Randy Tolsma Explained

Randy Tolsma
Birth Date:	4 May 1966
Birth Place:	Meridian, Idaho
Total Busch Races:	13
Years In Busch:	2
Best Busch Pos:	45th (2001)
First Busch Race:	2000 MBNA.com 200 (Dover)
Last Busch Race:	2001 Sam's Club 200 (Rockingham)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	0
Best Truck Pos:	8th (2000)
Truck Wins:	2
Truck Top Tens:	46
Truck Poles:	2
First Truck Race:	1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix)
First Truck Win:	1997 Dodge California Truckstop 300 (Mesa Marin)
Last Truck Win:	2000 Federated Auto Parts 250 (Nashville)
Last Truck Race:	2002 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)
Years In Truck:	7
Total Truck Races:	107

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.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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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		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	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	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM	45th	924	^[3]

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		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	LVS				115th	77	^[4]
1997				WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS		22nd	1802	^[5]
1998				WDW	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	GLN	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV	HPT	LVL	RCH	MEM	GTY						14th	3121	^[6]
	Liberty Racing	84	Ford																							MAR
	Team Racing	11	Chevy																								SON
	PacWest S/T Motorsports	78	Dodge																									MMR	PHO	LVS
1999	Impact Motorsports	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	^[7]
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	^[8]
			Chevy																							TEX
2001	Team Rensi Motorsports	61	Chevy	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX	LVS	PHO	CAL				18th	1859	^[9]
2002				DAY	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH	RCH	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM						81st	109	^[10]

External links

• Archived version of Randy Tolsma's home page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 1996 Indy Racing League Results. Racing-Reference. December 20, 2022.
2. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
3. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
4. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
5. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
6. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
7. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
8. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
9. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.
10. Web site: Randy Tolsma – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 10, 2016.