Randy Tolsma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Randy Tolsma

American racing driver

Date of Birth: 04-May-1966

Place of Birth: Meridian, Idaho, United States

Profession: racing driver

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Randy Tolsma

  • Randy Tolsma (born May 4, 1966 in Meridian, Idaho) is a former race car 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.

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