Impact Motorsports
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| Owner(s) | David Hodson Russell Kersh |
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| Base | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| Race drivers | Stacy Compton, Mike Cope, Carlos Contreras, Randy Tolsma, Scott Riggs, Derrike Cope |
| Sponsors | RC Cola, Superguard |
| Manufacturer | Ford Dodge |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| Career | |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 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.
Truck No. 12 results
[edit]| 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 | NCTC | 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||
Truck No. 25 results
[edit]| 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 | NCTC | Pts |
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| 1999 | Randy Tolsma | 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| Chevy | TEX 7 |
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| 2001 | Barry Bodine | Ford | DAY 36 |
43rd | 542 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dodge | HOM 12 |
MMR | MAR | GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | IRP | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Bonifield | Chevy | NSH 27 |
CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO 36 |
TEX 31 |
PHO DNQ |
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| Jonathon Price | LVS 36 |
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| Lance Hooper | CAL 33 |
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