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Impact Motorsports

{{No footnotes|date=March 2021}}{{short description|Former NASCAR team}}

{{Infobox former NASCAR team

| name = Impact Motorsports

| logo =

| 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.

Truck No. 12 results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

1999

! rowspan=2| Carlos Contreras

! 68

! rowspan=4| 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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
14

! 74th

! 121

rowspan=2| 2000

! rowspan=4| 12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOM
33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MMR
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIR
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GTY
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PPR
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EVG
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
20

|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW
11

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZH
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSV
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CIC
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
19

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
26

|

! rowspan=2| 17th

! rowspan=2| 2529

Doug George

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
16

| colspan=13|

rowspan=2| 2001

! Rich Woodland Jr.

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
35

| HOM

| MMR

| colspan=22|

! rowspan=2| 63rd

! rowspan=2| 158

Jason Thom

! Chevy

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

1999

! rowspan=3| Randy Tolsma

! rowspan=8| 25

! rowspan=2| Dodge

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOM
17*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EVG
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MMR
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEM
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PPR
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| I70
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PIR
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MLW
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSV
{{small|21}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NZH
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IRP
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GTY
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HPT
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVL
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TEX
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
{{small|12}}

! 11th

! 3173

rowspan=2| 2000

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOM
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
{{small|31}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MMR
25*

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PIR
{{small|29}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GTY
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEM
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PPR
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| EVG
{{small|2*}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TEX
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| KEN
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MLW
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NHA
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
{{small|31}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IRP
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CIC
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|34}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
{{small|16}}

|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
{{small|20}}

|

! rowspan=2| 8th

! rowspan=2| 3157

Chevy

| colspan=22|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
{{small|7}}

| colspan=2|

rowspan=5| 2001

! rowspan=2| Barry Bodine

! Ford

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|36}}

| colspan=24|

! rowspan=5| 43rd

! rowspan=5| 542

Dodge

|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
{{small|12}}

| MMR

| MAR

| GTY

| DAR

| PPR

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| NHA

| IRP

| colspan=10|

Phil Bonifield

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| colspan=15|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSH
{{small|27}}

| CIC

| NZH

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
{{small|36}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
{{small|31}}

|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| PHO
{{small|DNQ}}

| colspan=2|

Jonathon Price

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVS
{{small|36}}

| colspan=3|

Lance Hooper

| colspan=23|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
{{small|33}}

|

Truck No. 86 results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

1997

! rowspan=3| Stacy Compton

! rowspan=13| 86

! rowspan=2| Ford

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| WDW
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TUS
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOM
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
33

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| EVG
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| I70
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
25

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZH
14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
21

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LVL
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CNS
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HPT
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FLM
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
5

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
25

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
18

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SON
10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MMR
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
12

|

! 13th

! 3057

1998

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WDW
30

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOM
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PHO
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| EVG
4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| I70
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
19

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TEX
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW
13

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NZH
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PPR
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
13

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FLM
28*

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
9

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HPT
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LVL
4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GTY
26

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
15

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MMR
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PHO
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
17

! 7th

! 3542

1999

! rowspan=5| Dodge

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HOM
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PHO
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| EVG
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MMR
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MEM
4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PPR
28

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| I70
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIR
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MLW
10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSV
27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NZH
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NHA
3*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IRP
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GTY
4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HPT
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LVS
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVL
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
12

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAL
3

| colspan=2|

! 4th

! 3623

rowspan=4| 2000

! Mike Cope

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MMR
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PIR
23

| colspan=21|

! rowspan=4| 15th

! rowspan=4| 2656

Doug George

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTY
33

| colspan=20|

Scott Riggs

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PPR
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| EVG
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KEN
23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
24

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MLW
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRP
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CIC
30

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
19

| colspan=5|

rowspan=2| Derrike Cope

| colspan=22|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
28

| colspan=3|

rowspan=6| 2001

! rowspan=3| Ford

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
23

| colspan=25|

! rowspan=6| 25th

! rowspan=6| 1532

Jason White

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MMR
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTY
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
25

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PPR
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
29

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| colspan=16|

Randy Briggs

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN
18

| KEN

| NHA

| colspan=13|

Dana White

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
26

| NSH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CIC
34

| NZH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
35

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SBO
23

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
25

| colspan=4|

Rich Woodland Jr.

| colspan=20|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
33

| colspan=6|

Phil Bonifield

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
24

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
24

| colspan=3|

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061111203736/http://www.everythingstockcar.com/1211o-david-hodson-nascar-owner.html David Hodson - NASCAR Owner]
  • [http://www.racing-reference.info Racing Reference]

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