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Impact Motorsports

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Impact Motorsports
Owner(s)David Hodson
Russell Kersh
BaseCharlotte, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race driversStacy Compton, Mike Cope, Carlos Contreras, Randy Tolsma, Scott Riggs, Derrike Cope
SponsorsRC Cola, Superguard
ManufacturerFord
Dodge
Opened1997
Closed2001
Career
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories3

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

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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
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

Truck No. 25 results

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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
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
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
Jonathon Price LVS
36
Lance Hooper CAL
33

Truck No. 86 results

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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 NCTC Pts
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
2001 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

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