season, the team's mounting financial difficulties forced the team to close its doors. The equipment and owner's points were purchased by Bonifield.
Year | Driver | 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 | Pts | |
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1999 | Carlos Contreras | 68 | Dodge | HOM | PHO | EVG | MMR | MAR | MEM | PPR | I70 | BRI | TEX | PIR | GLN | MLW | NSV | NZH | MCH | NHA | IRP | GTY | HPT | RCH | LVS | LVL | TEX | CAL 14 | 74th | 121 |
2000 | 12 | DAY 13 | HOM 33 | PHO 21 | MMR 27 | MAR 22 | PIR 18 | GTY 18 | MEM 18 | PPR 30 | EVG 19 | TEX 20 | GLN 8 | MLW 11 | NHA 21 | NZH 18 | MCH 20 | IRP 27 | NSV 19 | CIC 15 | RCH 19 | DOV 10 | TEX 15 | CAL 26 | 17th | 2529 | ||||
Doug George | KEN 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Rich Woodland Jr. | DAY 35 | HOM | MMR | 63rd | 158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jason Thom | Chevy | MAR 21 | GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | IRP | NSH> | CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO | TEX | LVS | PHO | CAL |
Year | Driver | 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 | Pts | |
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1999 | Randy Tolsma | 25 | HOM 17* | PHO | EVG | MMR | MAR | MEM | PPR | I70 | BRI | TEX | PIR | GLN | MLW | NSV | NZH | MCH | NHA | IRP | GTY | HPT | RCH | LVS | LVL | TEX | CAL | 11th | 3173 | |
2000 | DAY | HOM | PHO | MMR 25* | MAR | PIR | GTY | MEM | PPR | EVG | TEX | KEN | GLN | MLW | NHA | NZH | MCH | IRP | NSV | CIC | RCH | DOV | CAL | 8th | 3157 | |||||
Chevy | TEX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Barry Bodine | Ford | DAY | 43rd | 542 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dodge | HOM | MMR | MAR | GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | IRP | ||||||||||||||||
Phil Bonifield | Chevy | NSH | CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO | TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathon Price | LVS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lance Hooper | CAL |
Year | Driver | 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 | Pts | |
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1997 | Stacy Compton | 86 | Ford | WDW 10 | TUS 16 | HOM 34 | PHO 33 | POR 12 | EVG 8 | I70 30 | NHA 15 | TEX 16 | BRI 25 | NZH 14 | MLW 21 | LVL 6 | CNS 3 | HPT 13 | IRP 26 | FLM 14 | NSV 5 | GLN 25 | RCH 18 | MAR 9 | SON 10 | MMR 2 | CAL 17 | PHO 14 | LVS 12 | 13th | 3057 | |
1998 | WDW 30 | HOM 6 | PHO 3 | POR 1* | EVG 4 | I70 11 | GLN 19 | TEX 5 | BRI 37 | MLW 13 | NZH 2 | CAL 14 | PPR 7 | IRP 13 | NHA 9 | FLM 28* | NSV 9 | HPT 1 | LVL 4 | RCH 23 | MEM 16 | GTY 26 | MAR 4 | SON 15 | MMR 3 | PHO 8 | LVS 17 | 7th | 3542 | |||
1999 | Dodge | HOM 3 | PHO 4 | EVG 4 | MMR 3 | MAR 2 | MEM 4 | PPR 28 | I70 4 | BRI 2 | TEX 9 | PIR 17 | GLN 15 | MLW 10 | NSV 27 | NZH 10 | MCH 6 | NHA 3* | IRP 2 | GTY 4 | HPT 21 | RCH 11 | LVS 6 | LVL 13 | TEX 12 | CAL 3 | 4th | 3623 | ||||
2000 | Mike Cope | DAY 12 | HOM 15 | PHO 20 | MMR 22 | MAR 36 | PIR 23 | 15th | 2656 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doug George | GTY 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott Riggs | MEM 12 | PPR 9 | EVG 9 | TEX 10 | KEN 23 | GLN 24 | MLW 9 | NHA 6 | NZH 27 | MCH 11 | IRP 15 | NSV 7 | CIC 30 | RCH 5 | DOV 19 | |||||||||||||||||
Derrike Cope | TEX 23 | CAL 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | DAY 16 | HOM 23 | 25th | 1532 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jason White | MMR 16 | MAR 13 | GTY 31 | DAR 25 | PPR 18 | DOV 29 | TEX | MEM | MLW | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Randy Briggs | KAN 18 | KEN | NHA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dana White | Chevy | IRP 26 | NSH | CIC 34 | NZH | RCH 35 | SBO 23 | PHO 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rich Woodland Jr. | TEX 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phil Bonifield | LVS 24 | CAL 24 |